XM Satellite Radio, 2004 Michigan Indy 400 Fact Sheet

Who: #7 XM Satellite Radio Dallara/Honda/Firestone driver Bryan Herta
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)


Bryan Herta on the Michigan Indy 400:
        "I'm not a huge fan of superspeedway racing, but I like to win races and Michigan is my
next opportunity to do that in the XM Satellite Radio car, so I'm looking forward to this weekend.
Fuel economy and a good handling car tend to be the keys to running well at Michigan, so that's
where we'll focus our attention. For me, I was born and lived the first part of my life in Michigan
and still have a lot of family there, so it's always nice to get back up there and see all of them."

Bryan Herta Facts
      Sunday's race at Michigan marks Herta's 21st IndyCar Series start.
      In eight previous open-wheel starts at Michigan, Herta has scored three top-five finishes,
      including a best finish of second in 1996.
      Herta's ninth-place finish at Milwaukee raised his top-10 total to five in 2004.
      The 38 laps he led at Milwaukee were a season high in nine races this year.
      Herta has scored three top-five finishes this season, including a pair of fourth-place
      finishes at Indianapolis (May 30) and at Richmond (June 26).
      Herta's best start in the IndyCar Series came at Nashville Superspeedway when he
      wheeled the #7 XM Satellite Radio entry from the inside of the second row.
      Herta has one IndyCar Series victory, which came at Kansas Speedway in 2003.
      Herta has three career major open-wheel racing wins and seven poles.

Bryan Herta IndyCar Series Statistics
                                   Top     Top              Laps
                  Starts   Wins      5      10     Poles     Led      Pts (Rk)       Earnings
   2004             9        0       3      5        0       60      199 (T9th)      $730,240
   Career          20        1       9      11       0       81                     $1,497,540

George Klotz, Team Manager,
#7 XM Satellite Radio Dallara/Honda/Firestone on the Michigan Indy 400:
        "The whole XM Satellite Radio team is looking forward to getting to Michigan. Everybody
is really hungry for a win and we feel like we'll have as good a shot as anybody this weekend.
I'm sure it's going to be really competitive and really tight racing on Sunday. But, I know Honda
will give us everything we need to go after it and then it will just be a matter of us putting the
right car underneath Bryan."
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 Racing 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)