101.   George complained that CART was too foreign, with more than half of its races on road courses and a large number of non-American drivers.

102.   Gordon has won six of the last seven races at Sears Point and Watkins Glen, N.Y., the only two road courses on the Winston Cup circuit.

103.   Gordon believes he has something of an advantage Sunday in that he simply likes road courses.

104.   He finished second on the road course at Watkins Glen two weeks ago, his only other top-five finish this year.

105.   He sees it as being somewhat similar to a road course.

106.   His car smashed hard into the catch-fencing above the wall and spun wildly with pieces scattering across the road course.

107.   If it was a road course, you could pretty much figure out what Gil had to do to win it.

108.   It also would have been difficult for the teams to make the transition from the road course in Australia to the first oval in Asia.

109.   It has developed into the fastest road course on the Indy-car circuit.

110.   It became apparent the first time Rusty Wallace ran a road course that he had a knack for it.