Second Practice Session for the Indy Japan 300

PATRICK CARPENTIER NEWS BUREAU UPDATE

Round Four of the IndyCar Series in Japan

Second Practice Session for the Indy Japan 300

Montreal, April 28, 2005 -  Patrick Carpentier completed his second 
practice session for the Indy Japan 300, Round 4 of the Indy Car 
Series 2005 to be held Saturday at Twin Ring Motegi in Japan.

Carpentier finished 13th for the session and overall on the day. He 
posted his best lap time around the 2.414-kilometre (1.5-mile) Twin 
Ring oval track in 27.5751 seconds. The Red Bull Cheever Racing 
driver averaged 319.359 km/h. His teammate Alex Barron finished one 
position behind him.

Fastest driver of the day was Helio Castroneves with a lap time of 
26.9071 seconds (327.285 km/h). The Brazilian driver edged British 
driver Dan Wheldon by seven hundredths of a second. Third quickest 
was Dario Franchitti of Scotland, followed by Brazilian Tony Kanaan 
and US driver Sam Hornish Jr., quickest in the first session.

Drivers will return on track Thursday night at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time 
for the third practice session of the weekend. A news bulletin will 
follow the third session

Media Contact:
Max d'Orsonnens	(514) 990-4988, maxdo@videotron.ca

Indy Japan 300  @ Twin Ring Motegi
On-Track Race Schedule

		Eastern Time
Thursday, April 28	IndyCar Practice 3	08:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
	IndyCar Qualifying	11:30 p.m. -

Friday, April 29	IndyCar Warm-Up	02:45 a.m. - 03:15 a.m.
Saturday, April 30	IndyCar Race	12:01 a.m.   -                
	(200 laps - 483 km/300 miles)