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Prendeville Finishes All 67 Laps
Saturday at Homestead
For Racing Laps for Best Friends 
 
HOMESTEAD, Fla., March 29 - Racing fans and animal lovers who made donations 
to the Best Friends Animal Society on racinglapsforbestfriends.com for the 
Homestead race need to multiply their donation amount by 67, because Andrew 
Prendeville finished all 67 laps of the Firestone Indy Lights season opener 
Saturday afternoon at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
 
Prendeville qualified fourth and ended up sixth in a race that only had two 
caution flags.  The pace of the race coupled with the heat of the Florida 
afternoon caused havoc to the RLR/Andersen Racing team's set-up, and Prendeville's 
Best Friends Animal Society No. 5 had a big understeer throughout the race. 
Despite the challenges Prendeville kept it off the wall, pointed in the right 
direction, and on the move throughout.
 
Prendeville passed the driver who went on to win the race two different 
times, once on lap 26 and again on lap 30. He was as high as third on lap one and 
as low as tenth with two laps to go. He never gave up and he finished with an 
almost unbelievable flourish, advancing two positions on each of the last two 
laps to place sixth.
 
Prendeville passed his teammate, J.R. Hildebrand; the 2005 champion, Wade 
Cunningham; and Ana Beatriz during those last two frantic laps, while polesitter 
Raphael Matos fell backwards in the standings due to handling problems he was 
experiencing with his car too. 
 
"Overall I'm happy with the way the weekend went," Prendeville said after the 
race.  "We know we have the speed on our own.  We can qualify well.
 
"At the same time the race was disappointing," he added.  "The Best Friends 
Animal Society car had a massive understeer in the race.  Most people seemed to 
be having that, but my car seemed to be the worst. Anytime somebody was on 
the high side of me, there was no way I was getting through the corner alive 
unless I lifted.
 
"On the restarts when the tires were cooler the car was good," he continued.  
"I tried to capitalize on that, and that's how I was able to get back up to 
sixth. 
 
"We finished all 67 laps, and we thank everyone who made donations to Best 
Friends on racinglapsforbestfriends.com," Prendeville added. "It was still a 
good start to the season.  It certainly makes us more confident for the oval 
races, and I'm really looking forward to St. Pete next weekend."
 
Prendeville will compete in two Firestone Indy Lights races on the street 
circuit in St. Petersburg, Fla. next Saturday and Sunday, April 5-6. 
 
The Homestead race will be shown at 4 p.m. Eastern this Thursday, April 3, on 
ESPN2. One hour later Prendeville will appear at a PetStop at the SPCA Tampa 
Bay, 9099 130th Ave. N. in Largo, Fla., from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. All PetStop 
shelter appearances are free and the public is encouraged to attend.
 
Fans can make their pledges for the St. Petersburg races and the other events 
remaining on the 16-race schedule at racinglapsforbestfriends.com.  Bertil 
Roos Racing School raffle tickets can be purchased on that Web site too. 
Additional information is available at bestfriends.org and andrewprendeville.com.