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

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Michael Andretti:
Finished in the points in his last five races, but unable to mount a serious challenge for the title; eighth in the standings with 77 points -- a distant 66 behind leader Cristiano da Matta; one victory this year came at the Grand Prix of Long Beach in California, the second race of the season; also finished second at Cleveland and third at Mid-Ohio (two of the last four races); leader of ala active CART drivers with 42 wins, 32 poles and 6,564 laps led.

Patrick Carpentier:
The seventh-place finish at Road America last week kept him in second place in the standings behind da Matta, but fell from 27 to 42 points behind in the overall standings; won two of the last four races (Cleveland, Mid-Ohio); much better driver on road course type tracks than ovals (has scored 89 points in road events and just 12 on ovals); led more laps in his two wins this season (155) than he had in his entire career (113).

Cristiano da Matta
After three consecutive races finishing out of the points, the Brazilian driver used excellent fuel strategy and pit stops to lead the final 22 laps and win the Motorola 220 at Road America; recorded his sixth victory of the year and eighth in the last 14 CART races; the 10th career victory also extended his lead from 27 to 42 points over Carpentier and Junqueira; started from pole five times this year and has led a series-high 489 laps.

Christian Fittipaldi
A sixth-place finish at Road America moved him from seventh to fifth with 82 points in the standings; earned chunks of big points with a pair of second -lace finishes at the Grand Prix of Monterey and Mid-Ohio; in addition, also was third in Mexico and Toronto; failed to score any points in five races while twice picked up the minimum of one point for 12th-place finishes.

Dario Franchitti:
His recent win at Vancouver was his first in two years and the eighth of his career; that briefly put him into second place of the standings and perhaps a challenger to da Matta for the title; but a DNF at Mid-Ohio and 12th-place finish at Road America dropped him to fourth place, 58 points off the leader's pace.

Michel Jourdain Jr.:
Set a new Team Rahal record by scoring points in his 12th consecutive race; having the best season of his seven years on the CART circuit; the ninth-place result at Road America improved his season total points to 80 points -- more than he earned in his first six years in the series; the key factor for the Mexican driver has been consistency as he leads the loop in laps and miles completed.

Bruno Junqueira:
Although he started from the pole at Road America and led 14 laps, could not keep countryman da Matta at bay and eventually finished third; has 101 points, tying him with Carpentier for second place; trails da Matta by 42 points with seven races remaining; won at Motegi, Japan in April and also was second in Portland, Oregon and Chicago for other top results.

Tony Kanaan
Persevered through a number of mechanical problems in practice and qualifying at Road America, but on race day he made his way steadily from last place in the 18-car grid to an impressive fourth-place finish; one of his better performances in an otherwise disappointing year; his other top finish was a third-place showing at Vancouver two races ago; has improved from 17th to 13th in the standings, but did not finish in six of the 12 races this season.

Paul Tracy:
A casualty of circumstance when Kenny Brack's aggressive passing attempt caused a crash and end of the day for both drivers at Road America; it was the Canadian's sixth DNF this year; won at The Milwaukee Mile on June 2 and also finished second at Vancouver and third at Cleveland in recent races for top results this year; ninth with 69 points.