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RLR/Andersen Racing's Prendeville
Finishes Fifth in First Indy Pro Series
Race at Homestead

HOMESTEAD, Fla., March 24 - Andrew Prendeville of Morristown, N.J. came from
21st starting spot to finish fifth in his first oval-track race ever Saturday
at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The event was also the first Indy Pro Series
race ever for he and his teammate, Joey Scarallo of Smithtown, N.Y., and for
their team, RLR/Andersen Racing of Fairfield, N.J.

Scarallo had a top-10 finish in sight until debris from a bad crash hit his
GroupAwheels.com Dallara and forced him to drop out of the race, which was
shortened 10 laps so track crews could repair the retaining walls.

Prendeville, driving a car that promoted Bestfriends.org, was ahead of that
melee and took the checkered under caution behind the winner, Alex Lloyd, and
the other top-five finishers: Chris Festa, Hideki Mutoh and Jaime Camara. Only
the latter passed more cars than Prendeville did, as Camara advanced 20
positions to Prendeville's 16.

Prendeville qualified 21st and Scarallo 23rd in the 25-car field.

Prendeville flew at the start, as he was 18th by the end of lap two, 15th by
the end of lap three and 13th by the end of lap five. He had just passed CR
Crews for 12th when the first yellow waved on lap six for a crash in Turn 2
involving Tom Wood and A.J. Russell. Scarallo had been in 21st early but he had
moved up to 17th at that point.

The green waved again on lap 11. Prendeville was busy trying to pass Ryan
Justice while holding off Shane Lewis at that point, while Scarallo passed Jon
Brownson to move up to 16th, with Crews just ahead and Micky Gilbert behind
him.

Prendeville cracked the top 10 on lap 15 by passing Mike Potekhen. Scarallo
was in 17th at that point, running between Gilbert and Tom Wieringa.

Prendeville moved up to ninth on lap 16 when he got around Justice. A lap
later Scarallo regained 16th by passing Gilbert. He then got caught up in a
heated battle with Shane Lewis and Wieringa.

That when things got too close for comfort for Scarallo, who did some fancy
driving to miss getting tangled up in a violent, two-part crash involving Wade
Cunningham and Justice coming out of Turn 2 that brought out the second yellow
flag on lap 22.

When the standings got sorted out Prendeville was up to eighth, sandwiched
between Sean Guthrie and Potekhen, while Scarallo was in 14th, running between
Lewis and Wieringa.

The race was restarted on lap 43 but just three laps later the yellow waved
again for an even nastier wreck involving Pablo Perez, Gilbert and Guthrie in
Turn 2. Prendeville was ahead of that one but Scarallo got caught up in it
when a flying gearbox hit his car as he was trying to get through the trouble.
Although he wasn't hurt the damage to the car was too extensive for him to
continue, and he ended up 21st in the official order of finish.

Initial medical reports indicate that all the drivers escaped injury except
for Justice and Perez. Justice reportedly was awake and alert and was
transported by helicopter to Jackson Memorial Hospital for precautionary reasons.
Perez was reportedly transported to the same hospital by air with orthopedic
injuries to both legs. Officials said he was in stable condition.

The next two Indy Pro Series races are coming right up next weekend on the
streets of St. Petersburg, Fla.

Saturday's race from Homestead is slated to be broadcast on Wednesday, March
28 at 5 p.m. Eastern on ESPN2.

Andersen Racing, of Fairfield, N.J., is the official Indy Pro Series
development team of top IndyCar team Rahal Letterman Racing.

RLR/Andersen Racing is committed to offering a program that gives
up-and-coming drivers the proper training to reach open-wheel racing's major leagues. It
fields multiple cars in the Hankook Tires F2000 Championship, the Star Mazda
Championship presented by Goodyear and the Indy Pro Series. More information
on the team is available on its Web site at andersenracingteam.com.

Post-race quotes follow:

Andrew Prendeville: "I had a good start. I believe [Logan] Gomez and [Jamie]
Camara went flying by me, but I was passing cars right and left too. At one
point we were four wide, and I know a couple times I passed two cars at a
time. I think I was 12th by the first yellow.

"Our car was awesome. We had sticker tires for the start and that helped; I
think that gave us an edge for the first five or 10 laps. The Firestone
Firehawk tires performed great.

"Our car ran smooth. It was good in traffic. I was sort of glad for that
first yellow because I think I hurt the tires a bit moving up from 21st to 12th.

"I was close to two of the accidents. I just happened to be on the inside and
I was able to get around them.

"The RLR/Andersen Racing crew gave me a good car. For the most part, once I
got by somebody they couldn't get me back. It was my first oval race ever, and
to bring home a top five, it was awesome."

Joey Scarallo: "I was just trying to make it to the finish. I was playing
with the bars and the weight jacker. Once we got going it wasn't too bad.

"I barely made it through the first big wreck. Then in the second one, a
gearbox came down the track and hit our car and took out our right-rear corner.
I'm fine, but I was close to both of the crashes. The first one I barely made
it through; the second one I barely missed it."

Dan Andersen: "For his first-ever oval race, Andrew showed amazing poise. He
was slicing and dicing and he moved right up to finish fifth. I'm proud of
him and I'm proud of the team for giving him a fast race car. I think this
proves that Andrew is a natural talent.

"Joey had an excellent run too; he would very likely have had a top-10
finish, but racing luck bit him, which happens sometimes.

"I'm very satisfied with both the drivers we've signed for the year, and for
our first Indy Pro Series race as a team."