Team 7-Eleven, 2004 Michigan Indy 400 Fact Sheet
Who: #11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone driver Tony Kanaan
What: Michigan Indy 400, Round 10 of the Indy Racing League® IndyCar® Series
Where: Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan
When: Sunday, August 1, 2004
Television: ABC (Live), 3 p.m. (EDT)
Tony Kanaan on the Michigan Indy 400:
"Michigan Speedway is where I won my first 'big league' race in 1999, so it is a special place for
me. I'm sure the race will be fast and exciting. Team 7-Eleven just needs to remain focused on our goals,
which are to win as many races as possible and extend our lead in the points race."
Tony Kanaan Facts
Michigan marks Kanaan's 27th IndyCar Series start.
Kanaan has completed all 1,855 race laps run this season, making him the only IndyCar Series
driver to have completed every lap.
Kanaan is the only IRL IndyCar Series driver to have both started in the top 10 and recorded a top-
10 finish in all nine outings in 2004. His finishes include an eighth-place at Homestead-Miami, a win
at Phoenix, a second at Twin Ring Motegi, a runner-up finish in the Indianapolis 500, a victory at
Texas, a fifth-place finish at Richmond, a third-place finish at Kansas, victory at Nashville and fourth
at Milwaukee.
Kanaan has five previous Indy-style starts at Michigan International Speedway with a best finish of
first (1999, his first career Indy-style victory).
Kanaan's 474 laps led this season are the most of any IndyCar Series driver. Dan Wheldon ranks
second with 312 laps led.
Kanaan enters the Michigan event ranked first in the IndyCar Series point standings with 357
points; he leads Buddy Rice by 64 points and Andretti Green Racing teammate Dan Wheldon by 81
points.
Kanaan has four career IndyCar Series wins (Phoenix 2003 and 2004, Texas 2004, Nashville 2004)
and three IndyCar Series poles, all in 2003 (Homestead, Phoenix, Pikes Peak).
Tony Kanaan - IndyCar Series Statistics
Top Top Laps
Starts Wins 5 10 Poles Led Pts (Rk) Earnings
2004 9 3 8 9 0 474 357 (1st) $1,359,990
Career 26 4 17 21 3 815 -- $3,159,640
Eric Cowdin, Race Engineer,
#11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone, on the Michigan Indy 400:
"We're into the real meat of the season and the next month will be the key to deciding the
championship. Team 7-Eleven is just taking things race by race. We're happy with the result we had in
Milwaukee. When you don't have the car the way it needs to be, you just have to do everything possible
to bring it home and Tony did a better job than the car he had in the race. Michigan should be a strong
race for us. Tony likes the track; he always has, and I think our package will be strong."
Andretti Green Racing Team Facts
Andretti Green Racing entries have won six of nine IndyCar Series events this season.
AGR has led 1,065 of 1,855 total laps run in 2004 (57.4 percent).
Andretti Green Racing has had at least one car in the top five in 15 consecutive IndyCar Series
events dating back to Aug. 10, 2003, which stands as the longest active streak in the series.
AGR has placed two cars in the top five of an event 14 times, including seven of the past eight
events this season.
Andretti Green Racing won all three night events on the 2004 IndyCar Series schedule (Tony
Kanaan - Texas, Nashville; Dan Wheldon - Richmond).
AGR has won every IndyCar Series event thus far in 2004 held at tracks shorter than 1.5 miles in
length (Kanaan - Phoenix, Nashville; Wheldon - Richmond; Franchitti - Milwaukee).
Andretti Green drivers occupy two of the top three spots in the IndyCar Series point standings
[Kanaan - 357 (1st), Wheldon - 276 (3rd)].
Andretti Green won both the pole (Wheldon, March 20; Wheldon, April 16; Franchitti, June 10) and
race (Kanaan, March 21; Wheldon, April 17; Kanaan, June 12) at Phoenix, Twin Ring Motegi and
Texas.
All four Andretti Green entries finished in the top 10 at Kansas, marking the first time since Sept.
15, 1996 (Las Vegas) that an IRL IndyCar Series team has accomplished that feat.
AGR entries have combined for 41 top-five finishes in 25 career IndyCar Series races.
Andretti Green has eight wins and six poles since joining the IndyCar Series in 2003.
The Last Time That Andretti Green Racing…
Won an IndyCar Series event: Milwaukee, July 25, 2004 (Franchitti)
Claimed the pole position: Texas, June 10, 2004 (Franchitti)
Swept the front row in qualifying: Phoenix, March 21, 2004 (Wheldon - 1st, Kanaan - 2nd)
Recorded a "1-2" finish: Texas, June 12, 2004 (Kanaan - 1st, Franchitti - 2nd)
Placed three cars in the top five: Kansas, July 4, 2004 (Kanaan - 3rd, Franchitti - 4th,
Bryan Herta - 5th)
Placed four cars in the top 10: Kansas, July 4, 2004 (Kanaan - 3rd, Franchitti - 4th,
Herta - 5th, Wheldon - 9th)