ArcaEx, 2004 Honda Indy 225 Fact Sheet

                                      ArcaEx Driver Dario Franchitti
                                    2004 Honda Indy 225 Fact Sheet

   Who: #27 ArcaEx Dallara/Honda/ Indy Racing League® IndyCar® Series
   What: Honda Indy 225, Round 12 of the Indy Racing League® IndyCar® Series
   Where: Pikes Peak International Raceway, Fountain, Colorado
   When: Sunday, August 22, 2004
   Television: ABC (Live), 3:30 p.m. (EDT)

   Dario Franchitti on the Honda Indy 225:
           "Pikes Peak was my last race last season before my surgery, and we didn't do too badly
   considering the physical condition I was in. I'm looking forward to going back there, and
   hopefully we can have another strong run on a one-mile track. I won the last time we were on a
   short track, so we'll see what happens."

   Dario Franchitti Facts
         Pikes Peak will mark Franchitti's 16th career IndyCar Series start.
         Franchitti has one previous appearance at PPIR, starting seventh and finishing fourth in
         2003.
         Franchitti earned his first IndyCar Series victory at Milwaukee on July 25.
         Franchitti's win at Milwaukee was his second oval-track win of his career.
         Franchitti's winning effort at Milwaukee marked the second IRL IndyCar Series victory by
         the ArcaEx team, as they also won at Kansas in July, 2003, with driver Bryan Herta at the
         wheel.
         Franchitti has recorded three top-five finishes this season (Milwaukee - 1st, Texas - 2nd,
         Kansas - 4th).
         Franchitti earned his first MBNA Pole Award when he qualified on pole position at Texas.
         Franchitti has 11 major open-wheel racing victories and 12 career pole positions.


   Dario Franchitti -- IndyCar Series Statistics
                                           Top    Top             Laps
                          Starts    Wins    5      10     Poles    Led     Pts (Rk)      Earnings
2004                        11       1      3       5       1      219     266 (6th)     $809,190
Career                      15       1      4       7       1      219         -        $1,099,855

   Allen McDonald, Race Engineer,
   #27 ArcaEx Dallara/Honda/Firestone, on the Honda Indy 225:
           "Dario had a very strong race at Pikes Peak last year, we had a victory on the one-mile
   oval at Milwaukee and have had very strong results on the other short ovals this season, so
   we're hoping this weekend to repeat those performances and improve on last year's result."
   Andretti Green Racing Team Facts
         Andretti Green Racing entries have won six of 11 IndyCar Series events this season.
         AGR has led 1,380 of 2,255 total laps run in 2004 (61.2 percent).
         AGR entries have been present on the front row of the IndyCar Series grid at eight of 11
         events this season.
         Andretti Green Racing has had at least one car in the top five in 17 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 16 times, including nine of the past 10
         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 - 433 (1st), Wheldon - 346 (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.
         Twice this season, all four Andretti Green entries have finished in the top 10 (Kansas,
         Kentucky). When they did so at the Kansas event, it marked 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 45 top-five finishes in 27 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:  Kentucky, August 15, 2004 (Wheldon - 3rd, Kanaan - 5th,
         Franchitti - 6th, Herta - 9th)