Klein Tools/Jim Beam Driver Dan Wheldon Phoenix Fact Sheet

Who: #26 Klein Tools/Jim Beam Dallara/Honda/Firestone driver Dan Wheldon
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)


Dan Wheldon on the Toyota Indy 300
"I'm looking forward to the race in Phoenix.  I think PIR is one of the toughest tracks on
the calendar, if your car is wrong, it is really wrong.  The race is going to be difficult as
well because even when your car is good, it is nasty.  The key for me is to work on the
race setup.  If we can find a car that is comfortable, then I know the Klein Tools/Jim
Beam crew will give me good pit stops and we'll have a strong chance in the race.  The
Klein Tools/Jim Beam car was good at the open test and now we need to make sure we
can take what we learned to give us a car that is consistent throughout the race."

Dan Wheldon Facts
      Phoenix marks Wheldon's 18th IndyCar Series start
      This will be Wheldon's first race at Phoenix International Raceway
      Wheldon claimed  2003 IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year honors despite starting
      only 14 of 16 races
      Wheldon has six IndyCar Series top-five finishes
      Wheldon's third place finish at Homestead on February 29 tied his career best
      finish.  He also finished third at Fall Texas race in 2003
      Wheldon is currently third in the IndyCar Series standings with 35 points, the
      highest he has ranked in his IndyCar Series career
      Wheldon has ten IndyCar Series top-10 finishes, including seven in a row dating
      back to last year
      Wheldon's best start in the IndyCar Series is fourth at California

Dan Wheldon IndyCar Series Statistics
                                   Top     Top              Laps
                  Starts   Wins      5      10     Poles     Led      Pts (Rk)       Earnings
 2004               1        0       1      1        0       14        35 (3)        $78,500
 Career            17        0       6      11       0       47                      $978,115

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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
      AGR has placed two cars in the top-five of an event seven times

Tony Cotman, Team Manager, on the Toyota Indy 300
"Our goal is to build on our finish at Homestead.  We had a pretty good test at Phoenix.
We weren't quite there so we need to work with it a little bit.  It will be a tough event but I
don't see why Dan can't finish in the top three or four again.  Dan's string of good
finishes has to give him a lot of confidence coming into this event; eventually those
finishes are going to lead to a race win.  We just need to keep plugging away, because if
we can finish on the podium every week, the series rewards consistency."