Franchitti to Start Sixth in ArcaEx Car at Watkins Glen
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (Sept. 24, 2005) - Dario Franchitti recorded a best lap of 132.995 miles
per hour (1:31.2215 seconds) in the #27 ArcaEx Dallara/Honda/Firestone during qualifying at Watkins
Glen International and will start from the sixth position in Sunday's running of the Indy Racing LeagueŽ
IndyCarŽ Series Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix.
The 16th event of the 2005 IndyCar Series season is set to go green at 3:45 p.m. (EDT) Sunday
with ABC Sports providing live broadcast coverage of the 60-lap event beginning at 3:30 p.m. (EDT).
Dario Franchitti, #27 ArcaEx Dallara/Honda/Firestone:
"We had a tough session there with the ArcaEx car. We didn't get the balance right. We tried
some changes to get the balance back to what we had it this morning, but we just didn't get it. I think the
other guys in front of us just did a better job. It's unfortunate. I had a couple of good laps going, but I just
couldn't get through those last two corners and that was it."
Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix Qualifying
Pos. Name Speed (mph) Time (secs)
1 Helio Castroneves 133.806 1:30.6688
2 Giorgio Pantano 133.774 1:30.6903
3 Patrick Carpentier 133.629 1:30.7889
4 Scott Dixon 133.497 1:30.8783
5 Tony Kanaan 133.381 1:30.9576
6 Dario Franchitti 132.995 1:31.2215
7 Vitor Meira 131.065 1:32.5647
8 Buddy Rice 130.643 1:32.8638
9 Dan Wheldon 130.493 1:32.9704
10 Tomas Scheckter 130.381 1:33.0504
11 Sam Hornish Jr. 129.961 1:33.3512
12 Tomas Enge 129.909 1:33.3885
13 Alex Barron 129.777 1:33.4835
14 Bryan Herta 129.519 1:33.6694
15 Kosuke Matsuura 129.399 1:33.7564
16 Danica Patrick 129.261 1:33.8566
17 Roger Yasukawa 128.314 1:34.5492
18 Scott Sharp 127.827 1:34.9094
19 Jeff Bucknum 127.129 1:35.4310
20 Ed Carpenter 123.922 1:37.9000
