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Mechanical Difficulties Strike
Andersen Racing's Luyendyk
In Friday's Firestone Freedom 100
At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

INDIANAPOLIS, May 28 - After the Andersen Racing IZOD No. 4 lost fuel
pressure, Arie Luyendyk Jr. was forced to bring the car into the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway's pits and retire from Friday's Firestone Freedom 100 with 24 of
40 laps complete in Firestone Indy Lights' biggest race of the year.

The popular driver from Scottsdale, Ariz., started 15th and was credited
with a 14th place finish, just behind the series' point leader, J.K. Vernay.

The race was broadcast on VERSUS.

Before the trouble struck Luyendyk ran a lap in 47.9747 seconds (187.599
miles per hour), which was more than a second faster than his two qualifying
laps on Thursday thanks to a multi-car draft. His fastest lap occurred on lap
14.

Luyendyk's car, which advertised IZOD, Mo'sGold Advantage and the team's
primary sponsor, Allied Building Products Corp., had moved up to 12th by lap
three after Vernay's car didn't start and Jeff Simmons crashed in Turn 1,
collecting Sunoco polesitter Pippa Mann in the process.

He advanced to 11th after Adrian Campos Jr. made a quick pit stop under
yellow on lap six, and set his fastest lap while he was trying to catch Stefan
Wilson while holding off Campos. Campos got by him with 18 laps down to push
him back to 12th, which was where he was running when he pitted with the
mechanical difficulties.

"We were plagued all weekend with the overall speed of the car," Luyendyk
said. "The fuel pressure alarm came on, and then it just stopped running.
It was a bad end to the week.

"At the start of the race I got held up by [Rodrigo] Barbosa, and then I
lost the draft. There isn't too much to say. Maybe we've been struggling
with the engine all along; I don't know."

"We struggled both days with set-up and speed and it was frustrating for
all of us," said team co-owner John Andersen. "It was a pleasure working
with Arie. I just wish we had some more time with him to get the set-up the
way he liked it. I'm sorry that we couldn't give him a better car, but we
just didn't have enough track time."

Wade Cunningham won the race over Charlie Kimball and James Hinchcliffe.

For more information see indycar.com, andersenracingteam.com and
arieluyendyk.com.

Andersen Racing is based at Andersen RacePark in Palmetto, Fla.



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.