ArcaEx Indy 500 Practice Report (May 19, 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 19                                                       All Practice Sessions
      Position               15th                                          Best Speed             219.026 mph
      Speed                  217.218 mph                                   Best Time              41.0911 sec
      Time                   41.4330 sec                                   Total Laps             339
      Laps                   76

                                                      IndyCar Series
                                               Practice Speeds - May 19
                                        1. Scott Dixon                 220.576 mph
                                        2. Kosuke Matsuura             219.417 mph
                                        3. Roger Yasukawa              219.173 mph
                                        4. Adrian Fernandez            219.171 mph
                                        5. Helio Castroneves           218.706 mph

Dario Franchitti, #27 ArcaEx Dallara/Honda/Firestone
          "We're into typical Indianapolis now. One minute you think you have it and the next minute you
don't. But, we're getting pretty close actually. We're honing in on what we think we need for the ArcaEx
car. We're learning stuff all the time. I did a lot of work today and got to do some running with Tony and
Dan, which was good. Hopefully, we'll get to continue tomorrow and get it nailed down by the end of the
week."

Dario Franchitti Facts
       Franchitti will start on the outside of the front row in the 88th Indianapolis 500.
       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
          "It was a really productive day for the ArcaEx team. We went through a couple of different race
setups and had a long run this afternoon with our teammates. We're increasing our knowledge base and
finding out some different things about how the car is in different conditions. We got a lot of new
information today and are that much more prepared for the race."