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Torrance, Calif. 05/30/2004 -- Honda Racing Report
Sunday, May 30, 2004

Indianapolis 500 Race Report
Circuit: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2.5 mile oval), Speedway, Ind.
2003 Winner: Gil de Ferran (Toyota) 156.291 mph average race speed
Weather: Overcast, showers, 76 degrees FIndianapolis 500 Race Results:

Ps	S.	Driver	Team	Engine	Chassis	Laps	Average Speed/Notes
1	1	Buddy Rice	Rahal Letterman Racing	Honda	G-Force	180*	82.240 mph
2	5	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	Honda	Dallara	180	-0.155 seconds
3	2	Dan Wheldon	Andretti Green Racing	Honda	Dallara	180	-2.287 seconds
4	23	Bryan Herta	Andretti Green Racing	Honda	Dallara	180	-2.449 seconds
5	4	Bruno Junqueira	Newman- Haas Racing	Honda	G-Force	180	-3.678 seconds
6	7	Vitor Meira	Rahal Letterman Racing	Honda	G-Force	180	-4.613 seconds
7	6	Adrian Fernandez	Fernandez Racing	Honda	G-Force	180	-5.000 seconds
8	13	Scott Dixon	Target/Chip Ganassi	Toyota	G-Force	180	-7.350 seconds
9	8	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Toyota	Dallara	180	-8.807 seconds
10	12	Roger Yasukawa	Rahal Letterman Racing	Honda	G-Force	180	-9.283 seconds
11	9	Kosuke Matsuura-R	Super Aguri Fernandez	Honda	G-Force	180	-11.115 seconds
12	24	Alex Barron	Cheever Indy Racing	Chevy	Dallara	180	-16.272 seconds
13	20	Scott Sharp	Kelley Racing	Toyota	Dallara	180	-17.678 seconds
14	3	Dario Franchitti	Andretti Green Racing	Honda	Dallara	180	-18.648 seconds
15	25	Felipe Giaffone	Dreyer & Reinbold	Chevy	Dallara	179	Running
16	29	Jeff Simmons - R	Mo Nunn Racing	Toyota	Dallara	179	Running
17	17	Al Unser Jr.	Patrick Racing	Chevy	Dallara	179	Running
18	10	Tomas Scheckter	Panther Racing	Chevy	Dallara	179	Running
19	26	Tora Takagi	Mo Nunn Racing	Toyota	Dallara	179	Running
20	30	Richie Hearn	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Toyota	Dallara	178	Running
21	19	Sarah Fisher	Kelley Racing	Toyota	Dallara	177	Running
22	33	Robbie McGehee	PDM Racing	Chevy	Dallara	177	Running
23	28	Buddy Lazier	Dreyer & Reinbold	Chevy	Dallara	164	Not running - fuel
24	32	Marty Roth - R	Roth Racing	Toyota	Dallara	128	Not running - contact
25	15	Darren Manning - R	Target/Chip Ganassi	Toyota	G-Force	104	Not running - contact
26	11	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Team Penske	Toyota	Dallara	104	Not running - contact
27	27	Greg Ray	Access Motorsports	Honda	G-Force	98	Not running - contact
28	31	P.J. Jones - R	Greg Beck Motorsports	Chevy	Dallara	92	Not running - contact
29	18	Robby Gordon/JaquesLazier	Gordon Racing	Chevy	Dallara	88	Not running - mechanical
30	14	Mark Taylor - R	Panther Racing	Chevy	Dallara	62	Not running - contact
31	16	Ed Carpenter - R	Cheever Indy Racing	Chevy	Dallara	62	Not running - contact
32	22	Larry Foyt - R	Foyt Racing	Toyota	G-Force	54	Not running - contact
33	21	A.J. Foyt IV	Foyt Racing	Toyota	Dallara	26	Not running - handling

* - Race ended 20 laps early due to rain
R - Denotes Indianapolis 500 rookie driver