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Bad Luck Strikes
Andersen Racing's Jorda
At Barber Motorsports Park
LEEDS, Ala., April 11 - Andersen Racing's Carmen Jorda was forced to retire
early from Sunday's Firestone Indy Lights race at Barber Motorsports Park,
but the rookie from Alcoy, Spain won't have long to wait to try to improve
her luck. The next race is coming right up next weekend as part of the
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach, Calif.
Jorda started 16th Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park in the Andersen
Racing/ASAP Sports/Allied No. 4, which is sponsored by ASAP Sports, NTGS.es,
iHOLA!, Air Europa, pepetravel.com and Allied Building Products Corp.
She spun in Turn 12 working lap 2, bringing out the event's first
full-course yellow. Although she didn't hit anything, she couldn't get the car
restarted and it had to be towed back to the paddock area inside the 17-turn,
2.38-mile road course.
Her official finishing position was 17th.
"It was a bad weekend all around," Jorda said afterwards. "On Friday I
started not to feel well. I went to the medical facility here, and they said I
had a stomach virus.
"I had something to eat this morning and I thought I would be OK, but my
not feeling well probably played a factor in how things went," she said. "I
didn't hit anything when I spun but I couldn't get the engine restarted when
I tried to return to the field, and my race was ended.
"Everything was negative here this weekend, but I hope the opposite happens
next weekend in California," she added. "Long Beach is another street
course. I had fun in St. Petersburg, and I think it will be fun at Long Beach.
We'll hope for better luck there."
Jorda will have a teammate at Long Beach, as Joel Miller of Hesperia,
Calif. will join her on the Andersen Racing squad in Car No. 5 in his series
debut. His appearance is being sponsored by a host of local businesses and
individuals, including Doug Mockett of Mockett and Co., John Wilkins of Rancho
Motor Co., Vance Mitchell of The Mitchell Co., Seers Lumber Co.,
Daniel Singh, Joe Phillips and Greg Ewald.
The Long Beach schedule shows practice at 12:15 p.m. Friday, April 16 and
an autograph session at 4 p.m. that day. Another practice session is slated
for 8 a.m. Saturday, April 17 before qualifying begins at 12:55 p.m. There
is a warm-up session at 8 a.m. Sunday, April 18 before the 45-lap race
starts at 10:40 a.m. All times are Pacific.
Polesitter J.K. Vernay won Sunday's race at Barber Motorsports Park, which
was the inaugural event for the series at this facility.
Andersen Racing's Web site is at andersenracingteam.com. More information
on Jorda is available on line at carmenjorda.com. The series' Web site is at
indycar.com. It will have live timing and scoring and video coverage of
next weekend's race at Long Beach, and all the other Firestone Indy Lights
races.
Andersen Racing, which is sponsored by Allied Building Products Corp.,
competes in karting, Star Mazda and Firestone Indy Lights. A sister company,
Andersen Promotions, administers the newly revived USF2000 National
Championship, which is presented by Cooper Tires and powered by Mazda.
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 program utilizing multiple
entries in three different platforms: karting, Star Mazda and Firestone
Indy Lights.
A sister company, Andersen Promotions, administers the USF2000 National
Championship presented by Cooper Tires and powered by Mazda. It is part of
both the Indy Racing League's Road to Indy program and the MAZDASPEED
Motorsports driver development system.
Andersen Racing is sponsored by Allied Building Products Corp. 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, andersenkarting.com, andersenracepark.com and usf2000.com.