Team 7-Eleven's Kanaan to Start 10th at California
Speedway
FONTANA, Calif. (Oct. 15, 2005) - Team 7-Eleven driver Tony Kanaan recorded a lap of
217.170 miles per hour (33.1537 seconds) during qualifying at the 2-mile California Speedway and will
start from the fifth position for Sunday's running of the Indy Racing LeagueŽ IndyCarŽ Series California
Indy 400.
The final event of the 2005 IndyCar Series season is set to go green at 3:45 p.m. (EDT) Sunday
with ESPN providing broadcast coverage of the 200-lap event beginning at 3:30 p.m. (EDT).
Tony Kanaan, #11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone:
"We really struggle in qualifying as a team. But, we are all on different setups, that's why you see
all of us quick at different times. If you look at our qualifying setups, they are all different. Nothing is
similar. We know that Team 7-Eleven has a good race car, so we're not too worried."
California Indy 400 Qualifying
Pos. Name Speed (mph) Time (secs)
1 Dario Franchitti 219.398 32.8171
2 Tomas Scheckter 218.902 32.8915
3 Sam Hornish Jr. 218.602 32.9365
4 Danica Patrick 218.199 32.9974
5 Buddy Rice 218.029 33.0231
6 Helio Castroneves 217.765 33.0631
7 Dan Wheldon 217.702 33.0728
8 Bryan Herta 217.408 33.1175
9 Scott Sharp 217.261 33.1399
10 Tony Kanaan 217.170 33.1537
11 Tomas Enge 217.143 33.1578
12 Kosuke Matsuura 217.037 33.1741
13 Vitor Meira 216.585 33.2433
14 Jaques Lazier 216.491 33.2578
15 Scott Dixon 216.318 33.2844
16 Patrick Carpentier 215.704 33.3790
17 Alex Barron 215.631 33.3904
18 A.J. Foyt IV 215.622 33.3917
19 Jimmy Kite 215.602 33.3948
20 Roger Yasukawa 214.676 33.5389
21 Ed Carpenter 212.411 33.8966
22 Thiago Medeiros
