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Andersen Racing's Guthrie Finishes 10th
In Homestead's Firestone Indy Lights Race
HOMESTEAD, Fla., Oct. 3 - Sean Guthrie of Albuquerque, N.M. drove the
Andersen Racing No. 4 to a tenth-place finish in the Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka
100 Firestone Indy Lights season finale Saturday at Homestead-Miami
Speedway.
The car promoted Guthrie's sponsor, Car Crafters, as well as the team's
marketing partners: Allied Building Products Corp., Wide Open Performance and
Infused Calcium Technologies.
Guthrie hasn't competed in a Firestone Indy Lights since he finished 11th
in the team's car at Homestead a year ago. That race was won by another
Andersen Racing driver, Mario Romancini.
Despite the layoff Guthrie qualified a very competitive ninth in the 17-car
field with a time of 57.6587 (185.436 miles per hour) for the 1.5-mile
oval.
He lost one spot Adrian Campos Jr. at the start of the race, but he
regained ninth working lap two when he passed Philip Major. He set his fastest lap
of the race at that point when he was timed in 28.8309 (185.426 mph). That
was the fastest lap recorded by any driver during much of the race and it
was faster than any lap posted by the winner of the race, Brandon Wagner,
although two other drivers eclipsed it in the late stages of the event.
Guthrie got Campos back on lap three to move into eighth, which he held
until lap seven when he advanced one more spot by passing Charlie Kimball.
Campos re-passed Guthrie working lap 10 to push him back to eighth place,
but Guthrie moved into seventh with 14 laps down when Gustavo Yacaman spun in
Turn 4. Dan Clarke hit the wall trying to avoid him, which brought out a
full-course caution that lasted from laps 15 through lap 23.
Guthrie re-passed Campos for sixth with 25 laps down, which put him between
the polesitter, Pippa Mann, and Daniel Herrington. He remained in sixth
until lap 31 when he dropped two spots when both Campos and Herrington got by.
That put him in eighth place, trying to catch Herrington while
simultaneously holding off Henry Clarke. Major eventually passed Clarke but Guthrie
wasn't able to get around Herrington. Major passed Guthrie on lap 58 instead,
which dropped him to ninth place. Dillon Battistini passed him with 61 laps
down to push him to tenth, and he was still in that position when the
checkered waved on lap 67.
Although the 2010 Firestone Indy Lights season is over, the team will
conduct a test at Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Fla. at the end of
the month for some of its 2010 Star Mazda drivers as well as Conor Daly, who
ran with Andersen Racing's Star Mazda team in 2009. On Friday at Road
Atlanta in Braselton, Ga. Andersen Racing won its second Star Mazda team
championship in the last three years, underscoring its position as one of the leading
development teams in North America.
For more information on Andersen Racing see andersenracing.com. The
series' Web site is at indycar.com/fil.
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
andersenracing.com, andersenkarting.com, andersenracepark.com and usf2000.com.