Team 7-Eleven, 2004 Belterra Casino Indy 300 Fact Sheet
Who: #11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone driver Tony Kanaan
What: Belterra Casino Indy 300, Round 11 of the Indy Racing League® IndyCar® Series
Where: Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Kentucky
When: Sunday, August 15, 2004
Television: ABC (Live), 3:30 p.m. (EDT)
Tony Kanaan on the Belterra Casino Indy 300:
"I'm going to Kentucky with one thing on my mind: to win the race. I still have a long way to go
until the end of the championship, and I'm taking everything race by race. I want to keep my momentum
and score as many points as possible."
Tony Kanaan Facts
Kentucky marks Kanaan's 28th IndyCar Series start.
Kanaan has completed all 2,055 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 10 outings in 2004. In addition, he is currently riding a string of nine consecutive top-
five finishes.
Kanaan's 657 laps led this season are the most of any IndyCar Series driver, more than twice that
of the next-highest lap leader. Teammate Dan Wheldon ranks second with 312 laps led. The
IndyCar Series record for most laps led in a season is 812 by Tony Stewart (1996-97).
Kanaan has one previous IndyCar Series start at Kentucky Speedway (2003).
Kanaan enters the Kentucky event ranked first in the IndyCar Series point standings with 400
points; he leads Buddy Rice by 57 points and Klein Tools/Jim Beam driver Dan Wheldon by 89
points.
Kanaan has four career IndyCar Series wins (Phoenix 2003 and 2004, Texas 2004, Nashville 2004)
and four IndyCar Series poles (Homestead 2003, Phoenix 2003, Pikes Peak 2003 and Michigan
2004).
Tony Kanaan - IndyCar Series Statistics
Top Top Laps
Starts Wins 5 10 Poles Led Pts (Rk) Earnings
2004 10 3 9 10 1 657 400 (1st) $1,470,290
Career 27 4 18 22 4 998 -- $3,260,040
Eric Cowdin, Race Engineer,
#11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone, on the Belterra Casino Indy 300:
"We are coming off a very good test at Kentucky. With testing opportunities being limited this
year, having a successful test prior to a race is a big advantage; the driver has the track fresh in his mind,
he knows where the car is at and is able to give us good information to start the weekend. We're just
going to take it race by race, try to qualify up front and go after a race win."
Team 7-Eleven, 2004 Belterra Casino Indy 300 Fact Sheet Continued
Andretti Green Racing Team Facts
Andretti Green Racing entries have won six of 10 IndyCar Series events this season.
AGR has led 1,248 of 2,055 total laps run in 2004 (60.7 percent).
Andretti Green Racing has had at least one car in the top five in 16 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 15 times, including eight of the past nine 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 - 400 (1st), Wheldon - 311 (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.
Andretti Green Racing has eight wins and seven poles since joining the IndyCar Series in 2003.
AGR entries have combined for 43 top-five finishes in 26 career IndyCar Series races.
The Last Time That Andretti Green Racing…
Won an IndyCar Series event: Milwaukee, July 25, 2004 (Franchitti)
Claimed the pole position: Michigan, July 31, 2004 (Kanaan)
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)
