''I must have the slowest car in the field'' - Patrick Carpentier following his 14th place in Kansas

Round 8 of the Indy Racing League at Kansas Speedway

Montreal, Sunday, July 3, 2005 - Canadian driver Patrick Carpentier 
was having a great time in Round 8 of the Indy Racing League Indy Car 
Series held Sunday on the Kansas Speedway, that i until his last pit 
stop on lap 189. Unfortunately for the Red Bull Cheever Racing 
driver, the final result has no bearing on the fine work he did 
throughout the 200-lap race. Starting way down in 19th place on the 
grid, Carpentier drove through traffic on the 1.5-mile tri-oval 
track, and was up to 7th place before his last pit stop on lap 189. 
The last stop cost him a Top-10 finish as he came back to finish 
14th, 12.3462 seconds behind race winner Tony Kanaan.

The Argent Mortgage Indy 300 was another IRL photo finish race as 
Kanaan got the checkered flag only 0.0120 seconds ahead of his 
Andretti-Green Racing teammate Dan Wheldon, and 0.0242 seconds ahead 
of Vitor Meira of Team Rahal-Letterman. The series' defending 
champion took the lead with three laps to go to finally claim his 
first win of the 2005 season, his fifth career Indy Series win. 
Wheldon, who started 13th, maintained his points lead over 
second-place Kanaan. It was the sixth-closest finish in series 
history.

Fourth place went to Dario Franchitti, the third member of the 
Green-Andretti Racing quartet, followed by Tomas Scheckter, Scott 
Sharp and Darren Manning. Helio Castroneves finished eighth, followed 
by polesitter Danica Patrick. Her Rahal-Letterman teammate, Buddy 
Rice, rounded out the Top 10. Eighteen drivers finished on the 
winner's lap. Only three full course cautions slowed down the race 
for 19 laps.

''I must have the slowest car in the field,'' said Carpentier 
following the race. ''I was proud of the work I had done up to the 
last stop, but unfortunately, when I came back on the track, I was 
not in the right place. I need the draft of at least two cars ahead 
of me to be able to keep the pace with my Dallara-Toyota, and I had 
only one car in front of me. I was flat out and going nowhere. It's 
quite a frustrating result. During the race, I had the opportunity to 
set myself up with several cars and that's how I made my way up the 
field. But with 10 laps to go, it was mission impossible. Let's hope 
that things can improve from here.''

Carpentier is returning to his hometown of Joliette (QC) to rest 
before the next race. ''It will be kind of a short vacation on the 
family farm - a time to relax and forget the frustrations of this 
race by using my new Komatsu excavator to dig a few holes in the 
ground, thanks to my new Federal Equipment sponsor.''

In the provisional standings, Wheldon still leads the standings with 
335 points. Kanaan is next with 259, followed by Helio Castroneves 
(230) and Franchitti (219). Fifth place belongs to Sam Hornish Jr. 
with 216. Next are Vitor Meira 205, Bryan Herta 198, Scott Sharp 198 
and Tomas Scheckter with 192 points. Danica Patrick, with 171 points, 
took over 10th spot previously held by Carpentier.

The 10th season of IRL IndyCar competition continues with the 
Firestone Indy 200 at 7 p.m. (EDT) on Saturday July 16 at Nashville 
Superspeedway. The race will be broadcast live on TSN. Alex Barron, 
Carpentier's teammate, won the second race held in Nashville in 2002. 
Tony Kanaan is the defending race champion.