NYSE Practice Report, 2006 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

March 31, 2006
St. Petersburg, Fla.


NYSE Practice Report
Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg,
St. Petersburg, Fla.

Driver:  Marco Andretti
Car:  #26 NYSE Dallara/Honda/Firestone

Marco Andretti                                           Marco Andretti
Practice Session 1                                        Practice Session 2
Position          12th                                    Position           15th
Speed             100.756 mph                             Speed              99.291 mph
Time              1:04.3135 sec                           Time               1:05.2626 sec
Laps              39                                      Laps               5


IndyCar Series
Practice Speeds - March 31
1.  Dario Franchitti        103.190 mph
2.  Scott Dixon             102.936 mph
3.  Tony Kanaan             102.620 mph
4.  Helio Castroneves       102.602 mph
5.  Buddy Rice              102.355 mph
7.  Bryan Herta             102.049 mph
14.  Marco Andretti         100.756 mph


Marco Andretti, #26 NYSE Dallara/Honda/Firestone
"We made a big change to the #26 NYSE car between practice sessions that we thought
was for the better and now I'm learning the drivers that I can and can't trust. I thought that all I
had to do was get a clean pass and then away we go; I have a clean track and could get a feel
for the car.  But he (Cheever) turned in to my left rear and that was unfortunate. But I did get a
good enough feel for the car and I think we're going to be in pretty decent shape. We easily had
a top-five car, which is good."