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Team Penske has dominated this year S Indy standings

WHAT A difference > year can
make. At the start of last year’s
race, then reigning Formula |
Champion and arguably one of
the worlds best known sports
figures, Nigel Mansell, was
well on his way to winning the
PPG cup series,

By Marc Rovner
Contributing Writer

Winning back-to-back champi-
onships — in his rookie year no
less — was a feat never before
accomplished. However, the 1994
season will almost certainly see a
new champion.

On four occasions, Penske cars
have finished first, second and
third. Nigel Mansel] has yet to win
a race this year. despite several
strong showings.

Team Penske has dominated the
series this year, Two-time
Indianapolis 500 champion Al
Unser Jr. is on a record-setting pace

with seven wins so far. His Penske ©

teammates Emerson Fittipaldi and
Canadian Pau! Tracy have one win
each for a total of nine Penske wins
out of twelve races.

If history is any indication. this

NEWS photo Paul McGrath

MARIO ANDRETTI, fifth in Vancouver last year, declared 1994 to
be his final year on the circuit. As a result, this year's race has
come to be known affectionately as the “Arrivederci iiario Tour.”

year’s Vancouver Molson Indy
appears to be Al Unser Jr.’s to lose
and Michael Andretti’s to win.

The “93 Vancouver rice was one
of the few high points in a frustrat-
ing season for “Litthe Al.” He
earned his first victory here since
Indianapolis in May °92.

Unser’s two previous Victories
here have got to make him the
odds-on favorite.

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