Klein Tools/Jim Beam, 2004 Honda Indy 225 Fact Sheet
Aug. 17, 2004
Indianapolis, Ind.
Klein Tools/Jim Beam Driver Dan Wheldon
2004 Honda Indy 225 Fact Sheet
Who: #26 Klein Tools/Jim Beam Dallara/Honda/Firestone driver Dan Wheldon
What: Honda Indy 225, Round 12 of the Indy Racing League® IndyCar® Series
Where: Pikes Peak International Raceway, Fountain, Colo.
When: Sunday, August 22, 2004
Television: ABC (Live), 3:30 p.m. (EDT)
Dan Wheldon on the 2004 Honda Indy 225:
"I'm looking forward to Pikes Peak a great deal. We've got some good momentum going
right now. We just need to capitalize on it and get everything we can get in these last five races.
The Klein Tools/Jim Beam crew needs to get another win and it would be great to accomplish that
this weekend at an event that carries the Honda name."
Dan Wheldon Facts
Wheldon travels to Pikes Peak ranked third in the IndyCar Series point standings, trailing
second-place Buddy Rice by 37 points. Teammate and Team 7-Eleven driver Tony Kanaan
leads the standings and is 87 points ahead of Wheldon.
Wheldon scored his second-straight third-place finish last Sunday at Kentucky Speedway and
now has seven top-three finishes in 2004. He and Kanaan are tied for the most top-three
finishes in the series this season.
The driver of the #26 Klein Tools/Jim Beam Honda-powered Dallara has led 318 laps this
season, which ranks second in the series.
Wheldon has two career IndyCar Series wins, visiting the winner's circle at Twin Ring Motegi
(April 17) and Richmond (June 26), and has two career IndyCar Series poles, earning them
consecutively at Phoenix (March 20) and Twin Ring Motegi (April 16).
Earlier this year, Wheldon tied a then-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 shared that record with Helio Castroneves and Sam Hornish. Kanaan now
holds the record with a current streak of nine consecutive top-fives.
Dan Wheldon IndyCar Series Statistics
Top Top Laps
Starts Wins 5 10 Poles Led Pts (Rk) Earnings
2004 11 2 7 8 2 318 346 (3rd) $1,271,790
Career 27 2 12 18 2 351 $2,171,405
Eddie Jones, Race Engineer,
#26 Klein Tools/Jim Beam Dallara/Honda/Firestone on the Honda Indy 225:
"The Klein Tools/Jim Beam team believes it has made good progress on the short ovals
and we hope to reap the rewards of that this weekend at Pikes Peak. We're pretty confident with
our program and Dan is driving particularly well at the moment. It certainly has us feeling like we're
heading toward a successful weekend."
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)