For more information: 
Linda Mansfield, Racing Laps for Best Friends
Tel.: (317) 201-0729
E-mail: LindaKMansfield@cs.com
 
 
 
 
 
Prendeville Finishes All 40 Laps
Saturday at Mid-Ohio for
Best Friends Animal Society
 
LEXINGTON, Ohio, July 19 - Andrew Prendeville is halfway towards his goal of 
finishing all 80 laps of Firestone Indy Lights competition at the Mid-Ohio 
Sports Car Course this weekend after placing ninth on Saturday with his Best 
Friends Animal Society No. 5. 
 
The Las Vegas-based driver is trying to achieve the most donations possible 
for his favorite not-for-profit group, the Best Friends Animal Society.  Fans 
make donations to the animal welfare organization based in Kanab, Utah based on 
the number of laps Prendeville completes in his races.  The on-line donations 
are made at a special Web site he developed for that purpose at 
racinglapsforbestfriends.com.
 
Prendeville will now try to finish another 40-lap race at Mid-Ohio on Sunday 
morning.  It's the second half of a weekend doubleheader for the series, the 
official development series of the IndyCar Series. 
 
Prendeville qualified 13th in the 22-car field Saturday morning with a lap in 
1:14.4672, averaging 109.159 miles per hour around the 2.258-mile, 13-turn 
road course. 
 
He advanced three positions at the start of Saturday afternoon's race and was 
never again out of the top 10. He chased Jeff Simmons early, and then Arie 
Luyendyk Jr.  He got by Bobby Wilson for ninth place on lap 36 and then brought 
his car home in that position four laps later.
 
"I'm happy with ninth. I picked up four spots," Prendeville said after the 
race.
 
"We finished all the laps today with the Best Friends Animal Society car, so 
we're halfway towards our goal of finishing 80 laps this weekend for the 
people who made donations to Best Friends at racinglapsforbestfriends.com," he 
added.  "We'll try to get the other 40 tomorrow."
 
Prendeville is 11th in the overall point standings going into Sunday's race, 
which starts at 10:35 a.m. Eastern time.  He will start in the same position 
he finished in Saturday's race, ninth.  Live timing and scoring will be 
available at indycar.com/indylights. ESPN2 will show both races on a tape-delayed 
basis at 2 p.m. Eastern time on July 24. 
 
Raffle tickets that benefit Best Friends are also available on the 
racinglapsforbestfriends.com Web site. Prizes are sessions at the famous Bertil Roos 
Racing School.
 
Prendeville is a member of RLR/Andersen Racing, the development team of 
Hilliard, Ohio's Rahal Letterman Racing.
 
In addition to racinglapsforbestfriends.com, bestfriends.org and 
indycar.com/indylights, more information is available at andrewprendeville.com and 
andersenracingteam.com.