ArcaEx Indy 500 Practice Report (May 12, 2004)

                                                                                                                                              Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway

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

                  Dario Franchitti                                                     Dario Franchitti
                       May 12                                                       All Practice Sessions
      Position               22nd                                          Best Speed             219.026 mph
      Speed                  217.466 mph                                   Best Time              41.0911 sec
      Time                   41.3857 sec                                   Total Laps             198
      Laps                   79

                                                      IndyCar Series
                                               Practice Speeds - May 12
                                        1. Tony Kanaan                 222.668 mph
                                        2. Dan Wheldon                 221.953 mph
                                        3. Roger Yasukawa              221.248 mph
                                        4. Adrian Fernandez            221.195 mph
                                        5. Scott Dixon                 220.941 mph

Dario Franchitti, #27 ArcaEx Dallara/Honda/Firestone
          "The ArcaEx team definitely had a good day. This morning was a good start. We were very
consistent. Bryan (Herta) and I got a chance to do a long run together and it was good to get some results
from that. We obviously have a bit more work to do. But, so far so good. Tony (Kanaan) looks very
comfortable, so I'm happy about that. That bodes well for qualifying. But, we definitely had a good day."

Dario Franchitti Facts
       Franchitti has turned 198 laps, which stands as the second-most among the four Andretti Green
       Racing drivers since practice opened on May 9. Bryan Herta has run 215.
       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.

Tino Belli, Technical Director, Andretti Green Racing
          "Dario has been working on consistency and the longer term for the team, and he's done a very
good job. Tomorrow we'll start pushing for a bit more speed with the ArcaEx car, but we're quite pleased
with where we stand with it right now. The team has worked really well together and extremely hard. The
plan is coming together right now. We'll just see what happens."