NYSE, 2006 Homestead-Miami Indy 300 Qualifying Report
Andretti to Start 17th in NYSE Car at Homestead-Miami Speedway HOMESTEAD, Fla. (March 25, 2006) - Marco Andretti recorded a lap of 214.000 miles per hour (24.9813 seconds) in the #26 NYSE Dallara/Honda/Firestone during qualifying today at Homestead-Miami Speedway, which finds him in the 17th starting position for Sunday's running of the Indy Racing League® IndyCar® Series Homestead-Miami Indy 300 Presented by XM Satellite Radio. The season-opening event of the 2006 IndyCar Series is set to go green at 3:45 p.m. (EST) Sunday with ABC Sports providing live broadcast coverage of the 200-lap event beginning at 3:30 p.m. (EST). The race may also be heard on XM Satellite Radio on XM channel 145. Marco Andretti, #26 NYSE Dallara/Honda/Firestone: "The #26 NYSE car felt good through turns 1 and 2, but when I got into 3 and 4 it had a big understeer and I just scrubbed all my speed off. My qualifying run could have been better, but you can qualify almost anywhere at these places and if you have a good race setup you'll be okay. My goal for tomorrow is a top-10 and I believe if I have a comfortable car then I can hang with the lead group." Homestead-Miami Indy 300 Qualifying Pos. Name Speed (mph) Time (secs) 1 Sam Hornish Jr. 218.539 24.4625 2 Helio Castroneves 218.087 24.5131 3 Danica Patrick 216.798 24.6589 4 Scott Dixon 216.769 24.6622 5 Tony Kanaan 216.178 24.7296 6 Buddy Rice 215.913 24.7600 7 Dario Franchitti 215.857 24.7664 8 Dan Wheldon 215.804 24.7725 9 Paul Dana 215.593 24.7967 10 Felipe Giaffone 215.463 24.8117 11 Bryan Herta 215.398 24.8192 12 Tomas Scheckter 215.272 24.8337 13 Ed Carpenter 215.218 24.8399 14 Kosuke Matsuura 215.190 24.8432 15 Scott Sharp 214.789 24.8896 16 Eddie Cheever Jr. 214.105 24.9690 17 Marco Andretti 214.000 24.9813 18 Buddy Lazier 213.944 24.9878 19 Vitor Meira 213.932 24.9892 20 P.J. Chesson 212.122 25.2025