Check out a short list of favorites for Sunday's Molson Indy Vancouver.

	Andretti

Michael Andretti:
Sunday's race will mark the 19-year veteran's 300th career start, a record for active Champ Car drivers. "I guess it's an honor to have 300 race starts," he said. "But a big part of me just feels old when I hear that statistic." Took three of his 42 career wins in Vancouver, in 1991, 1992 and 1996. Also finished second in 1998 and third in 1994 and last year; has scored 28 wins on road courses.

Kenny Brack:
Two top-four finishes in a row following two DNFs, pushing him from 12th to sixth in the standings with 60 points; failed to finish in four races this year, which has cost him in the championship run; best result was second in Toronto and third at Monterey, California; finished eighth after starting fourth in Vancouver last year.

Patrick Carpentier:
The Quebec native guns for another victory on the streets of Vancouver where he shoudl have good fan support; comes off a victory in Cleveland which propelled him to fourth in the standings with 62 points; won the Cleveland race by more than 17 seconds over Michael Andretti; nearly tasted victory in Vancouver in 1999 by finishing second; also started on the outside of the front row last year.

Cristiano da Matta:
The diminutive Brazilian has been the driver to beat; despite coming up short in Cleveland in his bid to win a CART-record five straight races, has still taken seven of the last 11 races on the circuit; leads the championship by 50 points over fellow Brazilian Bruno Junqueira; also has led the most laps this season (432); "We've been pretty competitive on the street courses we have run on so far this season," he said. "Hopefully that will carry over. Our streak ended at four in a row, so now we'll just have to start a new one."

Scott Dixon:
The New Zealand racer runs better on road courses, where he has earned 32 of his 52 points this season; one of three drivers with 52 points in the battle for eighth spot; did not score points at the Grand Prix of Long Beach and Cleveland; top finish was fifth in Toronto and sixth place efforts in Mexico, Miller Lite 250, Grand Prix of Monterey and Grand Prix of Chicago.

Adrian Fernandez:
Holds fond memories of races in Canada, where he claimed podium finishes at Vancouver and Toronto as well as his first career Champ Car victory; looks to improve upon his third-place finish after starting 15th at Concorde Place in 2000; will make his eighth start in Vancouver; last top-three finish was at Milwaukee five races ago.

	Fittipaldi

Christian Fittipaldi:
The Newmans/Haas driver and teammate of CART leader Cristiano da Matta is having a pretty good season of his own; four races he finished were solid results of second (GP of Monterey), third (Mexico, Toronto) and fourth (Milwaukee); however, failed to finish in three of the last four races, which dropped him to seventh with 58 points.

Dario Franchitti:
Looking to get over two straight races without points, the Scot comes to a circuit where he has tasted success in the past; won from the pole here in 1998 and holds the qualifying record at 106.144 miles per hour set in 2000, when he finished second to Team KOOL Green teammate Paul Tracy; has finished in the points in his last four starts at Vancouver; third with 64 points after nine races.

Michel Jourdain Jr.:
The series' most consistent driver this year, although he has not yet claimed a checkered flag; the only driver to to have finished all nine races this season, becoming the first driver since Raul Boesel in 1993 to open the year with nine straight points-paying results; was sixth at Vancouver last year, his highest road or street-course finish to that point; has 62 points, good for fifth place in the standings.

Bruno Junqueira:
One of three Brazilians in the top 10 in points; trails countryman Cristiano da Matta, 120-70, with 10 races to go; scored points in six of the season's first seven races but has failed to run at the end in the last two starts; won the Bridgestone Potenza 500 in Japan in April and also was runner-up in Portland, Oregon and Chicago; placed 12th last year in Vancouver.

	Nakano

Shinji Nakano:
Japanese driver knocking at the door of his first Champ Car podium finish; recorded points-paying finishes in his last four races, including a career-best fourth in Toronto, the last street course race; making his third start in Vancouver; last year, he placed 14th after starting 24th. "Vancouver is a complicated track," he said. "It is not easy because you have fast corners and very slow corners with a lot of variation in the different type corners."

Oriol Servia:
Signed by Visteon/Patrick Racing this week to pilot the Toyota-powered car for the next five races; the 28-year-old Spaniard enjoyed a solid 2001 with Sigma Autosports, where he earned points in nine of 20 starts; top finishes were fifth in consecutive races in Vancouver and Germany. "Putting Oriol in the car for the next five races will give us a chance to evaluate our race team, give Townsend Bell an opportunity to sit back an study things from a more objective position," team owner U.E. Patrick said. "After that, we will see where we stand and go forward from there." Servia resides in Miami and has made 43 starts since joining CART in 2000, a year after winning the now-defunct Indy Lights Championship.

Alex Tagliani:
Montreal native looks to even the score on the streets of Vancouver, where he led the first 68 laps last year and chased his first victory before dropping out with a mechanical problem; arrives on the strength of five straight points-paying finishes, which has vaulted him into a three-way tie for eighth with 52 points.

Paul Tracy:
Took the checkered flag at Vancouver in 2000, a race dominated by him and Team Green stablemate Dario Franchitti; aside from that triumph, has not finished higher than eighth in any of his 10 other starts and was pointless in seven; started eighth and finished 25th last year.

Jimmy Vasser:
Recorded podium finishes in two of his last five visits to Vancouver; led a race-high 46 laps in 1997 and also started from the pole in 1995; finished sixth the past two races in Toronto and Cleveland to pick up points for just the fifth time this year; total of 42 points puts him in 12th place.