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BRIEFLY : MOORE IS LESS FOR ZANARDI.


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Canadian Greg Moore Greg Moore may refer to:
  • Greg "G-Mo" Moore (musician)
  • Greg Moore (Port Coqutlam City Councillor)
  • Greg Moore (race car driver) (1975–1999)
  • Greg Moore (journalist)
  • Greg Moore (ice hockey) - right wing for the Hartford Wolf Pack
  • Greg Moore (Kearsarge)
 outmaneuvered dominant Alex Zanardi Alessandro "Alex" Zanardi, (born October 23, 1966 in Bologna, Italy), is an Italian racing driver. He won two CART championship titles in North America during the late 1990s. He also had a less successful career as a Formula One driver.  as they contested the lead with five laps remaining Sunday, then hung on to win the Rio 400 in Brazil.

``I knew we had a good shot,'' said Moore, who with the victory padded his lead in the CART FedEx Championship standings. ``Alex was good, but we were quicker.''

Defending series champion Zanardi didn't see it that way. Instead, the Italian driver blamed the loss on the lapped car of Arnd Meier Arnd Meier (born March 1, 1973 in Hannover, Germany) is a former race car driver. After finishing second in the 1996 German Formula Three Championship behind Jarno Trulli, but ahead of teammate Nick Heidfeld, Meier participated in the 1997 and 1998 seasons of the CART World Series .

Zanardi was slightly ahead of Moore as they approached Meier entering the fourth turn on the 1.846-mile Nelson Piquet Raceway. Moore went to the inside and Zanardi to the outside. They ran three abreast with Meier for a few moments before Moore pulled ahead in turn one.

``This guy has cost me two points at Homestead and four points today,'' Zanardi said of Meier, who he claimed ignored a signal to let the leaders go by. ``The blue flag means nothing. People ignore it, and nobody takes action. That's the problem.''

Zanardi did not accuse Arnd of intentionally blocking him but said the German driver should have been aware of the situation.

Hakkinen wins: Mika Hakkinen drove his McLaren-Mercedes to victory in the Spanish Grand Prix This article is about Formula One race. For other uses, see Spanish Grand Prix (disambiguation).

The Spanish Grand Prix (Gran Premio de EspaƱa) is a Formula One race currently held at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, as part of the annual
, his third victory of the season.

HOCKEY: The United States lost to Italy 4-0, leaving the Americans on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955.  of relegation RELEGATION, civil law. Among the Romans relegation was a banishment to a certain place, and consequently was an interdiction of all places except the one designated.
     2. It differed from deportation. (q.v.) Relegation and deportation agree u these particulars: 1.
 from the elite A Pool at the World Hockey Championships in Zurich, Switzerland.

The United States must now beat Latvia by a large margin today to avoid a special B Pool relegation tournament in November.

``We just have to focus on scoring a goal at this point,'' U.S. coach Jeff Jackson. ``We have a bad habit bad habit Unhealthy habit Clinical medicine A patterned behavior regarded as detrimental to physical or mental health, which is often linked to a lack of self-control. Cf Good habit.  of giving up soft goals. That combination has been disastrous.''

The United States is trying to finish in the top two spots of the relegation round. If it fails, it will have to scrape together a patchwork team for the B Pool tournament in November, when the NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there , college and minor leagues are all in full swing, in a last effort to stay in the A Pool. The last time the Americans were in the B Pool was in 1983.

In other action Sunday, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Finland and Switzerland locked up berths in the semifinals. Sweden beat Canada 7-1, the Czech Republic tied Russia 2-2, Finland defeated Belarus 5-2, and Switzerland tied Slovakia 1-1.

The semifinal matchups are Finland vs. the Czech Republic, and Switzerland vs. Sweden.
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:May 11, 1998
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