Driver: Danica Patrick
Car: #7 Boost Mobile/Motorola Dallara/Honda/Firestone
Danica Patrick Facts:
-Patrick is currently fifth in the championship point standings, three points behind fourth place.
-Patrick has five top-five finishes and eight top-ten finishes thus far in the 2009 season.
-Patrick finished third at the 2009 Indianapolis 500, her highest career finish in that event.
-Patrick won her first IndyCar Series race in 2008 at the Indy Japan 300.
-Patrick had three top-five and nine top-ten finishes in 2008 and finished sixth in the final IndyCar Series point standings.
Danica Patrick on the Rexall Edmonton Indy:
“Edmonton is definitely a challenging track; there are so many different surface changes throughout the circuit that you really need to have a car that you are comfortable driving. We have been working really hard as a team to be more competitive on the street courses, and I hope we show off our efforts this weekend. I have been pretty consistent this season, and we really need to keep the consistency on the back half of the season so we can keep our focus on the championship.”
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Driver: Tony Kanaan
Car: #11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone
Tony Kanaan Facts:
-Kanaan is currently eighth in the championship point standings.
-Kanaan captured his first podium finish of 2009 at the Grand Prix of Long Beach, with a third-place finish.
-Finished third in the 2008 IndyCar Series championship.
-Has led over 2,600 laps throughout his IndyCar Series career and won the 2004 IndyCar Series Championship.
Tony Kanaan on the Rexall Edmonton Indy:
“Again I’m hoping to turn our current situation around and get a good result to show that our hard efforts are finally paying off as a team. Last year Team 7-Eleven ran pretty well but we had room for improvement. We also had a good test at Mid-Ohio a couple of weeks ago so I’m looking forward to getting back in the car this weekend in Edmonton.”
Driver: Marco Andretti
Car: #26 Team Mott’s Clamato Caesar Dallara/Honda/Firestone
Marco Andretti Facts:
-Andretti is currently seventh in the IndyCar Series championship standings, one point out of sixth place.
-Andretti has six top-ten finishes thus far this season.
-Won his first career pole position when he claimed the pole at Milwaukee (2008), the same place where his father (Michael) recorded his first pole position.
-Andretti finished the 2008 IndyCar Series season seventh in point standings with 363 points.
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Marco Andretti on the Rexall Edmonton Indy:
“I’m looking forward to Edmonton this weekend. It’s a very challenging track, but I believe we have been working really hard to improve our street course program over the season. We had a tough race last year as a whole, so we’re looking to have better results this weekend.”
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