ArcaEx Indy 500 Practice Report (May 20, 2004)

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

                  Dario Franchitti                                                     Dario Franchitti
                       May 20                                                       All Practice Sessions
      Position               8th                                           Best Speed             219.026 mph
      Speed                  217.127 mph                                   Best Time              41.0911 sec
      Time                   41.4503 sec                                   Total Laps             407
      Laps                   68

                                                      IndyCar Series
                                               Practice Speeds - May 20
                                        1. Kosuke Matsuura             220.784 mph
                                        2. Adrian Fernandez            220.007 mph
                                        3. Helio Castroneves           218.676 mph
                                        4. Vitor Meira                 218.617 mph
                                        5. Tony Kanaan                 218.485 mph

Dario Franchitti, #27 ArcaEx Dallara/Honda/Firestone
          "We made some good progress again today. I feel like we've been pretty close all week. We're
just really trying to get it as close to perfect as we can. Obviously, the more information we get the better
job we can do with that. But, I'm pretty happy. The ArcaEx guys did a good job today. Again, having three
teammates certainly helped. Bryan, Tony, Dan and I all ran in a simulated pack and that seemed to help."

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
          "We got a lot of work done today on the ArcaEx car. I think we're getting closer on our race setup.
We did a couple of good long runs and we've learned a lot. We really are getting pretty close. We've still
got a couple of things we need to improve. Hopefully, over the next few days we can make those final
little steps."