Herta Qualifies 12th at Michigan in XM Satellite Radio Car
BROOKLYN, Mich. (July 29, 2006) - XM Satellite Radio driver Bryan Herta qualified 12th for Sunday's running of the Firestone Indy 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Herta, who is the defending race winner, posted a best-lap speed of 213.207 miles per hour (33.7700 seconds) on the first lap of his qualifying attempt.
The 11th of 14 IndyCar Series events will be broadcast live by ABC Sports beginning at 3:30 p.m. (EDT). The entire IndyCar Series schedule is also carried live on XM Satellite Radio channel 145, the exclusive home of the IndyCar Series.
Bryan Herta, #7 XM Satellite Radio Dallara/Honda/Firestone:
"It's good to be back at a track where the XM Satellite Radio team dominated at last year. I wish we would have qualified a little bit better than what we did but the car feels really good in race trim, so I feel good about tomorrow's race."
2006 Firestone Indy 400 Qualifying Results
Pos. Name Speed (mph) Time (secs) 1 Helio Castroneves 216.777 33.2138 2 Sam Hornish Jr. 216.466 33.2615 3 Tony Kanaan 214.763 33.5253 4 Ed Carpenter 214.540 33.5602 5 Scott Dixon 214.273 33.6020 6 Vitor Meira 214.170 33.6182 7 Dario Franchitti 213.851 33.6683 8 Tomas Scheckter 213.725 33.6881 9 Dan Wheldon 213.694 33.6931 10 Buddy Rice 213.450 33.7315 11 Danica Patrick 213.357 33.7462 12 Bryan Herta 213.207 33.7700 13 Scott Sharp 213.164 33.7768 14 Kosuke Matsuura 212.761 33.8408 15 Buddy Lazier 212.248 33.9226 16 Jeff Simmons 211.691 34.0119 17 Marty Roth 210.502 34.2039 18 Jeff Bucknum 210.350 34.2286 19 Marco Andretti 209.886 34.3043 - AGR - Contact: Rob Cleveland, (317) 872-2700 ext 264, rob.cleveland@andrettigreenracing.com Al Larsen, (317) 872-2700 ext 239, alan.larsen@andrettigreenracing.com