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NEWTON, Iowa, June 20 - It wasn't the flamboyant podium finish he recorded at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway or the total domination he displayed at the Milwaukee Mile, but RLR/Andersen Racing's Mario Romancini continued to impress Firestone Indy Lights fans by coming from 13th to fourth in Saturday night's Miller Lite 100 at Iowa Speedway despite a broken weight jacker.
In some ways Romancini's performance on Saturday night was even more impressive than his recent headlines, since the broken part stopped all the in-cockpit adjustments the young driver from Sao Paulo, Brazil could make to his No. 5 during the last 25 laps of the 115-lap/100.625-mile race. Despite the problem he trailed only winner Ana Beatriz, runner-up Wade Cunningham and third-place finisher James Hinchcliffe at the checkered even though he started the event on the inside of Row 7 and he was racing on a track where it is notoriously hard to pass.
By improving so many positions, Romancini once again won the $1,000 Force For Earth Hard Charger award. "Read more"»
WEST ALLIS, Wis., June 20 - Mikael Grenier and Denis Navarro finished 12th and 13th, respectively, for Andersen Racing at the Milwaukee Mile Saturday in round six of the Star Mazda championship presented by Goodyear.
Unfortunately two other drivers for the Palmetto, Fla.-based team, Richard Kent and Conor Daly, were involved in an accident on the first lap and failed to finish the race. It was a huge disappointment for all involved, especially since Kent started on the pole here and Daly started third, and they each posted convincing victories at the doubleheader in New Jersey just last weekend.
Luckily neither Kent nor Daly were hurt in the Turn 1 accident, and the damage to their cars was not extensive. Kent, of Clifton Reynes, England, drives the No. 33 sponsored by Traka and Allied Interior Products. Daly, a MAZDASPEED Motorsports driver from Noblesville, Ind., drives the No. 22 sponsored by Indeck, Cytomax, College Network and Merchant Services. "Read more"»
LEXINGTON, Ohio, June 20 - When Chris Gleason and Joey Hand last raced together at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Hand left in an ambulance after one of the most horrific accidents in Grand-Am history. Although he escaped serious injury, the BMW they shared that day flipped so many times in that 2006 crash that it became a You-Tube sensation among race fans (see youtube.com/watch?v=fRC3rv1ZHj4).
Things definitely went better for the pair this year, as Gleason, of Johnstown, Pa., and Hand, of Sacramento, Calif., finished fourth with their Turner Motorsport BMW M3 Coupe No. 97 in Saturday's KONI Challenge race at Mid-Ohio.
Their car is sponsored in part of Gleason Financial. "Read more"»
PALMETTO, Fla., June 15 - One of Andersen Racing's former Star Mazda drivers, Pablo Donoso of Santiago, Chile, will rejoin the team for the Firestone Indy Lights race at Iowa Speedway this Saturday, June 20.
Donoso, 24, will drive the RLR/Andersen Racing No. 9 sponsored by Andersen Racing and Allied Interior Products in the race, which starts at 8 p.m. local time.
Live coverage of the race is slated for indycar.com. The 115-lap event will also be broadcast at 4 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, June 22 on VERSUS. "Read more"»
MILLVILLE, N.J., June 14 - Andersen Racing's Richard Kent pledges allegiance to the Union Jack rather than the Stars and Stripes, but it was the checkered flag he captured on Flag Day when he led every lap of round five of the Star Mazda championship presented by Goodyear at New Jersey Motorsport Park's Thunderbolt Raceway on Sunday.
Kent dominated Sunday's action exactly like he did the 2008 season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, achieving every accolade possible.
He started the day by winning the pole with a new track record of 1:14.744 (104.517 miles per hour), much faster than John Edwards' 2008 mark of 1:15.167. Conditions were nearly perfect for qualifying, and although the temperatures rose for the race on Sunday afternoon, Kent quickly proved he was still the man to beat. "Read more"»
MILLVILLE, N.J., June 13 - Despite a full-course caution that wiped out his
3.963-second lead, Andersen Racing's Conor Daly led all 28 laps of
Saturday's Star Mazda race at New Jersey Motorsports Park's Thunderbolt Raceway to
post his first series victory.
