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Brazilian Racing News: Panamerican Indy-Lights Championship

26 May 1998

Brazilian Driver Oswaldo Negri Jr. won the first round of the
Panamerican Indy-Lights Championship last weekend in Monterrey, Mexico.
Negri raced for the Ferrara/Gimenez Team and started on the second
position, behind the driver from Costa Rica Javier Collado.

Negri said, "At the start of the race I overtook Collado and the car was really
feeling very good. I managed a couple of fast laps, and at every restart
I pulled 1.5 secs away from the second.  I liked this Racing Series a
lot, though my eyes are still on the US, and I will try as hard as possible to
get great results this year, to get sponsors to achieve my main target,
the CART series." 

Championship Standings:

                     1. Oswaldo Negri Jr., BRASIL, 21 Points
                     2. Rafael Martínez, México, 16
                     3. Eduardo Galicia, México, 14
                     4. Jimmy Morales, México, 12
                     5. Roberto Gonzalez, México, 10
                     6. Alex Padilla, USA, 8
                     7. Cesar Jiménez, México, 6
                     8. Andres D’Ambrosio, Argentina, 5
                     9. Sebastian Cipres, Argentina, 4
                     10. Horacio Richards, México, 3
                     11. Israel Jaitovich, México, 2
                     11. Javier Collado Costa Rica 2


Adriana Rodrigues -- The Auto Channel