Jim Beam/Vonage Practice Report, Indy (May 18)

May 18, 2006
Speedway, Ind.


Jim Beam/Vonage Practice Report
Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Driver:  Michael Andretti
Car:  #1 Jim Beam/Vonage Dallara/Honda/Firestone

Michael Andretti                                         Michael Andretti
May 18                                            All Practice Sessions
Position          16th                                    Speed              224.970
Speed             219.898 mph                             Time               40.0054
Time              40.9281 sec                             Laps               250
Laps              31


IndyCar Series
Practice Speeds - May 18
1.  Sam Hornish Jr.          224.951 mph
2.  Helio Castroneves        224.437 mph
3.  Dan Wheldon              222.616 mph
4.  Scott Dixon              222.461 mph
5.  Scott Sharp              222.425 mph
7.  Tony Kanaan              221.707 mph
12.  Dario Franchitti        220.765 mph
16.  Michael Andretti        219.898 mph
17.  Marco Andretti          219.620 mph
18.  Bryan Herta             218.593 mph


Michael Andretti, #1 Jim Beam/Vonage Dallara/Honda/Firestone
"We were struggling at the beginning and then we started to make some good gains with
the Jim Beam/Vonage car, and then the rain came. It's really disappointing because there were
a couple of things I wanted to try. We'll just have to do it tomorrow. We're starting to get a little
bit of an idea what we need for our race program."