FRANCHITTI GRINDS OUT SEVENTH-PLACE FINISH IN ALPINE CAR

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                                                               For Immediate Release


               FRANCHITTI GRINDS OUT SEVENTH-PLACE FINISH
                      IN ALPINE CAR AT TWIN RING MOTEGI

       MOTEGI, Japan (April 17, 2004) - Alpine driver Dario Franchitti returned to
Twin Ring Motegi this weekend for the first time since 2002 and used the opportunity
to score his first top-10 finish of the 2004 Indy Racing League® IndyCar® Series
season.
       Franchitti, who missed last year's event due to a back injury, started ninth in
the 22-car field and fought an understeering condition during the early stages of
Saturday's 200-lap race. Although he lost a lap to his teammate and eventual winner
Dan Wheldon, Franchitti continued to battle through the duration of the 300-mile
event to score a seventh-place finish in the #27 Alpine Dallara/Honda/Firestone.
       Wheldon dominated the event, leading 192 of 200 laps, for his first IndyCar
Series win in the Klein Tools/Jim Beam Dallara/Honda/Firestone. Team 7-Eleven
driver Tony Kanaan finished second, followed by Helio Castroneves. The same three
drivers also hold down the top-three positions in the series point standings, in that
order.
       Saturday's performance gave Andretti Green Racing its second consecutive
win and its first-ever "one-two" finish. AGR has led 383 of the last 400 laps run in
IndyCar Series competition.
       Round 4 of the 2004 IndyCar Series comes on May 30 with the 88th running of
the Indianapolis 500. Practice for the "500" opens on May 9.

Dario Franchitti, #27 Alpine Dallara/Honda/Firestone:
       "It was an incredibly frustrating day for the Alpine team. The car wasn't too
bad, but we certainly didn't have a car to compete with Dan [Wheldon] today. We
would like to have finished better than we did, but we brought it home and picked up
a few points. There has just been so much effort go into this race and we're all a part
of it. Dan drove a stormer. He just drove an excellent, excellent race. I guess he's not
a rookie anymore."

Kyle Moyer, General Manager, Andretti Green Racing:
       "The most important thing for the Alpine team today is that we finished the
race. With the way our season started, everything has to come in baby steps, so
today got us going. This wasn't one of our stellar days, but this gives us a place to
start. All in all, it was a great day for Andretti Green Racing. All of our drivers helped
win this race today because they work so well together, so we can all enjoy this."

                                        -AGR-
Contact:
Al Larsen, (317) 872-2700 ext 239, alan.larsen@andrettigreenracing.com
Carol Wilkins, (317) 872-2700 ext 241, cwilkins@andrettigreenracing.com