Kanaan to Start From Seventh Row at Kansas Speedway
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (July 1, 2006) - Team 7-Eleven driver Tony Kanaan recorded a speed of 209.368 miles per hour (26.1358 seconds) and will start from the 13th position in the #11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone for Sunday's running of the Kansas Lottery Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway. The eighth event of the 2006 IndyCar Series season is set to go green at 1:15 p.m. (EDT) Sunday with ABC Sports providing live broadcast coverage of the 200-lap event beginning at 1 p.m. (EDT). The race may also be heard on XM Satellite Radio on XM channel 145.
Tony Kanaan, #11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone: "We're still looking for more speed out of the Team 7-Eleven car. This is the same car that won the race here last year but we aren't getting the results we are looking for. Believe me; the team is doing everything it can to get this turned around."
2006 Kansas Lottery Indy 300 Qualifying Results Pos. Name Speed (mph) Time (sec) 1 Dan Wheldon 213.536 25.6257 2 Sam Hornish Jr. 213.372 25.6453 3 Scott Dixon 212.533 25.7466 4 Helio Castroneves 212.472 25.7540 5 Kosuke Matsuura 212.404 25.7622 6 Vitor Meira 212.146 25.7936 7 Buddy Lazier 210.711 25.9692 8 Tomas Scheckter 210.409 26.0065 9 Buddy Rice 210.387 26.0092 10 Scott Sharp 210.384 26.0096 11 Marco Andretti 209.884 26.0716 12 Danica Patrick 209.495 26.1199 13 Tony Kanaan 209.368 26.1358 14 Dario Franchitti 209.336 26.1398 15 Bryan Herta 209.023 26.1789 16 Ed Carpenter 208.629 26.2284 17 Jeff Simmons 208.616 26.2300 18 Felipe Giaffone 207.410 26.3825 19 Eddie Cheever Jr. 207.021 26.4321