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Team 7-Eleven, 2004 Honda Indy 225 Fact Sheet


                                         Team 7-Eleven Driver Tony Kanaan
                                           2004 Honda Indy 225 Fact Sheet

   Who: #11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone driver Tony Kanaan
   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)

   Tony Kanaan on the Honda Indy 225:
             "I'm very happy with the way the #11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone has been
   performing and I believe we will have a good car for Pikes Peak, just as we had in Phoenix. I'm still taking
   everything race by race, and am trying to think about the championship. I'm just trying to focus on winning
   races."
   
   Tony Kanaan Facts
           Pikes Peak marks Kanaan's 29th IndyCar Series start.
           Kanaan has completed all 2,255 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 11 outings in 2004. In addition, he is currently riding a string of 10 consecutive top-
           five finishes.
           Kanaan's 783 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 318 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 Pikes Peak International Raceway, starting from
           pole position and finishing second in 2003.
           Kanaan enters the Pikes Peak event atop the IndyCar Series point standings with 433 points; he
           leads Buddy Rice by 50 points and Klein Tools/Jim Beam driver Dan Wheldon by 87 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                              11         3      10       11         1        783        433 (1st)       $1,539,390
Career                            28         4      19       23         4       1,124           --          $3,329,140

   Eric Cowdin, Race Engineer,
   #11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone, on the Honda Indy 225:
             "We're looking forward to going back to Pikes Peak. We had a competitive car last year and I
   think we've improved on our base of knowledge heading into the event this year. We are in the middle of
   a championship fight and I look for us to be strong and run at the front of the field."
   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).
           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.
           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 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)