Long Beach - Arciero Wells Report

Today was the second day of on-track activity for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Driving the MCI Toyota CART Indy car, Max Papis qualified 26th with a lap time of 54.336 seconds. In the morning practice session his posted his quickest lap time of the weekend a 54.003 which put him 22nd fastest in the session.

"In practice we ran pretty good and picked up some time," said Papis. "Then for qualifying they tried some different things in hopes of improving the engine driveability, but unfortunately we did not do that. We have to try these things and learn from them. My crew worked really hard and I have to thank them for all their effort. We will sit down later today to discuss the race and come up with the best solution to make it to the finish in tomorrow's race."

Tomorrow's day starts with a warm-up session at 9:00 a.m. and the 105-lap Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach starts at 1:00 p.m. local time.

Television coverage includes: ESPN2 CART Qualifying show at 12:30 a.m. ET, ESPN2 On The Grid show at 3:30 p.m. ET, and live race coverage on ABC Sports at 4:00 p.m. ET, re-air of the Long Beach event on ESPN Monday, April 14 at 1:00 p.m. ET (Please check local listings).

Ivan Stewart Finishes Seventh In The Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race: PPI's off-road driver Ivan "Ironman" Stewart had the opportunity to participate in this year's Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race as one of four professional entrants. He joined professionals Tommy Kendall, Jimmy Sills, and Sir Jack Brabham in racing against Hollywood celebrities including Sean Patrick Flanery, Carol Alt, Jason Bateman, and Brian Austin Green. In an action-packed race, Stewart started at the back of the field with the other professionals and finished seventh overall.

"Great fun," said Ivan. "We needed about 80 more laps. It was a tremendous amount of fun. It was really competitive group of people. I wouldn't trade this experience for the world. Earlier in the week it was easier to intimidate the celebrities. Today it was harder to intimidate them."

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