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RLR/Andersen Racing's Pre-St. Petersburg Notes


ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 27 - RLR/Andersen Racing drivers Andrew
Prendeville of Morristown, N.J. and Joey Scarallo of Smithtown, N.Y. are testing their
Indy Pro Series cars at Homestead-Miami Speedway today (Tuesday) in
preparation for a doubleheader on the street circuit in St. Petersburg on Saturday and
Sunday as part of the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

It's a very important weekend for all the Indy Pro Series teams since so many
points are up for grabs. It is one of four doubleheaders in the 16-race
season. The other three are at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway June 16-17;
Watkins Glen, N.Y. July 7-8; and Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. Aug. 25-26.

Although neither Prendeville nor Scarallo have raced on St. Petersburg's
14-turn, 1.8-mile temporary street circuit before, they do have ties to the area.
Andersen Racing's Indy Pro Series engineers are two brothers, Dominic and
Nicholas Cape of Manchester, England, who have been based in Palmetto, Fla., about
20 miles from St. Petersburg, for several years. Their shop is located at
Group Four Park, an 18-acre facility that includes a 1-mile test track.
Although Andersen Racing is based in Fairfield, N.J., its Indy Pro Series cars are
physically located at the Cape's shop at Group Four Park between races. Insiders
will remember that the Capes fielded the car that took JR Hildebrand to the
Cooper Tires Formula Ford 2000 championship last year.

Another interesting note concerns who painted Prendeville's No. 5 Dallara,
which promotes the Best Friends Animal Society, and Scarallo's No. 15 Dallara,
which touts GroupAWheels.com. It was none other than Kevin Greeno, who had a
whole other life as a professional wrestler. In the eighties he was better
known as one-half of the wrestling team The Sensations, and later in his
wrestling career he went by the name Mr. America. Greeno also paints the retaining
walls for the street course at St. Petersburg, which utilizes several public
streets, including stretches of First Street South, Central Avenue and Bay Shore
Drive, and a runway at Albert Whitted Airport.

Both Prendeville and Scarallo have visited the St. Petersburg area many times
in the past. Scarallo even has family there.

"My grandmother lives down there, and I have a few uncles who live there, and
they'll be out to watch," Scarallo said. "My grandmother only saw me race
one other time; Montreal in a Trans-Am race. We finished fifth. My uncles and
cousins have never seen me race."

Prendeville and Scarallo are two of 15 rookies entered in the fields of 25.
Their first Indy Pro Series race ever was last Saturday at Homestead.
Prendeville came from 21st starting spot to finish fifth in his first oval-track race
ever. Scarallo was also headed for a top-10 finish until debris from the
accident that shortened the race hit his car. Luckily he wasn't hurt.

Tomorrow night (Wednesday) both drivers are slated to be two of Don Kay's
guests on his Autosport Radio show, which can be heard live on the Internet at
autosportradio.com by clicking on the top right of the home page. It will be
streaming live from Dino's Jazz Bar and Grill, 16 Second St. North in St.
Petersburg, beginning at 7 p.m. EDT. Dino's is part of Janis Landing in downtown
St. Petersburg.

Both of the Indy Pro Series races at St. Petersburg are slated for 40 laps/72
miles. The first race is scheduled to get the green flag at 2:50 p.m. ET on
Saturday. The second race is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET on Sunday.

Live streaming video coverage and live timing and scoring are planned for
indycar.com.

Tape-delayed TV coverage of both races will air on ESPN2 from 4:30 p.m. to
5:30 p.m. ET on April 6.

Practice starts at 9:35 a.m. on Friday. The starting order for Saturday's
race will be determined by the fastest speeds from two practice sessions
Saturday. The top six finishers on Saturday will be inverted for Sunday morning's
starting line-up (i.e. Saturday's winner will start sixth Sunday and Saturday's
sixth-place finisher will start first).

Andersen Racing is the official Indy Pro Series development team of Rahal
Letterman Racing.

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.

More information on the Indy Pro Series can be found at indycar.com/pro.