XM Satellite Radio, Homestead-Miami Indy 300 Qualifying Report
Herta To Start 11th In XM Satellite Radio Machine HOMESTEAD, Fla. (March 25, 2006) - Bryan Herta, driver of the #7 XM Satellite Radio car will start 11th for Sunday's running of the Homestead-Miami Indy 300 Presented by XM Satellite Radio, the first race of the 2006 Indy Racing League® IndyCar® Series schedule. Herta posted a speed of 215.398 miles per hour (24.8192 seconds). Tomorrow's race from Homestead-Miami Speedway goes green at 3:45 p.m. (EST) with ABC Sports providing live coverage of the event beginning at 3:30 p.m. (EST). Each of the 14 IndyCar Series races can be heard live by XM Satellite Radio subscribers on XM channel 145. Bryan Herta, #7 XM Satellite Radio Dallara/Honda/Firestone: "You never know what to expect, but I was hoping for a little bit more. Qualifying is such a different deal in these cars than the race is. I was hoping we would do a little better, but this is what we have. The XM Satellite Radio car has been very good in race trim. Yesterday we were very competitive so hopefully we will be able to do that tomorrow." 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