The Auto Channel
The Largest Independent Automotive Research Resource
The Largest Independent Automotive Research Resource
Official Website of the New Car Buyer

XM Satellite Radio Practice Report May 13, 2004

If the following text-only file is not easily readable, particularly any tables
of numbers, try enlarging this window since every line has a forced end and
there is no word-wrap.  Otherwise, this report will look and print better from
the following PDF file:
http://www.sportssystems.com/applib/PDFload.cfm?file=/email/filehost/AR342.pdf&id=BC342AR9EC574
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                                                      For Immediate Release
                                                                                                   May 13, 2004
                                                                                                 Speedway, Ind.
                                    XM Satellite Radio Practice Report
                            Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Driver:  Bryan Herta
Car:  #7 XM Satellite Radio Dallara/Honda/Firestone

                    Bryan Herta                                                        Bryan Herta
                       May 13                                                    All Practice Sessions
      Position               12th                                        Best Speed             219.909 mph
      Speed                  219.883 mph                                 Best Time              40.9261 sec
      Time                   40.9309 sec                                 Total Laps             248
      Laps                   33

                                                    IndyCar Series
                                             Practice Speeds - May 13
                                     1  Helio Castroneves            221.156 mph
                                     2  Roger Yasukawa               221.093 mph
                                     3.  Sam Hornish Jr.             220.956 mph
                                     4.  Buddy Rice                  220.778 mph
                                     5.  Tony Kanaan                 220.733 mph


Bryan Herta, #7 XM Satellite Radio Dallara/Honda/Firestone
          "It was a good day for the XM Satellite Radio car.  Today was the first day that
we worked on our qualifying setup and we were able to make some changes to go
quicker as the session went on.  We still have tomorrow to keep working on it and I think
we have a chance to earn a good starting spot."

Bryan Herta Facts
       Rain showers delayed the start of practice today by nearly four hours.
       Herta made his first major open-wheel start at the 1994 Indianapolis 500, starting
       22nd and finishing ninth.
       Herta has one Indy Racing LeagueŽ IndyCarŽ Series win, coming at Kansas on
       July 6th last year in only his third IndyCar Series start.
       In his only other start at Indy, Herta started 33rd and finished 13th in 1995.

George Klotz, Team Manager, #7 XM Satellite Radio Dallara/Honda/Firestone
          "Considering that this is our first day working with the qualifying setup we are
happy with the XM Satellite Radio car.  We made some gains with each outing and we
learned some new things to try tomorrow.  We are pretty happy with today."


                                                      -AGR-
Contact:
Tom McGovern, (317) 872-2700 ext 264, tom.mcgovern@andrettigreenracing.com
Carol Wilkins, (317) 872-2700 ext 241, cwilkins@andrettigreenracing.com