ANDRETTI-GREEN NOTES - FRIDAY

Danica Patrick, #7 Motorola Dallara/Honda/Firestone "I am happy with the way the Motorola car performed today in both practice sessions. We found some direction on some things that we needed and I feel really good about the direction that the car is going. Hopefully we will continue to build from the practices into qualifying tomorrow. I am hopeful that the Motorola car will be in the Firestone Fast Six at the end of the day."

Tony Kanaan, #11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone "It was a good day for the Team 7-Eleven guys. We worked on the qualifying setup in the morning and we concentrated on the race in the afternoon session. I'm pretty pleased with how today went. We're going to try and maximize our situation and finish as high as we can in the championship."

Marco Andretti, #26 Blockbuster/STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS Dallara/Honda/Firestone "The Blockbuster/STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS car was not too bad today. I still think we have some room to improve. We had our best, most consistent balance at the end of the afternoon session. Once we are able to put new tires on that car, we should be able to be pretty good."

Hideki Mutoh, #27 Formula Dream Dallara/Honda/Firestone

"We had an electrical problem in the first practice session, and then I made a mistake in the second session causing the Formula Dream car to go off the track. Fortunately, the car wasn't damaged. The car is getting better so hopefully we will be able to have a good practice session tomorrow morning and then do well in qualifying."

Raphael Matos, #27 AFS/AGR Dallara/Firestone "I don't like finishing second. We were hoping to be on the pole, but it was a tough session. It was difficult to time traffic and I caught traffic on both of my new tire runs. At least the guy that I'm battling for the championship is behind me, so that is a good thing. I think the AFS/Andretti Green car will be consistent tomorrow. It's just a matter of making the right adjustments for the race."

Arie Luyendyk Jr., #26 Targus/AGR/AFS Dallara/Firestone "It was a pretty bad session for us. Physically, my knee is killing me. It's hard to concentrate on the car and that leads to dumb mistakes. The Targus/Andretti Green/AFS Racing car is pretty good. It's just so close here - a couple tenths is 10 spots. It's really competitive here this weekend. Having a qualifying run like this is not a positive thing, but hopefully we can turn things around even though it is tough to pass here."