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RLR/Andersen Racing's Entries to Start
Seventh and 17th Saturday at Iowa Speedway
NEWTON, Iowa, June 20 - After a 3-hour rain delay, RLR/Andersen Racing's J.R.
Hildebrand and Andrew Prendeville ended up seventh and 17th, respectively,
Friday afternoon in SWE Race Car Parts Qualifying at Iowa Speedway.
Hildebrand, of Sausalito, Calif. and Indianapolis, will start on the inside
of Row 4 beside Raphael Matos when the 115-lap Jeld-Wen 100 Firestone Indy
Lights race gets the green flag Saturday at 4:15 p.m. local time. His Allied
Building Products No. 25 qualified with a combined two-lap time of 40.3930 seconds
(159.354 miles per hour) for the seven-eighths-mile trioval. His first lap
was done in 20.2220 seconds and his second lap was a 20.1710.
"This was my first true qualifying session on an oval this year," noted
Hildebrand after qualifying. "We changed the gearing from what we had this morning
in practice. The car was a little looser than I'd like it to be in the race,
but we're close. We always have good race cars, and I'm confident Iowa will
be no different. It's going to be a long race."
Prendeville, of Las Vegas, will line up on the inside of Row 9 beside Marc
Williams for the start. His two qualifying laps in the Best Friends Animal
Society No. 5 were timed in 20.6215 seconds and 20.4353 seconds for a combined
total of 41.0568 seconds and an average speed of 156.778 mph.
"We have our work cut out for us tomorrow," said Prendeville, who spearheads
donations for the Best Friends Animal Society through a Web site at
racinglapsforbestfriends.com. Fans can make donations on a per-lap basis or by
purchasing tickets for a raffle that carries prizes of sessions at the Bertil Roos
Racing School. All the donations generated from Saturday's race will go towards
Best Friends' flood-relief efforts for the animals in Iowa, which are detailed
on bestfriends.org.
Arie Luyendyk Jr. won the pole with laps in 20.0581 and 20.0723 seconds for a
combined time of 40.1304 and an average speed of 160.397 mph. That was more
than one mile per hour slower than Wade Cunningham's track record set last June.
Live coverage of Saturday's race will be available on indycar.com. ESPN2 will
telecast the race on a tape-delayed basis at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time June 26.
Andersen Racing is sponsored by Allied Building Products Corp. 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.
The weekend stats so far:
Practice 1 (Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.):
1. Dillon Battistini, 20.1338, 159.851 mph
15. Andrew Prendeville, 20.4398, 157.458 mph
16. J.R. Hildebrand, 20.4776, 157.167 mph
Practice 2 (Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.):
1. Arie Luyendyk Jr., 20.0775, 160.299 mph
19. J.R. Hildebrand, 20.4800, 157.148 mph
20. Andrew Prendeville, 20.6259, 156.037 mph
Combined Practice Report:
1. Arie Luyendyk Jr., 20.0775, 160.299 mph
18. Andrew Prendeville, 20.4398, 157.458 mph
20. J.R. Hildebrand, 20.4776, 157.167 mph
SWE Qualifying (Friday, 6:25 p.m. to 7:10 p.m.):
1. Arie Luyendyk Jr., 20.0581 and 20.0723 for 40.1304, 160.397 mph
7. J.R. Hildebrand, 20.2220 and 20.1710 for 40.3930, 159.354 mph
17. Andrew Prendeville, 20.6215, 20.4353 for 41.0568, 156.778 mph
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.