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                                                            For Immediate Release
                                                                February 24, 2004
                                                                  Indianapolis, Ind.

                      XM Satellite Radio Driver Bryan Herta
                        2004 Toyota Indy 300 Fact Sheet

 Who: #7 XM Satellite Radio Dallara/Honda/Firestone driver Bryan Herta
 What: Toyota Indy 300, Round 1 of the Indy Racing LeagueŽ IndyCarŽ Series
 Where: Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida
 When: Sunday, February 29, 2004
 Television: ABC (Live)


 Bryan Herta on the Toyota Indy 300
 "I'm really looking forward to this season and partnering with XM Satellite Radio.
 This is the first time in a couple of years that I've known exactly what I'm going to
 do for a whole season.  Andretti Green Racing is a great team and I'm not
 surprised everything has come together so well because the team was blended.
 I expect to be strong because some of the experienced guys on the team moved
 over to our car and we brought in some new guys to make a good mix of people.
 We had a good car at the open test in Homestead and I'm excited for the XM
 Satellite Radio team."

 Bryan Herta Facts
      Homestead marks Herta's 12th IndyCar Series start
      Herta has one IndyCar Series victory which came at Kansas Speedway in
      2003
      Herta has six IndyCar Series top-five finishes
      Herta's best start in the IndyCar Series is fifth at Nazareth
      Herta has made five starts at Homestead-Miami Speedway with a best
      finish of eighth.
      Herta has three career major open-wheel racing wins and seven poles
      Herta's first major open-wheel start came at the 1994 Indianapolis 500

 Bryan Herta 2003 Recap
                                  Top    Top           Laps
Team               Starts   Wins   5     10    Poles    Led    Pts (Rk)    Earnings
Andretti Green       11      1     6      6       0      21    277 (13)   $767,300

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 XM Satellite Radio 2004 Toyota Indy 300 Fact Sheet Continued

 Andretti Green Racing Team Facts
      Homestead marks the first start for the #7 XM Satellite Radio
      Dallara/Honda/Firestone
      Andretti Green Racing has two wins and three poles in the IndyCar Series
      AGR has fielded at least three cars in each IndyCar Series event it has
      entered
      Homestead marks only the second time AGR has fielded four entries in an
      event (Indianapolis, 2003)
      AGR entries have combined for 22 top-five finishes
      AGR has placed two cars in the top-five of an event seven times
      AGR placed all three cars in the top-10 at Homestead last year

 George Klotz, Team Manager, on the Toyota Indy 300
 "The XM Satellite Radio team has come together really quickly.  We started
 working on this program in late December and we have had very little time to put
 all of the pieces in place.  The crew has worked extremely hard getting the cars
 ready and Bryan has done a great job.  We had no mechanical problems during
 the two open tests and Bryan was fast at both Homestead and Phoenix.  The
 season is very long but I expect our team to be in the fight every week."

                                       -AGR-
 Contact:
 Tom McGovern, (317) 872-2700 ext 264, tom.mcgovern@andrettigreenracing.com
 Carol Wilkins, (317) 872-2700 ext 241, cwilkins@andrettigreenracing.com