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08/26/2007
Prendeville Finishes Third Sunday In
Second Half of Infineon Indy Pro Series
Doubleheader
With Best Friends Animal Society No. 5
By Linda Mansfield, Restart Communications
SONOMA, Calif., Aug. 26 - Andrew Prendeville not
only completed all 30 laps of Sunday's Valley of
the Moon 100 Indy Pro Series race at Infineon
Raceway, he recorded his best finish ever in the
series when he placed third with his Best
Friends Animal Society No. 5.
 Prendeville
completed every lap possible in both
30-lap races here this weekend for his Racing
Laps for Best Friends program. Fans make
donations to the Best Friends Animal Society
through a Web
site at racinglapsforbestfriends.com or at the
Best Friends Donation Center at the races based
on the number of laps Prendeville completes.
Prendeville started second in Sunday's race,
which went non-stop. He remained in second place
behind only pole-sitter Ryan Justice for the
first 13 laps.
Eventual winner Richard Antinucci muscled by
Prendeville for second on lap 14 in Turn 11.
Contact occurred but Prendeville kept control of
his car and remained in third place the rest of
the
way.
Antinucci passed Justice for the lead on lap 19
in
Turn 11 and had a 1.7400-seconds margin of
victory
over Justice at the checkered. Prendeville was
.5303
of a second behind Justice at the end.
Prendeville got close to Justice several times.
He set his fastest lap of the race, a 1:23.8666
for an average speed of 98.728 miles per hour,
on lap 18, which was the fourth-fastest lap of
the race.
"We're happy because it's our first podium in
this series," Prendeville said. "My car was good
and it was a good run. The team has worked
extremely hard this year. We've had some
frustrating results, but this time we got a
podium finish. We hope to keep the momentum
going into Chicago and then on into the
off-season."
Only one race remains on the 2007 Indy Pro
Series schedule: Sept. 9 at Chicagoland Speedway
in Joliet, Ill. Prendeville is currently 11th in
the overall point standings, only five points
behind the driver who is tenth, Chris Festa.
Highlights of the Infineon doubleheader will be
shown on ESPN2 at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time on
Friday, Aug. 31. Live timing and scoring is
offered at
IndyCar.com/Pro.
Other information is available at
BestFriends.org
and
AndersenRacingTeam.com.
Donations may also be made by telephone at (435)
644-2001, extension 4801, or by mailing checks
payable to "Racing Laps for Best Friends" to:
Best Friends Animal Society
5001 Angel Canyon Road
Kanab, Utah 84741-5000
Donations to the Racing Laps for Best Friends
program may be made using MasterCard, Visa,
American Express or Discover credit cards.
Fans donate a set amount of money for each lap
that Prendeville completes in each race. At $1
per lap for the 18-lap races such as the two
Indy Pro Series races at IMS this weekend, the
donation would be $18 per race or $36. If the
car would only complete 10 laps in one race and
five laps in the other race, then the donation
would be $15. |
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