Saint Petersburg GP part 3
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Champ Car’s 2003 Saint Petersburg GrandPrix
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American Spirit Team Johannson racer Jimmy Vasser considers the weather
Is Jimmy thinking, “Ay, caramba! The rain is coming”? No … he’s just adjusting his balaclava.
American Spirit Team Johannson puts a set of ‘rain’ tires on Jimmy Vasser’s car
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Jimmy Vasser launches from his pit to scrub-in the ‘rain’ tires
… then returns to the pits for adjustments
… and removal of the wet-weather tires
Newman Haas Racing’s Bruno Junqueira pilots the #1 car
Newman Haas Racing and Cristiano da Matta won the 2002 CART championship and the right to use number 1 ( but Cristiano departed for Formula One)
Joel Camathias from Lugano, Switzerland has landed in sunny Florida
Dale Coyne Racing team prepares a car for Joel Camathias
Camathias’s first laps on Champ Car track
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City of Lugano, Switzerland decals are on the car for qualifying
another Champ Car rookie racer, PK Racing’s Patrick Lemarié
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Darren Manning heads toward his Walker Racing chariot
Danger Mouse is belted-in and ready to go
Darren Manning at speed on the ‘far side’ of the track
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freshman Mario Haberfeld suits-up
Mario Haberfeld and his lovely wife
Heberfeld learns the track and his Cosworth-powered Lola
Thiago Monteiro is mentored by his boss, Emerson Fittipaldi co-owner of Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing
Thiago Monteiro getting up to speed in Saint Petersburg
