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Prendeville Finishes Third Sunday In Second Half of Infineon Indy Pro Series
Doubleheader With Best Friends Animal Society No. 5

08/26/2007

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 0.5303
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 racinglapsforbestfriends.com,
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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