One of his teammates, Mikael Grenier of Stoneham, Quebec, vaulted from eighth to third on the start to give the Palmetto, Fla.-based team two of the three podium positions in round four of the series, which is presented by Goodyear.
Daly, 17, of Noblesville, Ind., started on the pole, but he was passed by Adam Christodoulou, who started and finished second, on the initial standing start. Daly got him back in Turn 3 of that first lap and then never looked back with his No. 22, which is sponsored by MAZDASPEED Motorsports, Indeck, Cytomax, College Network, Merchant Services, Allied Interior Products and Lafarge North America. "Read more"»
MILLVILLE, N.J., June 12 - Conor Daly topped the qualifying sheets Friday at New Jersey Motorsport Park's Thunderbolt Raceway to lead the way for Andersen Racing in preliminary action for Saturday's round four of the Star Mazda championship presented by Goodyear.
The 17-year-old from Noblesville, Ind. had a perfect day. He was fastest in both practice sessions Friday and then won his first series pole with a 1:15.969 on his 23rd lap of the 28 he recorded in the 45-minute qualifying session. Averaging 102.831 miles per hour on the 14-turn, 2.25-mile road course, he was 0.068 of a second faster than the second-fastest driver in the 26-car field, points leader Adam Christodoulou.
Daly, who is a MAZDASPEED Motorsports development driver, pilots the green and white No. 22 sponsored by Indeck, Cytomax, College Network, Merchant Services, Allied Interior Products and Lafarge North America. "Read more"»
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y., June 5 - After winning at Connecticut's Lime Rock Park
on Memorial Day, Chris Gleason and Joey Hand recorded another strong podium
finish Friday at Watkins Glen International when they placed third in
TheGlen200.com KONI Challenge race.
Gleason, of Johnstown, Pa., and Hand, of Sacramento, Calif., co-drive the Turner Motorsport BMW M3 Coupe No. 97 sponsored in part by Gleason Financial.
The duo was always in contention throughout the 2-hour, 30-minute contest on the Glen's demanding, 3.4-mile, 11-turn long course, and their car recorded the fastest lap of the race among the 51 entries. That occurred on lap 35 of the 61-lap race when Hand was timed in 2:03.308 for an average speed of 99.263 miles per hour. "Read more"»
Other Releases . . .
WEST ALLIS, Wis., May 31 - Polesitter Mario Romancini led all 100 laps of the Husar's House of Fine Diamonds 100 Sunday at the Milwaukee Mile to give RLR/Andersen Racing its second Firestone Indy Lights victory ever.
The 21-year-old driver from Sao Paulo, Brazil impressed everyone with his come-from-behind podium finish at the Freedom 100 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway nine days ago. This time the rookie made the crowd on hand in Milwaukee take notice of his total domination of the event, even though he never turned a lap here before Saturday morning's first practice session and this was only his third oval-track race ever.
Romancini's No. 5, which is sponsored by Andersen Racing, Revita Recycling, Win Brazil Marketing, Allied Interior Products and Lafarge North America, had a 1.0907-second advantage over a former RLR/Andersen Racing driver, J.R. Hildebrand, when the checkered waved after 100 laps of competition on the tight, 1.015-mile oval. "Read more"»
WEST ALLIS, Wis., May 30 - Although neither RLR/Andersen Racing driver had ever driven a lap at the Milwaukee Mile before the first Firestone Indy Lights practice session Saturday morning, they qualified first and third Saturday afternoon for tomorrow's Husar's House of Fine Diamonds 100 presented by Charter.
Mario Romancini gave the Palmetto, Fla.-based team its first pole in this series and he established new one-lap and two-lap track records with the RLR/Andersen Racing No. 5 sponsored by Andersen Racing, Revita Recycling, Win Brazil Marketing, Allied Interior Products and Lafarge North America.
The 21-year-old from Sao Paulo, Brazil ran two laps in 24.8030 seconds (147.321 miles per hour) and 24.6423 seconds (148.282 mph) for a new two-lap record of 49.4453 seconds (147.800 mph), cutting 0.7129 of a second off the old mark. "Read more"»
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