XM Satellite Radio, 2004 Pikes Peak Honda Indy 225 Fact Sheet

Who: #7 XM Satellite Radio Dallara/Honda/Firestone driver Bryan Herta
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)


Bryan Herta on the Honda Indy 225:
        "I've never raced at Pikes Peak, but I did test there last year and I really like the track. To
me, it's a one-mile version of Michigan. I just really like short oval racing, so I'm really looking
forward to these next two events in the XM Satellite Radio car. Short ovals are just a little more
challenging for the driver and they're really intense racing, which I enjoy a lot."

Bryan Herta Facts
      Sunday's running of the Honda Indy 225 will be Herta's first career start at Pikes Peak.
      Herta enters Round 12 at Pikes Peak ranked eighth in the IndyCar Series point standings,
      seven points behind seventh-place driver Vitor Meira and 34 points behind fifth-place
      driver Sam Hornish Jr.
      The driver of the XM Satellite Radio Dallara/Honda/Firestone is coming off a ninth-place
      finish in the Michigan Indy 400 - his fifth top-10 result in the past six races.
      Herta has scored three top-five finishes this season, including a pair of fourth-place
      finishes at Indianapolis (May 30) and at Richmond (June 26).
      Herta's best start in the IndyCar Series came at Nashville Superspeedway (July 17) when
      he wheeled the #7 XM Satellite Radio entry from the inside of the second row.
      Herta has one IndyCar Series victory, which came at Kansas Speedway in 2003.
      Herta has three career major open-wheel racing wins and seven poles.

Bryan Herta IndyCar Series Statistics
                                   Top     Top              Laps
                  Starts   Wins      5      10     Poles     Led      Pts (Rk)       Earnings
   2004            11        0       3      7        0       60       249 (8th)      $819,140
   Career          21        1       9      12       0       81                     $1,586,440

George Klotz, Team Manager,
#7 XM Satellite Radio Dallara/Honda/Firestone on the Honda Indy 225:
        "We race to win every weekend and I just feel like things are going to go our way one of
these times. Bryan has been doing a great job and the XM Satellite Radio guys are doing a
great job. We just need to keep doing what we're doing and one will come our way. It's got to.
We were a little down after Kentucky, but it just wasn't our day. So, you just have to tear that
one off and go to the next one. We'll just stay focused and keep doing what we're doing."

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)