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Klein Tools/Jim Beam Driver Dan Wheldon 2004 Toyota Indy 300 Fact

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                                                            For Immediate Release
                                                                February 24, 2004
                                                                  Indianapolis, Ind.

                   Klein Tools/Jim Beam Driver Dan Wheldon
                        2004 Toyota Indy 300 Fact Sheet

 Who: #26 Klein Tools/Jim Beam Dallara/Honda/Firestone driver Dan Wheldon
 What: Toyota Indy 300, Round 1 of the Indy Racing League® IndyCar® Series
 Where: Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida
 When: Sunday, February 29, 2004
 Television: ABC Live


 Dan Wheldon on the Toyota Indy 300
 "I can't wait to get back in the Klein Tools/Jim Beam car. This off-season has
 dragged on for me because I truly enjoy driving. We've had the two open tests
 and both have gone well for us. One of the best things we have learned at the
 tests is how well all of the drivers and engineers at Andretti Green Racing work
 together. All of us get along so well and we are able to have four sets of data to
 study. AGR has done a great job in producing four very competitive cars that are
 very equal."

 Dan Wheldon Facts
      Homestead marks Wheldon's 17th IndyCar Series start
      Wheldon claimed  2003 IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year honors despite
      starting only 14 of 16 races
      Wheldon has five IndyCar Series top-five finishes
      Wheldon has nine IndyCar Series top-10 finishes
      Wheldon's best start in the IndyCar Series is fourth at California
      This marks Wheldon's first start at Homestead Miami Speedway

 Dan Wheldon 2003 Recap
                                  Top    Top           Laps
Team               Starts   Wins   5     10    Poles    Led     Pts (Rk)    Earnings
Andretti Green       16      0     5     10       0      33     312 (11)    $864,515

                                       -more-


 Klein Tools/Jim Beam 2004 Toyota Indy 300 Fact Sheet Continued

 Andretti Green Racing Team Facts
      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

 Tony Cotman, Team Manager, on the Toyota Indy 300
 "We had a good test at Homestead and that gave Dan a lot of confidence
 heading into the season, which is very good.  We are expecting to have a good
 start to the season.  The cars are in excellent shape, the Klein Tools/Jim Beam
 guys worked extremely hard in the off-season to get us to this point.  We have
 three goals this year; the first is to finish every race, the second is to win multiple
 races and the third is to get those wins at the Indianapolis 500 and to get a
 victory for Honda at Motegi."

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