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Andersen Racing Busy
With Post-Season Testing
 
PALMETTO, Fla., Nov. 6 - Andersen Racing, the 2008 team champion of both the 
Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear and the F2000 Championship 
Series presented by Hoosier Racing Tire, is certainly not resting on its laurels.  
The Palmetto, Fla.-based team tested four drivers last Thursday at Sebring 
International Raceway, and will return to that road course in Sebring, Fla., on 
Nov. 10-11 and Nov. 17 for additional testing.
 
Jonathan Bomarito and Joel Miller tested RLR/Andersen Racing's two Firestone 
Indy Lights cars, including the one that J.R. Hildebrand drove to a 
fifth-place finish in this year's championship. Anders Krohn and Nathan Silva tried out 
two of the team's Star Mazda cars. 
 
Both of the drivers who tested the Firestone Indy Lights cars last week 
finished second in the series they competed in this year with other teams. 
Bomarito, 26, of Monterey, Calif., finished second in the 2008 Cooper Tires Presents 
the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda with three victories. Miller, 20, of 
Hesperia, Calif., finished second in the 2008 Star Mazda series, posting one 
victory.
 
As part of Andersen Racing's unique driver development program, each of the 
team's full-season Star Mazda and F2000 drivers receive a test at the next 
level at year's end. Krohn, 20, of Sandnes, Norway, dominated the F2000 series 
driving an Andersen Racing entry, posting nine victories. Ashbourne, County 
Meath, Ireland's Peter Dempsey, who tied Star Mazda champ John Edwards in the 
number of victories with four but finished third in that series with Andersen 
Racing this year, plans to drive one of the team's Firestone Indy Lights cars for 
the first time at a future test.
 
In addition to Krohn, Silva, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, tested one of the team's 
Star Mazda cars at Sebring.  Silva is only 18 but he's already been racing for 
10 years, getting his start in karts.  Most recently he's been competing in 
Formula 3 in South America. 
 
"All four drivers performed well, completing about 100 laps each around the 
shorter road course circuit at Sebring," said team co-owner Dan Andersen, who 
added that the test was good experience for the crew as well as the drivers.
 
"Walter Preston and Mike Reggio, who will handle our Firestone Indy Lights 
engineering duties next year, were flawless, and our entire Firestone Indy 
Lights team performed very well," he said.  "Remi Lanteigne headed the engineering 
and Roger Morissette the crew chief duties for Star Mazda, and the Mazda team 
also did an excellent job."
 
Mike Zimicki, noted driver coach for Rahal Letterman Racing (RLR), was on 
hand to assist Andersen in evaluating the driving talent. Andersen Racing is the 
official development team of RLR, which competes in both the IndyCar Series 
and the American Le Mans Series.
 
"I'm very pleased with the overall performance of our teams, as all four
cars were clearly well prepared and our engineers worked very well with the 
four talented drivers," Andersen added.  "Jonathan and Joel demonstrated why 
they both had great results in their respective series in 2008, as they adapted 
very quickly to the higher horsepower Firestone Indy Lights cars and impressed 
us all with their driving and their feedback. 
 
"Anders and Nathan also were very fast, with Anders beating the fastest times 
our past drivers posted at Sebring by half a second. Nathan showed us all 
that he is a very talented young man. He worked very well with our staff as he 
learned the track and the car. By the end of the day he was closing the gap on 
Anders."
 
Three additional drivers (Pacific F2000 Champion Jeff Westphal, third-place 
Atlantic driver Jonathan Summerton and British F3 driver Alistair Jackson) are 
slated to test the team's Firestone Indy Lights cars at Sebring Nov. 10-11, 
while four more (Team USA Scholarship winners Conor Daly and Josef Newgarden, as 
well as Richard Kent and one other to be named later) will test the Star 
Mazda cars there on Nov. 17. 
 
The team may also test on the oval at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, 
Fla. on Nov. 21. Additional testing of the Star Mazda and F2000 cars is also 
planned at the team's test track, Andersen RacePark.
 
Andersen Racing is sponsored by Allied Building Products Corporation. For 
more information see andersenracingteam.com and andersenracepark.com.
 
Driver quotes follow:
 
Jonathan Bomarito:  "First of all I'd like to thank Dan Andersen and his team 
for giving me a great test.  The car ran perfectly all day.  I was able to 
come up to speed and learn about this new car.  We had a great day of good 
weather and sunshine, and it was fun.
 
"It was the first time I'd gotten to drive a Firestone Indy Lights car.  It's 
quite a bit different than an Atlantic car, and it was a new challenge.  It 
was fun in its own way.  I had to get used to the weight and the differences in 
the braking zones, but it was fun."
 
Joel Miller: "The car is a lot different than I expected.  With the weight 
and the amount of power under your right foot it makes a driver be really 
patient. I'm pleased on how things went today, being my first time in a car of this 
size.  It was a huge learning curve, and now I have that in mind for future 
opportunities. I have to thank Dan Andersen for giving me the chance to drive 
his car.  It was a great day."
 
Anders Krohn: "For winning the F2000 Championship, I also got to test a 
Firestone Indy Lights car with another team recently at Putnam Park.  I was very 
encouraged by both the Indy Lights and the Star Mazda tests, and it would be a 
blessing to be able to compete in either of the two highly respected open-wheel 
categories. 
 
"I look forward to coming home to Norway again, where I will continue to work 
with my current and hopefully new associates towards another good racing 
campaign in 2009. I still don't know where I'll end up for the coming season, but 
with some solid tests and good results on my record, something good will 
happen for sure.
 
"I want to thank Andersen Racing for giving me the possibility to drive a 
Star Mazda car for them. We had a great season together in F2000 and it would be 
an honor to continue our work together for the upcoming season as well."
 
Nathan Silva: "I enjoyed the test a lot, and felt that the crew did an 
excellent job. I hope to be racing in Star Mazda in 2009." 
 
 
 
 
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 fielded 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 won the team championship for 2008 for both the F2000 
Championship Series and the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear. Two of its 
drivers finished first and second in the F2000 driver point standings, while 
another was sixth. Three of its Star Mazda drivers placed third, fifth and 
sixth in that series' driver standings. RLR/Andersen Racing finished sixth in the 
2008 Firestone Indy Lights team standings, while one of its drivers placed 
fifth in that series' driver point standings.
 
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 ALMS.  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.