Red Bull Cheever Racing driver Patrick Carpentier Lap 154

Dan Wheldon Wins his Fourth Race of the Season

Montreal, Sunday, May 29, 2005 - Starting 25th on the grid, Red Bull 
Cheever Racing driver Patrick Carpentier was classified 21st at the 
89th running of the Indy 500 held Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor 
Speedway, Round 5 of the 2005 IndyCar Series schedule. Carpentier's 
day came to an end on the race leader lap 154 of 200 when debris 
entered the engine air box during a multiple car incident prior to 
the race restart. The incident happened when a car checked out early 
creating an accordion effect in Turn 4. There were also anxious 
moments for Carpentier on the grid as his car refused to start. The 
crew finally got the engine going and he was sent on his way.

''Several drivers were warming up their tires prior to the restart 
when the field suddenly slowed down causing an accident,'' Carpentier 
said. ''I was glad to avoid the cars but with debris flying all over 
the place, one piece got stuck in the air box and damaged the engine. 
It's was a tremendous feeling running in front of so many people. I 
had never experienced something like it before. I was a bit fearful 
for the start because when you are so far back in the field there is 
a lot of dirty air. But, everything went well. Before the incident, 
the car was understeering a bit, but our biggest problem was top 
speed. Our sixth gear was too short and the engine was cutting out 
halfway through the straights. So, it was impossible to pass any 
cars. I'm glad it's over because it has been a long, difficult month 
of May due to the fact that we lacked the speed needed to be up 
front.''

Dan Wheldon won his fourth race of the season to take a commanding 
lead in the point standings. Starting from 16th place, the 
Andretti-Green Racing driver slowly clawed his way up the field to 
take the lead after coming out of the pits on lap 150. The British 
driver led the race four times for 30 of the last 51 laps. He crossed 
the finish line under a yellow caution, ahead of Brazilian Vitor 
Meira and Bryan Herta of the United States. Danica Patrick, whose 
spin caused the incident that retired Carpentier on lap 154, finished 
fourth ahead of Buddy Lazier. The first nine cars finished on the 
lead lap. 15 of the 33 starters were still running at the finish.

The next IndyCar Series race will be held Saturday night June 11 at 
the Texas Motor Speedway.