Presidents: USA 0, CART 1
The Internet is Suite, isn't it? I can't remember what I did for my racin' fix before I got on-line. You can get rumors and the real stuff. You can get some delightful reads, literate and funny, and you can get some corporate honcho's press release trying to put the right spin on his latest mistake.
A press release from Mo Nunn Racing ...
As Kanaan Gets a Teammate and Team Moves to Honda Power in 2001
Wow! Mo Nunn gets Honda power and a guy who can use it. Notice the winning percentage for Zanardi - 15 wins in just 50+ races. You gotta wonder if the rumors about Ganassi being a F-1 Farm Team ain't the truth, don't you? Zanardi is a proven winner. He got handed the short end of a dirty stick when he shifted over to the "No Overtaking, Please" League, but he's the kinda driver who kept fans like me glued to the TV during his runs at Cleveland, Laguna Seca and other places. |
INDIANAPOLIS (December 6, 2000): Two-time series champion Alex Zanardi of Italy will join promising young Brazilian Tony Kanaan as Mo Nunn Racing expands to a two-car team for its second year of CART FedEx Championship Series competition in 2001.
Also new for 2001: both the Pioneer Electronics (Zanardi) and Hollywood (Kanaan) Mo Nunn Racing Reynards will be powered by Honda, which has produced the last five CART driver champions, including Zanardi's back-to-back titles in 1997-98, and propelled Kanaan to his first Champ Car victory at the 1999 U.S. 500, and his Rookie of the Year title in 1998.
"The opportunity is so good that I cannot continue with my 'vacation,'" said Zanardi, who recorded 15 race wins and 10 poles in 51 CART starts from 1996-98. "I am looking forward to working with Morris again, and I'm thankful to Pioneer and Honda for making this possible."
"When we began this adventure, we intended to be a two-car race team all along," said team owner Morris Nunn, who engineered Zanardi's 1997-98 titles during a four-year championship run at Target/Chip Ganassi Racing before starting his own team a year ago this week.
"Frankly, though, we really didn't expect to bring together a program of this caliber, with competitors like Tony and Alex, quite this soon. I'm very happy to have on board a proven champion in Alex, and a young champion-in-the-making in Tony. It's the best of both worlds from a
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