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Prendeville Gets Caught Up In Accident at Start Of Nashville Indy Pro Series Race
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07/14/2007
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By Linda Mansfield, Restart Communications
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LEBANON, Tenn., July 14 - Andrew Prendeville
escaped injury in a multi-car crash at the start
of Saturday's Indy Pro Series race at the
Nashville Superspeedway.
 Through
no fault of the Morristown, N.J.-based driver,
his Best Friends Animal Society No. 5 didn't
complete even a single lap of the 77-lap contest
on the 1.33-mile concrete oval. The stats will
show he started 12th and finished 20th.
Prendeville's RLR/Andersen Racing teammate, Joey
Scarallo, was also involved in the crash, as
were Tom Wieringa and Mike Potekhen. All were
examined and quickly released from the track's
infield care center.
Fans around the world and at Indy Pro Series
races make donations to the Best Friends Animal
Society based on the number of laps Prendeville
completes in each race through the
racinglapsforbestfriends.com Web site (this
website). It was only the second time in the
history of the Racing Laps for Best Friends
program that Prendeville hasn't completed any
laps. He was also caught up in an accident at
the start of a race at the Milwaukee Mile on
June 2.
"Joey had a problem that started it,
"Prendeville said afterwards while waiting for
his car to be towed back to the paddock area. "I
was right behind Potekhen, and it collected both
of us.
"We knew we were going to be good," he added.
"We ran real well in the last practice session.
I wasn't really concerned about moving up
through the traffic because I felt we had a good
race car.
"It's a shame for all of us. We'll try to do
better next time for the Racing Laps for Best
Friends program."
 Prendeville
will try again next weekend at another Indy Pro
Series race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in
Lexington, Ohio.
Click Here to be taken to the Photo Gallery
slideshow of the accident!
Fans can make their pledges for that race, and
purchase tickets for a raffle for 2008 Indy 500
tickets, on the racinglapsforbestfriends.com Web
site now.
Best Friends operates the largest no-kill animal
shelter in the United States, providing care for
approximately 1,500 animals on any given day at
the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab,
Utah. It is affiliated with shelters and animal
welfare groups around the world. Some animals
that were displaced by Hurricane Katrina now
live at Best Friends, as do some animals
affected by the war in Iraq.
Best Friends worked with over 300 individuals
and/or shelters in the Nashville area in the
recent past. The services provided included
everything from placements of animals at local
shelters, working with feral cat colonies, to
animal transport.
In addition, Best Friends is a major sponsor of
"Tennessee Week for the Animals" Sept. 22-30.
That event, which benefits shelters throughout
the state, will kick off with a special adoption
event for Nashville's animals Sept. 22 in
Nashville featuring country music legend Emmy
Lou Harris. More information about the week,
which was designated by Tennessee Governor Phil
Bredesen, can be found at tennesseeanimals.org.
Fans can learn more about Prendeville's program
on the racinglapsforbestfriends.com Web site.
Best Friends' Web site is at bestfriends.org.
Saturday's Indy Pro Series race will be
broadcast on ESPN2 at 5 p.m. Eastern time on
Wednesday.
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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