ArcaEx, 2004 Delphi Indy 300 Fact Sheet
ArcaEx Driver Dario Franchitti
2004 Delphi Indy 300 Fact Sheet
Who: #27 ArcaEx Dallara/Honda driver Dario Franchitti
What: Delphi Indy 300, Round 14 of the Indy Racing League IndyCar® Series
Where: Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Illinois
When: Sunday, September 12, 2004
Television: ABC (Live), 1:30 p.m. (EDT)
Dario Franchitti on the Delphi Indy 300:
"The ArcaEx team has earned podium finishes in each of our past two outings, plus we've had
very good success this season on the 1.5-mile ovals at Texas and Kansas. We are looking for another
strong run this weekend at Chicago and hope to gain another position in the points race."
Dario Franchitti Facts
Chicagoland will mark Franchitti's 18th career IRL IndyCar® Series start.
This will be Franchitti's first appearance at Chicagoland Speedway.
Entering the Chicagoland event, Franchitti is riding a string of three-consecutive top-five finishes.
Franchitti earned his second IRL IndyCar® Series victory of the season at Pikes Peak on August 22.
Franchitti earned his first IndyCar® Series victory at Milwaukee on July 25.
Franchitti's win at Pikes Peak was the third oval-track victory of his career.
Both of Franchitti's victories this season have come on one-mile ovals.
Franchitti has dominated the two races which he's won this season, leading 111 of 225 laps at
Milwaukee, and 128 of 225 laps at Pikes Peak.
Franchitti's winning effort at Pikes Peak marked the third 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 four top-five finishes this season (Pikes Peak - 1st, Milwaukee - 1st, Texas -
2nd, Kansas - 4th).
Franchitti earned his first MBNA Pole Award when he qualified on pole position at Texas.
Franchitti has 12 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 13 2 5 7 1 347 347 (5th) $987,190
Career 17 2 6 9 1 347 - $1,277,855
Allen McDonald, Race Engineer,
#27 ArcaEx Dallara/Honda/Firestone, on the Delphi Indy 300:
"The ArcaEx team has posted strong results over four of the last five races and we'd like to keep
that momentum going. We had very good races on the 1.5-mile ovals at Texas and Kansas and hopefully
we can build on those setups and have another good race this weekend."
IRL IndyCar® Series Records Set by Andretti Green Racing in 2004
AGR entries have won a record eight of 13 IndyCar® Series events this season.
Andretti Green entries swept the top three positions at Nazareth on August 29 (Dan Wheldon - 1st,
Tony Kanaan - 2nd, Dario Franchitti - 3rd); the first time in IndyCar® Series history that one team has
claimed all three podium positions.
Andretti Green Racing has had at least one car in the top five in 19 consecutive IndyCar® Series
events dating back to Aug. 10, 2003, which stands as the longest active streak in the series.
Kanaan has led 815 laps, an IndyCar® Series single-season mark.
Andretti Green Racing Team Facts
AGR has led 1,619 of 2,705 total laps run in 2004 (59.8 percent).
Andretti Green drivers have led the IndyCar® Series point standings for 12 consecutive events in
2004, dating to Phoenix (March 21).
Andretti Green Racing drivers occupy the top three spots among IndyCar® Series lap leaders
[Kanaan - 815 (1st), Wheldon - 397 (2nd), Franchitti - 347 (3rd)].
AGR entries have been present on the front row of the IndyCar® Series grid at nine of 13 events this
season.
AGR has placed two cars in the top five of an event 18 times, including 11 of the past 12 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, Pikes Peak).
Andretti Green drivers occupy the top two spots in the IndyCar® Series point standings and three of
the top five positions [Kanaan - 503 (1st), Wheldon - 431 (2nd), Franchitti - 354 (5th)].
Andretti Green won both the pole (Wheldon, March 20; Wheldon, April 16; Franchitti, June 10;
Kanaan, August 21) and race (Kanaan, March 21; Wheldon, April 17; Kanaan, June 12; Franchitti,
August 22) at Phoenix, Twin Ring Motegi, Texas and Pikes Peak.
All four Andretti Green entries have finished in the top 10 on four occasions this season (Kansas,
Kentucky, Pikes Peak and Nazareth). When they did so at the Kansas event, it marked the first time
since Sept. 15, 1996 (Las Vegas) that an IndyCar® Series team has accomplished that feat.
Andretti Green Racing has 10 wins and eight poles since joining the IndyCar® Series in 2003.
AGR entries have combined for 51 top-five finishes in 29 career IndyCar® Series races.
The Last Time That Andretti Green Racing?
Won an IndyCar® Series event: Nazareth, August 29, 2004 (Wheldon)
Claimed the pole position: Pikes Peak, August 22, 2004 (Kanaan)
Swept the front row in qualifying: Pikes Peak, August 22, 2004 (Kanaan - 1st, Wheldon - 2nd)
Recorded a "1-2" finish: Nazareth, August 29, 2004 (Wheldon - 1st, Kanaan - 2nd)
Registered a "1-2-3" finish: Nazareth, August 29, 2004 (Wheldon - 1st, Kanaan - 2nd,
Franchitti - 3rd)
Placed three cars in the top five: Nazareth, August 29, 2004 (Wheldon - 1st, Kanaan - 2nd,
Franchitti - 3rd)
Placed four cars in the top 10: Nazareth, August 29, 2004 (Wheldon - 1st, Kanaan - 2nd,
Franchitti - 3rd, Bryan Herta - 8th)
