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		Newman/Haas Quotes about Australia ©1997 SpeedCenter Internet Publishing, Inc. Michael Andretti and Christian Fittipaldi talk about 'down under' MICHAEL ANDRETTI Regarding the fans: "Well, I think the fan support is pretty big in Australia. It's a greatmarket for us because Caltex (Australian distributor of Texaco) is downthere. It's been very good for our racing. Also, it's been very good forTexaco because of that association. The fans have been great. They arevery supportive at the race. I know we all look forward to going downthere." Regarding off-track activities: "I was able to drive a tank through the streets of Australia last yearwhich was very exciting. I seems like we always have a good time downthere. There's all different types of activities in Australia. Not onlythings like driving the tank, but swimming with the dolphins, andplaying with the koala bears and kangaroos. It's always been fun." Regarding curb jumping: "The year that I won the race (in '94), in qualifying I had a misqueueand I launched the car about three or four feet in the air. It made fora great photo. You could actually see all four wheels in the air. Fansare still coming up to me with that photo for an autograph." CHRISTIAN FITTIPALDI Regarding the fans: "I think Australia has a lot of CART fans. The race is really special.They have to prepare the track for us to go there. They do a very goodjob. We're there for the whole week and basically the whole city stopsfor the race weekend. I enjoy going down there. The only thing I don'tlike is the time difference. I takes a while for me to adjust mysleeping habits. You'll probably find me jogging on the beach or ridingmy bicycle very early in the morning for the first few days. It takes solong to get to Australia. Wow, Australia is really far away!" On arriving early for race weekend: "I hope that I can get to Australia this year a little bit earlier. Myflight was cancelled last year and I got to Australia on Wednesdaymorning. I was completely confused. So, this year I'm going to go alittle bit earlier, so that I can get there by Tuesday. I'm sure I'mgoing to have a great time in Australia." On swimming with the dolphins: "This year I'm going to swim with the sharks. It would be too lazy toswim with the dolphins again. Now, that we swam with the dolphins, wehave to swim with the sharks. On the race track and off."