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Klein Tools/Canadian Club Practice Report, Texas Motor Speedway

June 9, 2006
Fort Worth, Texas Klein Tools/Canadian Club Practice Report
Bombardier Learjet 500k, Texas Motor Speedway

Driver:  Dario Franchitti
Car: #27 Klein Tools/Canadian Club Dallara/Honda/Firestone

Dario Franchitti                Dario Franchitti
Practice Session 1              Practice Session 2
Position         11th           Position         15th
Speed            211.182 mph    Speed            211.257 mph
Time             24.8033 sec    Time             24.7945 sec
Laps             33             Laps             30

IndyCar Series
Practice Speeds - June 9
1.  Sam Hornish Jr.          214.584 mph
2.  Helio Castroneves        214.402 mph
3.  Dan Wheldon              214.339 mph
4.  Scott Dixon              214.020 mph
5.  Scott Sharp              213.446 mph
13.  Tony Kanaan            212.400 mph
15.  Dario Franchitti       211.257 mph
16.  Marco Andretti         211.012 mph
19.  Bryan Herta            209.585 mph

Dario Franchitti, #27 Klein Tools/Canadian Club Dallara/Honda/Firestone
"The first thing I always like to establish is a comfort level in the car, and then go for speed, but I haven't been able to get the car comfortable yet. As a group, we've certainly got our work cut out for us overnight to try and get something we can race with tomorrow night."