Andretti to Start From Ninth Row in NYSE Car at Nashville
www.andrettigreen.com Andretti to Start From Ninth Row in NYSE Car at Nashville LEBANON, Tenn. (July 14, 2006) - Marco Andretti and the #26 NYSE car recorded a speed of 198.311 miles per hour (23.5993 seconds) around the 1.33-mile Nashville Superspeedway and will start from the 18th position for Saturday night's running of the Firestone Indy 200. The ninth event of the 2006 IndyCar Series season is set to go green at 9:15 p.m. (EDT) Saturday, July 15, with ESPN providing live broadcast coverage of the 200-lap event beginning at 9 p.m. (EDT). The race may also be heard on XM Satellite Radio on XM channel 145. Marco Andretti, #26 NYSE Dallara/Honda/Firestone: "I really don't know why the NYSE car wasn't any faster. We were pretty quick during this morning's practice session but for some reason that didn't carry over. We'll go back and look at the data, see what we can learn and get ready for tomorrow night's race." 2006 Firestone Indy 200 Qualifying Results Pos. Name Speed (mph) Time (secs) 1 Dan Wheldon 203.293 23.0210 2 Sam Hornish Jr. 202.362 23.1269 3 Scott Dixon 202.194 23.1461 4 Helio Castroneves 201.995 23.1689 5 Dario Franchitti 201.896 23.1803 6 Tony Kanaan 201.628 23.2111 7 Vitor Meira 200.819 23.3046 8 Scott Sharp 200.801 23.3067 9 Tomas Scheckter 200.426 23.3503 10 Danica Patrick 200.283 23.3669 11 Buddy Rice 200.274 23.3680 12 Kosuke Matsuura 199.744 23.4300 13 Ryan Briscoe 199.607 23.4461 14 Ed Carpenter 199.512 23.4572 15 Jeff Simmons 199.457 23.4637 16 Bryan Herta 199.386 23.4721 17 Jeff Bucknum 198.450 23.5828 18 Marco Andretti 198.311 23.5993