XM Satellite Radio 2005 Honda Indy 225 Fact Sheet

                                    XM Satellite Radio Driver Bryan Herta
                                          2005 Honda Indy 225 Fact Sheet

Who: #7 XM Satellite Radio Dallara/Honda/Firestone driver Bryan Herta
What: Honda Indy 225, Round 13 of the Indy Racing LeagueŽ IndyCarŽ Series
Where: Pikes Peak International Raceway, Fountain, Colo.
When: Sunday, Aug. 21, 2005
Television: ABC (Live), 3:30 p.m. (EDT)

Bryan Herta on the Honda Indy 225:
          "The XM Satellite Radio team is back running strong again.  Even though we didn't finish at
Kentucky, I feel like we had a strong car there, so we're looking to continue that at Pikes Peak.  With our
most recent DNF, for me it's now more about getting race wins than it is points, so I'm going to Pikes Peak
with that goal in mind."

Bryan Herta Facts
       This will be Herta's second trip to Pikes Peak in the IndyCar Series.  He finished ninth in 2004.
       At the Firestone Indy 400 at Michigan International Speedway (July 31), Herta started on the pole, led
       159 of 200 laps and earned his second career IndyCar Series win.
       Herta is in seventh place in the IndyCar Series points championship. He is 13 points out of sixth place
       and 23 points from the fifth spot.
       Herta is the 22nd different driver to win two or more races in IndyCar Series history.
       Herta recorded a third-place finish at the 2005 Indianapolis 500, his best finish at the famed track.
       Since his first IndyCar Series race in 2003, Herta is tied with the fifth-most top-10 results among all
       IndyCar Series drivers and has the fifth-most top-five finishes.
       Herta is one of three drivers in 2005 to claim three pole positions.  He took his first pole at Phoenix, the
       second at the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg and the third at Michigan.
       Herta has four career major open-wheel racing wins and ten poles.
       Herta's first IndyCar Series victory came at Kansas Speedway in 2003.
       For each race Herta wins during the 2005 season one fan will win $10,000 courtesy of XM Satellite
       Radio's Fast Cash promotion.

Bryan Herta IndyCar Series Statistics
                                          Top       Top                 Laps
                     Starts     Wins        5       10       Poles       Led         Pts (Rk)          Earnings
    2005               12          1        4        8          3        223         303 (7th)       $1,049,605
    Career             39          2       14       24          3        311                         $2,874,645

George Klotz, Team Manager,
#7 XM Satellite Radio Dallara/Honda/Firestone on the Honda Indy 225:
          "We've had very good short-oval cars, so we're just going to get back on the horse and continue
toward our goal of winning races.  We're definitely focusing on winning races right now which will obviously
move us up in the championship."