California Indy 400 Starting Grid

FONTANA, Calif. (Oct. 15, 2005)

    California Indy 400 Qualifying
 Pos.      Name                            Speed (mph)          Time (secs)
 1       Dario Franchitti                   219.398             32.8171
 2       Tomas Scheckter                    218.902             32.8915
 3       Sam Hornish Jr.                    218.602             32.9365
 4       Danica Patrick                     218.199             32.9974
 5       Buddy Rice                         218.029             33.0231
 6       Helio Castroneves                  217.765             33.0631
 7       Dan Wheldon                        217.702             33.0728
 8       Bryan Herta                        217.408             33.1175
 9       Scott Sharp                        217.261             33.1399
 10      Tony Kanaan                        217.170             33.1537
 11      Tomas Enge                         217.143             33.1578
 12      Kosuke Matsuura                    217.037             33.1741
 13      Vitor Meira                        216.585             33.2433
 14      Jaques Lazier                      216.491             33.2578
 15      Scott Dixon                        216.318             33.2844
 16      Patrick Carpentier                 215.704             33.3790
 17      Alex Barron                        215.631             33.3904
 18      A.J. Foyt IV                       215.622             33.3917
 19      Jimmy Kite                         215.602             33.3948
 20      Roger Yasukawa                     214.676             33.5389
 21      Ed Carpenter                       212.411             33.8966
 22      Thiago Medeiros                   No Speed             No Time

Bryan Herta, driver of the XM Satellite Radio Honda-powered Dallara will start eighth for Sunday's running of the California Indy 400. Herta posted a speed of 217.408 miles per hour (33.1175 seconds).

Tomorrow's race from California Speedway goes green at 3:45 p.m. (EDT) with ESPN providing live coverage of the event beginning at 3:30 p.m. (EDT). The final race of the 2005 Indy Racing LeagueŽ IndyCarŽ Series schedule can be heard live by XM Satellite Radio subscribers on Extreme XM, channel 152.

Bryan Herta, #7 XM Satellite Radio Dallara/Honda/Firestone: "The XM Satellite Radio car felt the best it has been all weekend. It just didn't make the number we were hoping for. We put Dario's setup on and the car felt good. I was comfortable, the speed wasn't there, but hopefully we'll finish well."