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Fast Poll.
Respondents who actually care say da Matta can be caught with a little help from Lady Luck and, ahem, maybe someone named Guido.
Michael Andretti can catch Cristiano da Matta if da Matta starts having a little bad luck and Michael starts having some good luck.
John N. Bantsolas, Fayetteville, N.C.
Can anybody catch da Matta? Who cares? CART and all of its drivers are destined to soon disappear from the racing landscape.
Joe Daudish, Westchester, Ill.
Is CART still around? Heck, I almost never hear about anything other than baseball and the NBA. When the sports news is slow, I hear an occasional NASCAR story. Who is Cristiano da Matta? I guess I need to watch RPM 2Night more often.
David Ward, via e-mail
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- Newspaper article from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) September 23, 2006 700+ words
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