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Sunday Morning
Pole sitter Scott Pruett with his wife, Judy, and two (nearly three)
children awaits the photo session. You can buy Scott and Judy's
children's book Twelve Little Race Cars at www.wordweaverbooks.com.
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Tony Kanaan walks past in search of an Egg McMuffin.
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Max Papis, who will start the race on the front row alongside pole
sitter Scott Pruett, poses with his team, including owner Bobby Rahal.
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And Scott poses with his team. "Toyota and PPI have been on it
for four years, and it's great to be able to reap the benefits with them
now. The fact that it's my last CART race makes it that much more
meaningful to me personally, and to be able to make history is truly
special. No one will ever be able to do this again. There's just nothing
like being first."
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CART's smallest driver, little Brazilian Cristiano da Matta, is
excited to be racing today too.
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Dario Franchitti waits while his crew gets the Reynard-Honda ready
for the morning warm-up.
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J P is enjoying the bright start to the day..
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And this is Montoya's girlfriend. A prize for anyone who can tell
me her name.
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Greg Moore had been fitted with a carbon
fiber cast for his hand. This was the last time I would see him up
close.
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Robby Gordon in the Menard-sponsored Eagle-Toyota. Note the Day-Glo
eagle head painted on the nose of the car.
This is Robby's last CART race before returning to NASCAR for the
2000 season.
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"I can't say we're all that disappointed about where we are on
the grid. It's been a bit of a frustrating weekend with the brake
problems and the gusty winds, but thank goodness we were able to get in
a lot of test time here. We know we have a great race car. We got in a
lot of long, full-tank runs. I'm looking forward to [the race]. I really
enjoy the 500-mile races."
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Today's pole sitter, Scott Pruett, and the track record holder,
Mauricio Gugelmin, out on the track together.
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Naoki Hattori is still sore from his crash on Friday, but he loves to
be here racing the second Walker car and enjoys the attention when fans
ask for autographs and photos.
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