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Both of RLR/Andersen's Drivers Are in Top 10
At Nashville Superspeedway Saturday
 
LEBANON, Tenn., July 12 - After a thunderstorm erased all the Firestone 
Firehawk rubber on Nashville Superspeedway's concrete surface and caused a 
one-hour-and-45-minute delay to the start of the Sunbelt Rentals 100, RLR/Andersen 
Racing was still able to garner two top-10 finishes in Firestone Indy Lights 
action Saturday.
 
J.R. Hildebrand actually got a top-five finish, as he placed fourth in the 
Allied Building Products No. 25 after starting tenth. Andrew Prendeville started 
12th and finished ninth in the Palmetto, Fla.-based team's Best Friends 
Animal Society No. 5, finishing all 77 laps for his Racing Laps for Best Friends 
program.
 
With his fifth top-five finish of the year, Hildebrand, of Sausalito, Calif., 
and Indianapolis, is now sixth in the point standings. Prendeville, a native 
of Chatham Township, N.J. who now lives in Las Vegas, is 12th.
 
Hildebrand got a great start, vaulting from tenth to eighth by passing Logan 
Gomez and avoiding Raphael Matos, who fishtailed but saved it in Turn Four 
before the green dropped.  Hildebrand got seventh with six laps down by passing 
Brent Sherman. He got sixth when Dillon Battistini suffered a flat tire after 
he and Jeff Simmons tangled on lap 14.
 
Hildebrand stayed in sixth until lap 20 when he passed Arie Luyendyk Jr. to 
crack the top five.  Simmons then pitted to change his car's nose cone after 
his incident with Battistini, which gave Hildebrand fourth on lap 22.
 
Luyendyk got Hildebrand back on lap 43 to push him back to fifth, but he got 
fourth back again two laps later when polesitter James Davison, who had been 
second, and Jonny Reid tangled on the backstretch to bring out the second and 
final yellow. 
 
Matos threatened to pass him after that caution period, but was unable to do 
so and Hildebrand took the checkered flag in fourth place.
 
Ana Beatriz became the first woman ever to win a Firestone Indy Lights race 
when she took the victory over Bobby Wilson and Luyendyk Jr.
 
Prendeville zoomed into the top 10 by the end of lap one. Franck Perera 
passed him with six laps down to push him to 11th place, but he got tenth back on 
lap 14 due to Battistini's problems.  That put him right behind Sherman, whom 
he passed on lap 17 for ninth place.
 
He got eighth when Simmons pitted, and then he stayed in that spot for the 
next 21 circuits of the 1.33-mile oval. He moved up to seventh on lap 45 due to 
Davison's misfortunes.
 
The restart on lap 53 didn't go well for Prendeville.  He dropped one spot 
initially, but then got caught by a train of cars and slipped back to 11th. He 
regrouped at the end though, passing Sherman for tenth with five laps to go and 
getting by Pablo Donoso on the last lap for ninth place.
 
Hildebrand's fastest lap of the race was a 26.6049 (175.907 miles per hour) 
on lap 61. Prendeville's was a 26.8749 (174.140 mph) on lap 65.
 
ESPN2 will telecast the race on a tape-delayed basis at 2:30 p.m. Eastern 
time Thursday, July 17.
 
The circuit now moves to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio 
for a doubleheader next Saturday and Sunday. Andersen Racing's F2000 team is in 
action there this weekend, and its Anders Krohn won the first half of a F2000 
doubleheader there earlier Saturday afternoon.
 
Allied Building Products Corp. sponsors the team. It is the official 
development team of Rahal Letterman Racing.
 
The team's Web sites are at andersenracingteam.com and andersenracepark.com. 
More information on the Firestone Indy Lights series is available at 
indycar.com/lights.
 
Post-race quotes follow:
 
J.R. Hildebrand: "The Allied Building Products car was pretty good.  We were 
fighting an understeer for the first half of the race.  I was trying to keep 
my tires for the end.  By the end of the race the car was handling well, but 
the tires went away the last five to 10 laps.  Raph [Raphael Matos] was catching 
up after the last caution, but I think his tires were going away too and we 
were able to keep ahead of him.
 
"With the green track, it was hard to figure out what to expect.  We had put 
a neutral, forgiving set-up on the car because it looked like it was going to 
be really hot.  With the rain, that forgiving set-up played into our hands 
this afternoon I think.
 
"I couldn't dive deep into the corners today, so I tried to be smart and work 
with what we had.  I tried to give guys some room.  We really wanted to 
finish this race.
 
"I think we'll be really strong for the next run of races. The rest of the 
tracks that we're going to really suit our team's strong points. I think the 
drivers who are at the top in the point standings now will be the ones we'll have 
to beat for the championship. We'll definitely be able to make up some ground 
if we keep doing what we did today.  I'm very optimistic about the rest of 
the season."
 
Andrew Prendeville: "The Best Friends Animal Society car was real loose at 
the beginning of the race.  I made adjustments, and just tried to balance the 
car for the second half of the race. 
 
"I lost some positions there once when I was hung out to dry on a restart.  I 
was on the outside, and I just got passed.  But then we were able to regroup, 
and we finished ninth.
 
"Will [Paul] and Seb [Jubelin, his mechanics] did a great job, as always.  
I'd also like to thank everyone who made donations to Best Friends on 
racinglapsforbestfriends.com.  We were able to finish all 77 laps, which is good."
 
About Allied Building Products Corp.:
 
Allied Building Products Corp., headquartered in East Rutherford, N.J., is 
one of the largest roofing and siding distributors in the United States. Founded 
in 1950 with five employees and two trucks, today it is a $1.8 billion 
building material distribution company with over 3,500 employees, more than 200 
branches in 30 states, well over one million square feet of office and warehouse 
space, and an inventory of approximately 85,000 products, from residential 
roofing and siding to doors, windows, waterproofing, manufactured stone, interior 
products and commercial roofing systems. For more information see 
alliedbuilding.com.
 
About Andersen Racing:
 
Andersen Racing strives to provide the best and most comprehensive training 
possible for future open-wheel superstars while giving its marketing partners 
media exposure and hospitality opportunities at some of the most prestigious 
events in North America. It provides a unique, three-step program utilizing 
multiple entries in three different series: the F2000 Championship (webcast), Star 
Mazda (televised on SPEED) and Firestone Indy Lights (televised on ESPN2). In 
2008 it will field multiple entries in 42 races in 19 states and provinces at 
some of the best facilities on the continent, including the famed 
Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 
 
Andersen Racing's principals, brother Dan and John Andersen, have extensive 
experience in series administration as well as team management. They've worked 
with many of today's top open-wheel stars, including several Indy 500 winners. 
 
Andersen Racing is sponsored by Allied Building Products Corp. It is the 
official development team of Rahal Letterman Racing, which competes in the IndyCar 
Series.  In addition, its F2000 team is also the official factory team of Van 
Diemen. The team is headquartered at Andersen RacePark, an 18-acre facility 
in Palmetto, Fla. that includes a 1-mile test track. For more information see 
andersenracingteam.com and andersenracepark.com.