Franchitti to Start Seventh in Klein Tools/Canadian Club Car
.com/">www.andrettigreen.com WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (June 3, 2006) - Klein Tools/Canadian Club pilot Dario Franchitti will start on the inside of row four for Sunday's Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix. Because of poor weather conditions at the track, the starting order was set based on combined practice times from Friday's practice sessions. ABC Sports will provide live coverage of the fifth race on the 2006 IndyCar Series slate beginning at 3:30 p.m. (EDT). All 14 IndyCar Series events can be heard live by XM Satellite Radio subscribers by tuning into XM channel 145, the exclusive home of the IndyCar Series. Dario Franchitti, #27 Klein Tools/Canadian Club Dallara/Honda/Firestone: "We tried some things yesterday that didn't work, trying to get a direction, but we always knew we could come back to the setup Tony (Kanaan) had and be more competitive. So, I'm disappointed qualifying was cancelled. I thought we had a shot to get a whole lot further up the grid. I think tomorrow is going to take some hard work but I still believe the Klein Tools/Canadian Club team can win the race. Weather conditions might play a part in the race which I'm fine with." 2006 Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix Starting Grid Pos. Name Speed (mph) Time (secs) 1 Helio Castroneves 133.792 1:30.6783 2 Tony Kanaan 133.251 1:31.0462 3 Marco Andretti 133.067 1:31.1722 4 Scott Dixon 132.973 1:31.2363 5 Dan Wheldon 132.450 1:31.5971 6 Sam Hornish Jr. 132.090 1:31.8463 7 Dario Franchitti 132.061 1:31.8669 8 Vitor Meira 131.837 1:32.0229 9 Bryan Herta 131.610 1:32.1814 10 Ryan Briscoe 131.495 1:32.2624 11 Buddy Rice 131.481 1:32.2720 12 Kosuke Matsuura 131.082 1:32.5527 13 Jeff Simmons 129.830 1:33.4455 14 Scott Sharp 129.737 1:33.5120 15 Tomas Scheckter 129.338 1:33.8005 16 Danica Patrick 129.236 1:33.8748 17 Eddie Cheever Jr. 128.827 1:34.1726 18 Ed Carpenter 127.602 1:35.0767 19 Felipe Giaffone 127.565 1:35.1044