|
|
RACE:
SEP 12, 2004
- Indy 300
- 200
laps / 300 miles
CIRCUIT:
- CHICAGOLAND Speedway,
- 1.5 MILE oval
- RACE:
- 200 lap ; 300 mile
race
- 2003 winner: Sam
Hornish Jr
- 2003 pole: Richie
Hearn 24.521s; 223.159mph
- 2002 winner: Sam
Hornish Jr
RACE
RESULT:
- 1 Adrian
Fernandez , 200 laps
- 2 Bryan
Herta +0.07
- 3 Tony
Kanaan +0.1
- 4 Dan Wheldon +0.2
- 5 Vitor Meira +0.4
- 6 Sam Hornish Jr.
+0.5
- 7 Scott Dixon +0.6
- 8 Felipe Giaffone
+1.1
- 9 Scott Sharp
- 10 Helio Castroneves
- 11 Carpenter 12
Barron 13 Takagi
- DNF: Rice, Manning,
Foyt, Taylor, Scheckter, Franchitti, Matsuura, Bell
QUALIFYING:
GRID, SEP
11, 2004
1ST CASTRONEVES:
"... I'm extremely happy with the car ... It's always
a boost to start at the front and we worked so hard to get here. My
hat goes off to the entire team. Hopefully, tomorrow in the race we're
going to be in good shape because when you add the downforce that's
really when the power shows up"
- 1 Helio
Castroneves , Penske 25.4797s, 214.759mph (vs
2003 pole Hearn 24.521s; 223.159mph)
- 2 Tony
Kanaan +0.087
- 3 Buddy
Rice +0.1
- 4 Dario Franchitti
+0.13
- 5 Dan Wheldon
- 6 A.J. Foyt IV
- 7 Sam Hornish Jr.
- 8 Vitor Meira
- 9 Bryan Herta
- 10 Adrian Fernandez
- 11 Manning 12 Bell
13 Sharp 14 Dixon 15 Barron 16 Carpenter 17 Matsuura 18 Giaffone 19
Taylor 20 Lazier 21 Takagi
FRI, SEP 10,
2004
1ST WHELDON:
"... The Klein Tools/Jim Beam car was good. I got a very
good draft to set that fast lap. Now we're just working on our race
stuff. The session we've got to focus on now is the warm-up. We've got
to make sure we've got a good car for the race. You qualify here on
your own, but you race in a pack of 22 cars, so you've got to make sure
you're ready for that. Certainly the car feels competitive. Now, we'll
just have to wait and see what happens."
- 1 Dan Wheldon
25.279s; 216.466mph (vs
2003 pole Hearn 24.521s; 223.159mph)
- 2 Vitor
Meira +0.07
- 3 Bryan
Herta +0.08
- 4 Buddy Rice
- 5 Sam Hornish Jr.
- 6 Dario Franchitti
- 7 Scott Dixon
- 8 Adrian Fernandez
- 9 Helio Castroneves
- 10 Tony Kanaan
PRE
RACE QUOTES
MANNING
RESIGNS WITH GANASSI
29 year British driver Darren Manning has resigned with Chip Ganassi
Racing for 2005 season. Manning joined Ganassi in late 2003 after a
season with Champcar series (Walker Racing). Before moving to US, he
competed in British F3 and won the Japanese Formula 3 championship.
He was also a test driver for Formula 1 BAR team.
MANNING: "... I'm thrilled to be returning with the Target team
for the 2005 season ... Coming to a championship team and a class organization
with a legacy for winning was an opportunity not many drivers get to
have, but Chip Ganassi and the Target team gave me that chance to prove
myself. It's given me a level of confidence and stability that I've
never known and that I can truly appreciate. The team shared their vast
and invaluable experience with me, provided a competitive car ever race
weekend, and together we have had some measure of success. This past
season was an incredible learning experience and I'm excited to be given
the chance to continue to build on the relationships I have forged here"
GANASSI: "... We are very excited to continue our relationship
with Darren who has shown this season what a talented driver he is,
how eager he is to learn and grow with our team ... He has adapted quickly
to every challenge and will certainly be an asset to the Target team
as the IRL prepares to go road racing next season. We wanted to continue
to build our relationship with Darren and look forward to a successful
season with what we feel is a strong formula for success in the coming
year "
CASTRONEVES
(PENSKE): "... Chicagoland Speedway is always challenging
which is why I enjoy racing there .. Marlboro Team Penske has struggled
a bit this year on the longer ovals, but hopefully we'll be able make
some progress and earn a good result this weekend"
KANAAN
(ANDRETTI GREEN) championship leader: "...
I'm really looking forward to racing at Chicagoland Speedway. It is
a very fast track and I expect the Team 7-Eleven car to again be very
strong. My thoughts are still to take things race by race, and I hope
to extend my points lead this weekend."
HORNISH
JR (PENSKE) winner last 2 years: "... I'm excited to go
back to Chicago ... I've always done pretty well there, so hopefully
my success at the track will continue this year. It's a great circuit
where we've always had close finishes, so I'm sure the fans are in for
quite a show."
|
CHICAGOLAND
WINNERS:
2004: Fernandez
2003: Hornish Jr
2002: Hornish Jr
|
| 2004
STANDING: before race
1 Kanaan 503 points
2 Wheldon 431
3 Rice 427
4 Castroneves 359
5 Franchitti 354
6 Hornish Jr. 314
7 Fernandez 312
8 Meira 302
9 Manning 296
10 Herta 295
|
|
