Klein Tools/Jim Beam, 2004 Michigan Indy 400 Fact Sheet

Who: #26 Klein Tools/Jim Beam Dallara/Honda/Firestone driver Dan Wheldon
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)

Dan Wheldon on the 2004 Michigan Indy 400:
        "Michigan is always a tough race from the standpoint that you run very close together for a
long period of time. But, I certainly think the Klein Tools/Jim Beam car will handle very well around
the superspeedway. And obviously, with Honda power, we're going to run up in the front. It's just a
case of making sure we have a good race balance, are good in traffic and pick a good strategy,
which I have no doubt that (team manager) Tony Cotman will."

Dan Wheldon Facts
      Wheldon enters the Michigan event with a third-place standing in the IndyCar Series points,
      trailing second-place Buddy Rice by 17 points. Andretti Green Racing teammate Tony
      Kanaan leads the standings and is 81 ahead of Wheldon.
      Although he did not lead a lap at Milwaukee, Wheldon still ranks second in the series with
      312 laps led this season.
      Wheldon has five top-five finishes in 2004 - all of which are finishes of third place or better.
      Wheldon has two career IndyCar Series wins, visiting the winner's circle at Twin Ring Motegi
      and Richmond (2004).
      Wheldon has two career IndyCar Series poles, earning them consecutively at Phoenix and
      Twin Ring Motegi in 2004.
      Earlier this year, Wheldon tied an IndyCar Series record by scoring seven consecutive top-
      five finishes, a streak that included the final three events of 2003 and the first four races of
      2004. Wheldon shares the record with Helio Castroneves and Sam Hornish.

Dan Wheldon IndyCar Series Statistics
                                   Top     Top              Laps
                  Starts   Wins      5      10     Poles     Led      Pts (Rk)       Earnings
 2004               9        2       5      6        2       312      276 (3rd)     $1,132,590
 Career            24        2      10      16       2       345                    $2,032,205

Eddie Jones, Race Engineer, #26 Klein Tools/Jim Beam Dallara/Honda/Firestone
on the Michigan Indy 400:
        "Although our results haven't been what we've wanted the past couple weeks, I think the
Klein Tools/Jim Beam team is still very strong. Dan is driving really well right now and he is
particularly good at places like Michigan. As a team, I really think everything is there to get back on
track, and Dan is on top of his game. We just need to stay focused and the results will take care of
themselves."
              

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)