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Team 7-Eleven Indy 500 Practice Report (May 21, 2004)

                                Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Driver:  Tony Kanaan
Car:  #11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone

                   Tony Kanaan                                                           Tony Kanaan
                       May 21                                                       All Practice Sessions
      Position               12th                                          Best Speed             222.668 mph
      Speed                  215.702 mph                                   Best Time              40.4189 sec
      Time                   41.7242 sec                                   Total Laps             416
      Laps                   40

                                                      IndyCar Series
                                               Practice Speeds - May 21
                                        1.  Adrian Fernandez           218.257 mph
                                        2.  Helio Castroneves          218.040 mph
                                        3.  Scott Dixon                217.640 mph
                                        4.  Kosuke Matsuura            217.520 mph
                                        5.  Buddy Rice                 217.249 mph

Tony Kanaan, #11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone
          "You're never going to feel 100 percent ready because there are so many variables. But, I'm
happy with the Team 7-Eleven car. I think it's pretty good, but we'll really find out on race day. It seems
very consistent. We'll just have to see what's going to happen when it counts."

Tony Kanaan Facts
       Kanaan will start fifth in the 88th Indianapolis 500; he has not qualified worse than fifth in three
       career Indy qualifying runs.
       Kanaan started second and finished third in last year's Indianapolis 500.
       Kanaan enters the Indy 500 ranked second in the IndyCar Series point standings after three events,
       trailing AGR teammate and Klein Tools/Jim Beam driver Dan Wheldon, 123-117.

Eric Cowdin, Race Engineer, #11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone
          "I think Tony said it best. The cars are going to be rolling off the grid and we're still going to be
second-guessing ourselves a little bit because there are so many variables. But, I still think we've got a
very good mechanical basis to work from for the Team 7-Eleven car. We just need to tune for the
conditions and try to get the package dialed in for 500 miles."