ArcaEx Practice Report (May 11, 2004)

                                                                                                                                                                                                            May 11, 2004
                                                                                                           Speedway, Ind.
                                                ArcaEx Practice Report
                                 Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Driver:  Dario Franchitti
Car:  #27 ArcaEx Dallara/Honda/Firestone

                  Dario Franchitti                                                     Dario Franchitti
                       May 11                                                       All Practice Sessions
      Position               14th                                          Best Speed             219.026 mph
      Speed                  218.581 mph                                   Best Time              41.0911 sec
      Time                   41.1747 sec                                   Total Laps             119
      Laps                   54

                                                      IndyCar Series
                                               Practice Speeds - May 11
                                        1. Kosuke Matsuura             221.857 mph
                                        2. Adrian Fernandez            221.705 mph
                                        3. Tony Kanaan                 220.855 mph
                                        4. Helio Castroneves           219.937 mph
                                        5. Bryan Herta                 219.909 mph

Dario Franchitti, #27 ArcaEx Dallara/Honda/Firestone
          "The ArcaEx car wasn't so good this morning. But, we sat down, took the resources of all four
cars, all four engineers, Tino (Belli), Pete Gibbons - even Michael (Andretti) was involved in the mix -
and made big strides today, all four cars. My lap time was a bit slower than yesterday, but the
circumstances were much different. I'm a lot happier with the car and I think it's something we can really
work with for the race now."

Dario Franchitti Facts
       Indianapolis marks Franchitti's eighth IndyCar Series start and second start in the Indianapolis 500.
       In his only other Indy 500 start (2002), Franchitti qualified 28th and finished 19th.
       Franchitti is coming off his first top-10 finish of the season, which came in the form of a seventh at
       Twin Ring Motegi on April 17.

Allen McDonald, Race Engineer, #27 ArcaEx Dallara/Honda/Firestone
          "We made a lot of progress today. We did a lot of race work and found a number of small things,
but they were all improvements. I think we ended up pretty happy with our race balance. Our last run
today was a good start looking towards qualifying. It's not the ultimate, but it's a good start in that
direction."