Thursday's Times ("Who's Number One?"

[Liz]

Times and speeds from Thursday’s testing at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course follow:

1) Gil de Ferran, No. 2 Marlboro Penske Honda/Reynard, 65.410sec/124.275mph
2) Helio Castroneves, No. 2x Marlboro Penske Honda/Reynard, 65.741/123.649
3) Dario Franchitti, No. 27 Team KOOL Green Honda/Reynard, 65.989/123.184
4) Christian Fittipaldi, No. 11 Big Kmart Ford/Lola, 66.084/123.007
5) Max Papis, No. 7 Miller Lite/Team Rahal Ford/Reynard, 66.335/122.542
6) Helio Castroneves, No. 3 Marlboro Penske Honda/Reynard, 66.406/122.411
7) Tony Kanaan, No. 55 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Mercedes/Reynard, 66.563/122.122
8) Juan Montoya, No. 12x Target/Ganassi Toyota/Lola, 66.598/122.058
9) Michael Andretti, No. 6 Kmart/Texaco Ford/Lola, 66.909/121.490
10) Kenny Brack, No. 8 Shell/Team Rahal Ford/Reynard, 66.918/121.474
11) Gil de Ferran, No. 2x Marlboro Penske Honda/Reynard, 67.220/120.928
12) Juan Montoya, No. 1 Target/Ganassi Toyota/Lola, 67.234/120.903
13) Patrick Carpentier, No. 32 Player’s/Indeck Ford/Reynard, 67.267/120.844
14) Mauricio Gugelmin, No. 17 Nextel/PacWest Mercedes/Reynard, 67.318/120.752
15) Cristiano da Matta, No. 97 Pioneer/MCI World Com/PPI Toyota/Reynard, 67.351/120.693
16) Paul Tracy, No. 26 Team KOOL Green Honda/Reynard, 67.393/120.618
17) Adrian Fernandez, No. 40 Tecate/Quaker State/Patrick Ford/Reynard, 67.404/120.598
18) Oriol Servia, No. 96 Telefonica/PPI Toyota/Reynard, 67.453/120.511
19) Alexandre Tagliani, No. 33 Player’s/Indeck Ford/Reynard, 67.551/120.336
20) Mark Blundell, No. 18 Motorola/PacWest Mercedes/Reynard, 67.654/120.153
21) Roberto Moreno, No. 20 Visteon/Patrick Ford/Reynard, 67.993/119.553
22) Michel Jourdain Jr., No. 16 Herdez Mercedes/Lola, 68.046/119.460
23) Tarso Marques, No. 34 Panasonic/Coyne Ford/Swift, 68.116/119.338
24) Luiz Garcia Jr., No. 25 Hollywood/Embratel-21 Mercedes/Reynard, 68.819/118.119
25) Shinji Nakano, No. 5 Walker Racing/Avex Honda/Reynard, 69.760/116.525
26) Memo Gidley, No. 10 Della Penna Motorsports Toyota/Reynard, 70.071/116.008
27) Jimmy Vasser, No. 12 Target/Ganassi Toyota/Lola, 70.124/115.920
28) Norberto Fontana, No. 10 Della Penna Motorsports Toyota/Reynard, 70.821/114.780

[floid2000]

Perhaps your Gil is on a roll. Good for him

[Jay]

oh, shut up.

[Liz]

Too bad you don't get any points for leading in practices. Now he's got to figure out how to do that in a race!