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
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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."