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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">FIA SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">16/11/2000</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Arturo Merzario</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">In Cuba, Not South Africa</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/arioricaSPO.jpg"></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2"> The popular Italian might have been a welcome addition to the ranks of drivers in the season finale at Kyalami, but he’s on charity duty in Cuba instead. Allegedly, as he explained where he was, there was the sound of girlie laughter in the background and the roar of a speedboat. “I am in da Cuba with Mario, Clay and Laffitte; we play wi da Go-Kart for charidee,” was the gist of his explanation as to his current whereabouts. What a character he always was – and still is.<BR> <BR> Suggestions that he wouldn’t go back to South Africa because no one returned his Marlboro hat (he left it on a bus last year) are wide of the mark. The Kyalami entry should be available shortly, together with some interesting developments for 2001.</FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>