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Linda Mansfield
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Prendeville Finishes 22 Laps
Sunday at St. Pete
For Racing Laps for Best Friends 
 
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., April 6 - Andrew Prendeville finished 22 laps of the 
40-lap Firestone Indy Lights race Sunday at the St. Petersburg street circuit 
after a tangle with another competitor caused too much damage to the Best 
Friends Animal Society No. 5 for him to continue.
 
Luckily neither Prendeville nor the other driver involved, Bobby Wilson, were 
hurt in the Turn 7 accident on lap 21 of the second half of the doubleheader. 
Prendeville ended up in 20th position in the official boxscore.
 
Fans who made donations to the Best Friends Animal Society through the 
racinglapsforbestfriends.com Web site or at the Racing Laps for Best Friends booth 
at the track should double their donation amount by 22 this time. Donations may 
be made in any amount, starting at 25 cents per lap.
 
Prendeville started seventh in Sunday morning's race, and duplicated his 
charge less than 24 hours earlier when he advanced two positions by the end of lap 
one. The eventual winner, Richard Antinucci, passed him on lap seven to drop 
him to sixth.  He was still running in sixth, patiently waiting for a chance 
to move up, when the contact occurred as Wilson was attempting to overtake him. 
 
The rear of Prendeville's Dallara ended up in a tire wall.  He was able to 
pull himself out and continue to the pits, completing one more lap, but he was 
done for the day. 
 
"It was a foolish move on Bobby's part and it took me out of the race.  
That's it," said an understandably frustrated Prendeville afterwards.
 
According to Dan Andersen, co-owner of the team that fields Prendeville's 
car, Wilson apologized for the move later.
 
The St. Petersburg doubleheader will air on ESPN2 at 2 p.m. Eastern time on 
April 10.
 
In addition to donations, Bertil Roos Racing School raffle tickets are 
available on the racinglapsforbestfriends.com Web site. Additional information is 
available at bestfriends.org and andrewprendeville.com.
 
Prendeville will test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this coming Friday.  
He and the Racing Laps for Best Friends race car are also scheduled to appear 
at the Everything Pets show at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati next 
weekend. The show's Web site is at everythingpets.org.   </HTML>