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04/27/2008
Prendeville Finishes 25 Laps Sunday in
Kansas For Racing Laps for Best Friends
By Linda Mansfield, Restart Communications
 KANSAS
CITY, Kan., April 27 - Andrew Prendeville
finished 25 laps of the 67-lap Firestone Indy
Lights race Sunday at Kansas Speedway after
another driver spun right in front of him and he
became involved in the accident with his Best
Friends Animal Society No. 5.
Prendeville was very lucky to escape uninjured
in the accident, which started when Cyndie
Allemann spun in Turn 2 of the 1.5-mile trioval.
Prendeville did his best to miss her but he
clipped her car with the nose of his car, which
sent him into the outer wall. His car then
careened down the track in front of a pack of
cars, but miraculously none of them hit him.
Neither he nor Allemann were hurt, but both of
their cars were too damaged to continue.
Prendeville was credited with a 23rd-place
finish and 25 laps completed for the fans that
made donations to the Best Friends Animal
Society through the racinglapsforbestfriends.com
website.
Prendeville topped the charts in the Sunday
morning practice session with a lap in 28.9498
for an average speed of 189.017 miles per hour.
Qualifying was cancelled Sunday morning due to
cold temperatures, with the starting line-up
determined by entrant points.
Prendeville took the green flag in 11th place
but he had a fabulous start, advancing to eighth
by the end of lap one. He ran in eighth place
for the first
17 laps, but then dropped back a couple of spots
to allow his Firestone Firehawk tires to cool
off. Unfortunately the crash occurred before he
was able to see if he could advance once more.
The race, which was won by his RLR/Andersen
Racing teammate, J.R. Hildebrand, will air on
ESPN2 at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 1.
Prendeville's biggest race of the year, the
Freedom 100 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway,
is coming right up on May 23.
Fans can make their pledges for the next race and the other
races remaining
on the schedule at this website.
Click here
to make your pledge!
In addition to donations, Bertil Roos Racing
School raffle tickets to benefit Best Friends
are available on this website.
Click here to enter the raffle!
Additional information is available at
bestfriends.org and
andrewprendeville.com.
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