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Three Andersen Racing Drivers
Set to Tackle VIR
In Star Mazda Action This Weekend
 
PALMETTO, Fla., April 22 - Three drivers will represent Andersen Racing in 
the second round of the 2009 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear 
this weekend at VIRginia International Raceway in Alton, Va.: Conor Daly of 
Noblesville, Ind.; Denis Navarro of Sao Paulo, Brazil and Mikael Grenier of 
Stoneham, Quebec, Canada.
 
Daly, who finished third in the Star Mazda season opener at Sebring, Fla. 
last month for the Palmetto, Fla.-based team, has to love VIR.  He sealed up 
the 2008 BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National championship there last October 
with a victory and a second-place finish in that series' final doubleheader of 
the year, earning him a spot in the MAZDASPEED motorsports driver 
development program.  The 17-year-old son of noted racer Derek Daly will also have 
support from Indeck, Cytomax, College Network and Merchant Services this 
weekend when he tackles the 17-turn, 3.27-mile road course in the No. 22 Andersen 
Racing Star Mazda car.
 
Navarro will be participating in his first race ever at VIR.  A Star Mazda 
rookie like Daly, the 22-year-old drives the Andersen Racing No. 21 
sponsored by Navarro Medicines Distribution and Allied Interior Products. He 
finished third in the South America Formula 3 championship last year with four 
victories and six pole positions.
 
Grenier, 16, will be making his first start ever with Andersen Racing, 
which won the Star Mazda team championship last year.  Grenier finished an 
impressive fourth in the Formula BMW Americas championship last year with another 
team. Although his first open-wheel race ever was just last year at Mazda 
Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, Calif., he had a distinguished career in 
karting before advancing to formula cars. This will be his first Star Mazda 
race, but he tested a Formula BMW car on VIR's south track last year.  His 
Andersen Racing Star Mazda car will be sponsored by NAPA Auto Parts and 
CAA-Quebec this weekend.
 
Richard Kent, who won the pole and finished second at Sebring for Andersen 
Racing, will unfortunately miss Sunday's race, but he plans to return to the 
competition for Round 3 at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah on May 
16.  Kent, of Clifton Reynes, England, is recuperating from a fall in his 
native England in which he broke the non-weight-bearing fibula bone in his left 
leg, right above his ankle.
 
"If only I had at least a good tale to tell from it!" said Kent.  "I was 
simply crossing the road, and I tripped on the curb.  Surprisingly it wasn't 
hugely painful, and I didn't even have it checked until mid-afternoon of the 
following day. I considered driving at VIR anyway, but if I damaged the bone 
any more than I would be sidelined for a lot longer, so I'm trying to be 
sensible.  I'm determined to be better for the race in Utah and make a 
storming return, that's for sure!"
 
Another Andersen Racing Star Mazda driver, Joe D'Agostino of Brownburg, 
Ind., will also miss VIR but hopes to find additional marketing partners so he 
can rejoin the team soon too. 
 
This weekend's action consists of three test sessions on Thursday, two pract
ice sessions on Friday, qualifying on Saturday morning, a Sunday morning 
warm-up and a 45-minute race at 1 p.m. Sunday.  Results will be posted on the 
series' Web site at starmazda.com.
 
Andersen Racing is sponsored by Allied Building Products Corp. and Lafarge 
North America. It is the official development team of Rahal Letterman 
Racing.  In addition to Star Mazda, it offers future open-wheel stars programs in 
karting, Formula BMW Americas and Firestone Indy Lights.
 
The team's Web site is located at andersenracingteam.com. Information on 
the team's 1-mile road course test track at its headquarters can be found 
online at andersenracepark.com. 
 
 
 
 
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, four-step program 
utilizing multiple entries in four different platforms: karting, Formula BMW 
Americas, Star Mazda and Firestone Indy Lights (televised on VERSUS). In 2008 it 
fielded multiple entries in 42 races in 18 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 presented by Hoosier Racing Tire 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, brothers 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. and Lafarge 
North America. It is the official development team of Rahal Letterman 
Racing. The team is headquartered at Andersen RacePark, an 18-acre facility in 
Palmetto, Fla. that includes a 1-mile road course test track. For more 
information see andersenracingteam.com and andersenracepark.com.