Check out a short list of favorites for Sunday's G.I. Joe's 200 at Portland, Ore.

	Andretti

Michael Andretti
In the early 1990s he won three straight races in Portland, but none since 1992; is tied with Al Unser Jr. for the all-time CART lead on this course; was fourth in 2000 and eighth last year; eleventh in the Grand Prix of Monterey Shell 300 last week after starting 19th, chose to make pit stops early; ninth in the CART standings with 30 points; has finished in the top 10 in the standings 17 times in 18 years.

Kenny Brack
Captured the provisional pole at Monterey for the first time in three years, it was his first pole since September 22 at the Rockingham 500; led CART last year with six poles; finished third at Monterey for his best performance of the year; is sixth in the CART standings with 33 points; led CART with four wins and 621 laps led last year; finished sixth at Portland in 2000 and 11th last year. Former IRL champion and winner of the 1999 Indianapolis 500.

Dario Franchitti
Crashed on the first turn at Monterey; dropped from second to fifth as a result of the finish at Monterey; had two top-five finishes and a top-10 before finishing 12th at the Miller Lite 250 on June 2; was first in the standings before the Miller Lite 250; last year finished sixth here after starting fourth and finishing ninth in 2000 and finishing third in 1999; has seven career wins with the last coming in Cleveland on July 1, 2001.

Cristiano da Matta
Defeated teammate Christian Fittipaldi by 19.087 seconds to win the Grand Prix of Monterey Shell 300; it was his second win of the year and vaulted him to the top of the CART standings with 51 points, five more than Michel Jourdain; the only time da Matta did not lead at Monterey was during laps 62-66, when he made his third and last pitstop; started second and finished 10th at Portland last year.

Michel Jourdain Jr.
Slipped to second in CART standings after finishing ninth at Monterey; had four straight top-five finishes before last week, including the Miller Lite 250 when he started 18th and finished fifth; the 25-year-old entered the year with just one top-5 finish; started 24th and finished 15th here last year; finished 20th in the standings last year; only driver to finish each race this CART season.

	Tracy

Paul Tracy
Fell from third to seventh in the standings after completing just 15 laps at Monterey, involved in accident at first lap and after pit stop on the 15th, rear tire fell off; second among active drivers with 13 career poles and second with 18 career wins; finished 21st here last year.

Jimmy Vasser
Finished eighth at Monterey; a gearbox problem ended his race on lap 87 of the Indy 500; the 1996 CART standings champions; finished 12th in the standings last year when he picked up points in 10 of 20 events; has nine career wins with the last coming in Houston in 2000; started ninth and finished 16th at Portland last year.