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Mechanical Difficulties Spoil a Top-10 Run
For Prendeville and Team Moore Racing
In Friday's Firestone Freedom 100 at IMS

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 22 - Everything was going as planned for Andrew
Prendeville Friday in the Firestone Freedom 100 at the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway until a rare mechanical problem thwarted his efforts. He ran in eighth
place for 12 laps, conserved his tires and was poised to move up even further
in the last 10 laps of the 40-lap race when an input shaft broke on his
Team Moore Racing-Xtreme Coil Drilling No. 2, causing him to place 15th in the
final rundown.

The Henderson, Nev.-based driver qualified 11th on Thursday to start the
marquee event of the Firestone Indy Lights series on the inside of Row 6,
beside James Hinchcliffe. He dropped back two spots initially, and then one more
spot on lap two when Daniel Herrington got by the native of Chatham, N.J.

Trying to save his tires and avoid getting caught up in an accident,
Prendeville remained patient. He got 13th on lap six by passing Jonathan
Summerton, and then moved up two more positions when Martin Plowman and Pippa Mann
tangled a few seconds later.

Prendeville cracked the top 10 on lap 14 by repassing Herrington. He moved
up two more spots when Ana Beatriz and Gustavo Yacaman crashed in Turn 1 on
lap 16. He remained in eighth place for 12 more laps until the problem
developed as the green waved for a restart on lap 29 after a full-course yellow
for debris on the frontstretch.

Although more than half of the field was bearing down on his crippled car,
Prendeville got off the track without any further damage.

He officially completed 29 laps.

Although disappointed, Prendeville was pleased with how fast his bright
yellow No. 2 ran. His car's telemetry showed that he ran several sections of
the world-famous 2.5-mile oval at over 200 miles per hour several times,
which is quite an accomplishment for a Firestone Indy Lights car.

"I ran over 200 miles an hour in an Indy Lights car; that was cool and I'm
happy about it," Prendeville said afterwards.

"The car was awesome," he continued. "The team did a good job. We have
fast cars everywhere we go, but we keep having problems that are outside of the
team's control. It's really frustrating.

"Ana Beatriz's crash happened in front of me but I got through it OK. I got
through all the problems and I was having a lot of fun out there. It was
good racing and obviously the fans liked it a lot. I just wish I could have
finished because it would have been a top five, no question."

Prendeville will get to try again very soon, because his next race is
coming right up May 31 at the Milwaukee Mile.

Friday's race was broadcast live on VERSUS.

More information on the series is available on the Internet at
indycar.com/pro. Additional information is offered at andrewprendeville.com and
teammooreracing.com.