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RLR/Andersen Racing
Has an Eventful Freedom 100
At IMS Saturday
 
INDIANAPOLIS, May 24 - After a one-day postponement due to rain, things 
certainly heated up Saturday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the Freedom 100 
Firestone Indy Lights race for the RLR/Andersen Racing team. 
 
Andrew Prendeville, a Chatham Township, N.J. native now living in Las Vegas, 
started 11th and finished ninth for the Palmetto, Fla.-based team with his 
Best Friends Animal Society No. 5.  
 
Sausalito, Calif.'s J.R. Hildebrand, who now lives in Indianapolis, started 
way back in 21st but got as high as third before contact with another driver 
relegated his Allied Interior Products No. 25 to 24th at the end of the 40-lap 
race on the Brickyard's 2.5-mile oval.
 
Prendeville slipped to 13th at the beginning of the race, which slowed almost 
as soon as it started when Jon Brownson hit the wall coming out of Turn 3 on 
the first lap. 
 
The green waved again on lap four. Prendeville stayed in 13th until he passed 
Sean Guthrie with 13 laps down to move into 12th.  He moved up one more spot 
at the halfway point by passing Pablo Donoso.  He broke into the top 10 on lap 
21 when he got around Raphael Matos, and then a yellow came out after Chris 
Festa's car lost power in Turn 2.
 
The green came out again on lap 26.  Prendeville stayed in tenth until lap 
29, when Logan Gomez got around him.  The next lap the yellow flew again for 
contact between James Davison and Hildebrand, which vaulted Prendeville to ninth. 
 He passed Jeff Simmons to nab eighth with two laps to go, but Simmons passed 
him back on the next lap and Prendeville took the checkered in ninth place.
 
Hildebrand, the point leader going into this event, had an even wilder race.  
He started 21st but he was already 18th when the yellow flew on the first 
lap. He moved into 17th on the restart, and he was 16th on lap six when some of 
his rivals were already going four wide.  He passed Gomez and Arie Luyendyk Jr. 
on lap eight to move into 14th place, settling in right behind Prendeville.
 
He passed his teammate and Brent Sherman on the next circuit to nail down 
12th.  Guthrie gave him some trouble but he got around him on lap 12 to move into 
11th. He stayed in that spot until he moved into the top 10 on lap 17 by 
passing Robbie Pecorari, who went on to finish fourth.
 
Donoso was the next driver in Hildebrand's sights, and he passed him on lap 
18 for ninth. At that point both Hildebrand and Prendeville were running lap 
times that were faster than many of the drivers ahead of them. Hildebrand passed 
Matos for eighth at the halfway point, and then got up a big head of steam to 
blow by Bobby Wilson and Simmons on lap 22 to nab sixth right before the 
second yellow waved.
 
His restart on lap 25 was brilliant.  He went from sixth to third when the 
green waved again by passing Richard Antinucci, Ana Beatriz and Davison in one 
torrid run. Antinucci got him back on lap 27 to push him back to fourth.  They 
were side-by-side on lap 28, with Hildebrand still technically in fourth, but 
he was back in third place on lap 29, still engaged in a wild battle with 
Antinucci and Davison.
 
Space and luck ran out on lap 30, as contact occurred between Davison and 
Hildebrand and both reported to the pits with flat tires. To make matters worse, 
Hildebrand then received a penalty for a pit speed violation and a missing 
wheel lock pin. He returned to finish the race in 24th place, one lap down.
 
Polesitter Dillon Battistini won over Antinucci and Wade Cunningham. The race 
is scheduled to be broadcast at 1 p.m. Eastern time next Saturday, May 31, on 
ESPN2. 
 
The next Firestone Indy Lights race is the following day, June 1, at the 
Milwaukee Mile.
 
Hildebrand is now third in the point standings and Prendeville is 13th.  
Eleven races remain in the 16-race season.
 
RLR/Andersen Racing is sponsored by Allied Building Products Corp. It is the 
development team of Rahal Letterman Racing.  Its Web sites are at 
andersenracingteam.com and andersenracepark.com.
 
Prendeville has a unique program to raise funds for the Best Friends Animal 
Society based on the number of laps he completes in his races through a Web 
site at racinglapsforbestfriends.com.
 
In addition to Allied Interior Products, Hildebrand represents Mockett.com, 
Formotion Products, Inc., Spy and Santa Cruz Bicycles. His Web site is at 
jrhildebrandracing.com.
 
Post-race quotes follow:
 
Andrew Prendeville:  "My car was great when I was by myself.  I just couldn't 
run in traffic. 
 
"It was more like dirt-track racing today. Some people made some very foolish 
moves.
 
"In the beginning I was just trying to save my tires for the end. I had to 
wait until people's tires fell off, and then I could pick them off. 
 
"The guys have done a good job.  Finishing in the top 10 is still a good run."
 
J.R. Hildebrand: "We could have won that race.  
 
"[James] Davison was bumping and banging.  He went under me going through 
[Turn] 1.  We were three-wide through there.  He was coming, bumping and banging. 
Coming out of [Turn] 2, I was on the high side and he was on the low side. We 
came out of the corner and he was not clear by at least 5 feet, and he just 
drove all the way out to the exit. He hit my left front with his right rear. 
 
"I feel terrible for the team, because they gave me a great car. To end the 
race like that was just terrible.  That hurt us in the points.  Seriously, we 
could have won that race from the back at Indianapolis.  We showed everyone we 
can get it done today, regardless of where we finished."
 
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 and the American Le Mans 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.