The Winnipeg Sun du lieu suivant : Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada • 31

CUtSfllWP 77B-757Q MQIfDAY OGjafiBR 8 7103 lN ftl flfll mn Traiqf tailljf the dtoampniM' Wins CART tide when Junqueira hits wall DUN MCNULTY Sun Madia Paul Tracy has one word for the gods of pionship bonus that goes with it to Tracy He became only fee second Canadian to win a CART championship and the first since 1995 when Jacques Villeneuve won it alL As Tracy drove past crippled race car he knew fee championship was his and he began to cry "I broke down for probably 20 or 30 seconds and started to cry inside the helmet racing thanks Tracy won his first CART Champ Car World Series championship in 13 years of trying early yesterday after doing just about everything possible to lose the title The 34-year-old Toronto native started fourth in his No 3 Ford Lola at the Lexmark Indy 300 in Surfer's Paradise Australia and finished 13th after a pair of crashes put him two laps behind rookie race winner Ryan Hunter-Reay Darren Manning another rookie finished second in die race and American Jimmy Vasser was third But with just 10 laps left in the rain and hail shortened event Bruno Junqueira who was second in the title hunt hit the wall hard while in third position wrecking his Newman-Haas Ford Lola and handing die Vanderbilt Cup and the $1 million US cnam- BV Tracy was despondent throughout the race especially after two accidents first hitting French rookie Sebastien Bourdais and second being involved in a three-car crash had seemingly left him no chance of hoisting die cup guess this is the way God planned it Tracy said thought it was going to be a battle to the end of the season a huge one that couldn't win thebig one have achieved so many goals individual goals and things that are not that big of a deal really laps led and wins but have never won a championship until now and people always said Oh when areyou going to win a "Well now I am the Tracy said "Then (the team) said we got The championship victory lifter mis weight off of Tracy's shoulders hadl tagged him as a great racer who to get it together We still need to finish lifted tagged him as a great racer whp Tracy's 28-point lead over Junqueira coming into the race meant that the Brazilian had to pick up at least seven points yesterday to beat die Canadian at CARTs final event of fee season next weekend at California Speedway wreck left him 15th in the race wife no championship points BmJ Trnm JU feLM mmA 1- rMi irscy pigM) mm rara urpcw cm TsWi fliri 1U Lt- rat ivscy nm onvai cmnpKMnMp IXMML a BuomomTii Gmscyj GIU) QzpTTjpra CSSD TS)GD fit lyniRyumsfjjpttfflttm firm (g) nm mTftjJ iff PODGE CHRYSLER HAMPTON Ga CAP) Rain forced- postponement of fee Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 Winston Cup race yesterday after just 39of the scheduled 325 laps at Atlanta Motor Speedway a v'- Racing will resume at 10 am today NASCAR oflfcUs bolding ahead to i eeks race at Phoenix tried to wait for ahead to race at Phoenix tried to wait for JEEP) TT3M next the bad weather to pass but finally were foroed to call off tbe vigil when heavy rain began five hours after the rac- Kevin Harvick who started 10th in the 43-car field was leading six-time Atlanta winner Bobby labonte and five-time ner Bill BUlott when fee rain first began car is obviously real good right now I wMh vwcoukl get ft restarted Harvick said this rain the track is going to be pretty different when we do get going- i a i '-ruVit At Ryan Newtran who started ftom fee ALL ALL quxso'osb (M33m fiSZfZSSQS SEEZkL DRiytEiAWA msssm ai aaajM WVWMV ilp passed by Harvick Dale Earnhardt Jr shot I 4 pasttotakesecondonlap 14 and Newman faded to ninth before the race was stopped tv the tires started to go bit our car wasn't very said going to puke some adjustment- The! rest of the top 10 included Earnhardt Tray Stewart Kint Busch Jeff Gordon Jimmy Spencer Newman and JcvBfliy Mflyfirilli i-? Series Jesxler Matt Kenseth who came info fee race wife if 240-point lead over (-HarvEk wife' just dime races remaining started 37th and was running 21st when die rain came -v t- -i- Brian Wckera making only Ms second i Ciqi start started fourth but had an engine problem and was behind die wall for repairs and running last when the race was stopped The 20-year-old Vickers was mak- by his first start" in the Hendrick -T Motorsports No 25 Chevrolet that he will drive in 2004 tm v- 1W MHfWNk (DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP All credit applications will be accepted Justbrmg youiidrlvers Iicense7current paystub currenrphone or utility bill and vehicle registration 300PembmaJlwy.