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Prendeville Finishes All 29 Laps Again on Sunday at
Watkins Glen For Racing Laps for Best Friends
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07/08/2007
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By Linda Mansfield, Restart Communications
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WATKINS GLEN, N.Y., July 8 - For the second time
in 24 hours, Andrew Prendeville finished all 29
laps of an Indy Pro Series race at Watkins Glen
International Sunday afternoon.
 He
was in the top 10 in both halves of the Corning
Twin 100s doubleheader. He improved his
tenth-place finishing position on Saturday by
two positions on Sunday, placing eighth in the
nightcap with his Best Friends Animal Society
No. 5.
Fans who contributed to the Best Friends Animal
Society through the racinglapsforbestfriends.com
Website or at the Racing Laps for Best Friends
tent in the infield of the 3.4-mile road course
will be multiplying the full 58 laps times their
pledge amounts. All the money raised through the
Watkins Glen doubleheader was earmarked for the
Pets Alive shelter in Middletown, N.Y., which
Best Friends stepped in to run when its founder
died unexpectedly this spring.
Best Friends assists animal welfare groups
around the world and it also operates the
largest no-kill animal shelter in the United
States at its headquarters in Kanab, Utah.
Prendeville, who drives for RLR/Andersen Racing,
started tenth in Sunday's race. The Morristown,
N.J.-based driver got ninth right away because
Bobby Wilson, who started second, spun in Turn 1
at the start.
From lap two until lap 19 Prendeville had his
hands full because he was directly behind
Jonathan Klein's car, which was dropping oil.
Jaime Camara got around Prendeville on lap 19 to
push him back to tenth, but Prendeville got
Camara back on lap 23 to regain ninth.
Prendeville got around Klein on lap 26 to move
into eighth, and that's where he was running
when the checkered dropped on lap 29.
"Just like yesterday, Jono's [Jonathan Klein's]
car was spewing oil the entire race,"
Prendeville said after climbing out of his car
on pit road after Sunday's race.
"I passed Camara in the Bus Stop. He got loose
because he got in Jono's oil, and I took
advantage of it just like he took advantage of
the same thing earlier when I got in Jono's oil
and he passed me.
"We were all faster than Jono, and once we got
by him we clearly showed that," he added. "The
RLR/Andersen guys did an awesome job with the
car. Now we'll go on to the next race."
The fastest race lap was recorded by race winner
Alex Lloyd. Runner-up Wade Cunningham was the
next-fastest driver, but Prendeville was third
in that category. Prendeville's fastest race lap
for the 3.4-mile road course was done in
1:38.8626 (122.716 miles per hour), just 0.6728
off Lloyd's mark.
Prendeville is now tenth in the driver
standings.
Fans can see more on ESPN2's coverage of the
doubleheader at 5 p.m. EDT this Thursday, July
12. Other information is available at
racinglapsforbestfriends.com and
andersenracingteam.com.
The next event is coming right up next Saturday,
July 14, at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon,
Tenn. The Nashville race will air on ESPN2 at 5
p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, July 18. Live
timing and scoring will be available on
indycar.com/pro.
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.
Best Friends Animal Society supports animal
welfare programs throughout the world, including
Indianapolis. At any given time it is caring for
approximately 1,500 animals at its sanctuary in
Kanab, Utah. Best Friends hopes the exposure to
racing fans will raise awareness of the
organization and gain support for animal
welfare.
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