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ArcaEx Practice Report, Infineon Raceway

                                                                                        Sonoma, Calif.

                                      ArcaEx Practice Report
                      Argent Mortgage Indy Grand Prix, Infineon Raceway

Driver:  Dario Franchitti
Car:  #27 ArcaEx Dallara/Honda/Firestone

              Dario Franchitti                                          Dario Franchitti
            Practice Session 1                                        Practice Session 2
     Position          10th                                    Position           5th
     Speed             106.499 mph                             Speed              107.508 mph
     Time              1:17.7475 sec                           Time               1:17.0178 sec
     Laps              23                                      Laps               13


                                            IndyCar Series
                                     Practice Speeds - Aug. 26
                              1. Ryan Briscoe             108.130 mph
                              2. Helio Castroneves        108.072 mph
                              3. Tony Kanaan              108.012 mph
                              4. Scott Dixon              107.670 mph
                              5. Giorgio Pantano          107.620 mph
                              6. Dario Franchitti         107.508 mph
                              7. Bryan Herta              107.097 mph
                              8. Dan Wheldon              107.051 mph

Dario Franchitti, #27 ArcaEx Dallara/Honda/Firestone
        "We really struggled this morning, but we made headway with the ArcaEx car this
afternoon. By the end of the day I was happy with the car and happy with the way I was driving,
but we've still got some work to do before we qualify."