Nives Ceccato - customer number 2,000,000 for CART 2002 source: CART.com SURFERS PARADISE, Australia--The two-millionth fan to attend a CART FedEx Championship Series event in 2002 came through the gates of the Surfers Paradise street course Saturday, but the experience was nothing new for Nives Ceccato. Ceccato, a resident of Mermaid Waters, a suburb of the Gold Coast, came through the front gates at approximately 12:06 p.m. Saturday to raise the season's attendance count to 2,000,000 through the first 17-plus events of the year, and was immediately met by CART CEO and President Christopher R. Pook along with delegates from this weekend's Honda Indy 300. Ceccato has been to every running of the Honda Indy 300 on the Gold Coast of Australia, but will see this one from an entirely different light after being named the year's two-millionth fan. Ceccato and her family will get VIP treatment for the weekend and will be included in selected race ceremonies, such as participating in the Pole Award ceremony after Saturday qualifying. The Ceccato family will have access to CART and Honda Indy 300 suites, will receive pace car rides as well as CART and race merchandise. The family will also receive a free trip to a North American CART event of their choice next season. "I had to call my husband John and tell him about it because he had to work and he didn't believe me," said an excited Ceccato. "My brother-in-law had to call him back and tell him that we had really won." This year's Honda Indy 300 has already drawn 113,436 fans to the first two days of the event, with Saturday qualifying and Sunday's 70-lap race to follow.
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