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John Fielding,
CEO
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Cast your vote for Christian Fittipaldi or Cristiano da Matta for the 2001 MCI Worldcom Most Popular Driver on cart.
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Miguel Cortez,
Small Business Owner
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Cristiano da Matta drove to victory in Monterrey, Mexico and finished second in Long Beach.
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Rob Bruff,
Nightclub Bouncer
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Newman/Haas driver Cristiano da Matta, who qualified second after winning the provisional pole on Friday, said maybe a visit to the bathroom before the start of qualifying would have made him light enough to put him on the pole for the race.
The Japanese contestant performed two sharp mattas hitting El-Naggar in the skull with his forehead twice.
Determination might be the story of da Matta's focus come race weekend in Michigan, as the Brazilian hopes to do something he has yet to do it CART Champ cars this weekend.
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Zhang Xian Qian,
Ex-Olympic Swimmer
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Teammate Shinji Nakano had one of his best races of the year, battling with new series champion Cristiano da Matta for much of the race and setting the fastest race lap.
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Keith Tennant,
Factory Worker
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Cristiano da Matta added his name to the illustrious list of drivers at Newman/Haas Racing and achieved something only Nigel Mansell had been able to do for the team - he won in his debut.
CART champion Cristiano da Matta needed a tie-breaker to beat NASCAR Winston Cup champion Tony Stewart for the 2002 Driver of the Year award.
Lola also powered Cristiano da Matta to the driver's championship, marking the first time that the series title winner has driven a Lola to the top spot since Nigel Mansell in 1993.
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Sasha Prevette,
Kindergarten student
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Da Matta was encouraged by his mother to pursue any other sport than the one his 14-time racing Champion father, Tony, participated in so da Matta was a member of a gymnastic club as a young boy.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Mattas has a BA in Physics from Yale University and MS and Ph.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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Da Matta was in eighth place on the last restart but was passed by two cars due to the action of the car in front of him and which took his full focus and enabled two cars to pass on separate occasions.
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