WHELDON TO START KLEIN TOOLS/JIM BEAM CAR 7TH AT
INFINEON
SONOMA, Calif. (Aug. 27, 2005) - Klein Tools/Jim Beam driver Dan Wheldon will start seventh
in Sunday's running of the Argent Mortgage Indy Grand Prix at Infineon Raceway. Wheldon posted a
best lap of 106.454 miles per hour (1:17.7804 seconds) during qualifying for the second road course race
in Indy Racing LeagueŽ IndyCarŽ Series history.
Tomorrow's 80-lap race, the 14th event on the IndyCar Series schedule, goes green at 3:45 p.m.
(EDT) with ESPN providing live coverage beginning at 3:30 p.m. (EDT).
Dan Wheldon, #26 Klein Tools/Jim Beam Dallara/Honda/Firestone:
"It was just one of those things. The qualifying effort didn't seem that bad. I don't know where
the speed was. It was kind of a disappointing run really. It kills you to lose time from the practice
sessions. Maybe it was me, maybe it was the car. We just weren't particularly quick today."
Argent Mortgage Indy Grand Prix Qualifying
Pos. Name Speed (mph) Time (secs)
1 Ryan Briscoe 108.248 1:16.4913
2 Helio Castroneves 107.664 1:16.9057
3 Tony Kanaan 107.346 1:17.1336
4 Tomas Enge 106.903 1:17.4534
5 Sam Hornish Jr. 106.669 1:17.6236
6 Buddy Rice 106.594 1:17.6778
7 Dan Wheldon 106.454 1:17.7804
8 Bryan Herta 106.413 1:17.8099
9 Scott Dixon 106.365 1:17.8452
10 Alex Barron 106.334 1:17.8679
11 Vitor Meira 106.190 1:17.9738
12 Patrick Carpentier 106.069 1:18.0621
13 Giorgio Pantano 105.548 1:18.4477
14 Tomas Scheckter 105.126 1:18.7626
15 Kosuke Matsuura 104.945 1:18.8987
16 Danica Patrick 104.480 1:19.2495
17 Jeff Bucknum 104.267 1:19.4114
18 Roger Yasukawa 103.718 1:19.8319
19 Scott Sharp 103.612 1:19.9138
20 Ed Carpenter 100.543 1:22.3532
21 Dario Franchitti No speed No time
