ArcaEx Driver Dario Franchitti Phoenix Fact Sheet
ArcaEx Driver Dario Franchitti
2004 Copper World Indy 200 Fact Sheet
Who: #27 ArcaEx Dallara/Honda/Firestone driver Dario Franchitti
What: Copper World Indy 200, Round 2 of the Indy Racing League® IndyCar® Series
Where: Phoenix International Raceway (PIR), Avondale, Arizona
When: Sunday, March 21, 2004
Television: ABC (Live)
Dario Franchitti on the Copper World Indy 200
"I was plenty hungry for a good run heading into the race at Homestead, so you
can only imagine how I'm feeling heading into Phoenix. I want to get out there and run at
the front, I want to get out there and win races, so why not just start at Phoenix?
"Phoenix is obviously a much different challenge than what we had at
Homestead, but we tested reasonably well there in the ArcaEx car. Between the four of
us (AGR drivers), I think at one point or another we were all in fairly good shape during
the test, so I'm really looking forward to putting it all together this weekend."
Dario Franchitti Facts
Phoenix marks Franchitti's sixth IndyCar Series start and second career start at
PIR
Franchitti finished 16th in this event in 2003 after starting ninth (gearbox failure)
Franchitti opened the season Feb. 29 with a 17th place finish at Homestead-Miami
Speedway, which was the result of an accident on lap 104 of 200
During the IRL Open Test at Phoenix Feb. 11-12, Franchitti posted the fourth-
fastest lap (176.889 miles per hour) among all IndyCar Series competitors over the
course of the two-day session
Franchitti posted one top-five and two top-10 finishes in three IndyCar Series starts
in 2003
Franchitti has 10 major open-wheel racing victories and 11 career pole positions
Dario Franchitti -- IndyCar Series Statistics
Top Top Laps
Starts Wins 5 10 Poles Led Pts (Rk) Earnings
2004 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 (17th) $36,100
Career 5 0 1 2 0 0 - $326,765
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Andretti Green Racing Team Facts
Andretti Green Racing has two wins and three poles in the IndyCar Series
Andretti Green is the defending winner of this event (Tony Kanaan) and led 102 of
the 200 laps at Phoenix in 2003 (Kanaan - 79, Michael Andretti - 23); Kanaan also
won the pole for the 2003 race
Andretti Green has had at least one car in the top-five in seven consecutive
IndyCar Series events dating back to Aug. 10, 2003
AGR has fielded at least three cars in each IndyCar Series event it has entered
AGR entries have combined for 23 top-five finishes in 17 career IndyCar Series
races
AGR has placed two cars in the top-five of an event seven times
Kyle Moyer, General Manager, Andretti Green Racing:
"I thought Dario got back in the saddle really well at Homestead, but didn't get a chance
to contend at the end so I know he's really ready to get on down the road and get a win
at Phoenix. The ArcaEx team is pretty confident heading into the race and the test went
fairly well, so I think Dario should be pretty tough this weekend."