WATKINS GLEN, N.Y., July 5 - The Corning Duels were sort of a draw for RLR/Andersen Racing Saturday at Watkins Glen International. The Palmetto, Fla.-based team's engineers and mechanics had the starring roles, as they had to repair both of the team's Firestone Indy Lights cars after two separate accidents in order for them to compete in two races in one day, a first for the series.

J.R. Hildebrand was involved in an accident in the first race and placed 19th in that one. The team was able to repair his car so he could compete in the second race a few hours later, and he rewarded them by advancing 10 positions in the second 29-lapper to finish a strong ninth in the nightcap with his Allied Building Products No. 25.

Andrew Prendeville's mechanics and engineers had to repair the Best Friends Animal Society No. 5 after he was involved in an accident in qualifying on Friday. Prendeville rebounded nicely on Saturday to finish every lap of both races for his Racing Laps for Best Friends program, crossing the finish line in 11th and 13th places.

Saturday's races were the eighth and ninth events in the 16-race series. Hildebrand, a native of Sausalito, Calif., who lives in Indianapolis, is now fifth in the overall point standings. Prendeville, a transplant from Chatham Township, N.J. who now lives in Las Vegas, is 11th. "Read more"»

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y., July 4 - RLR/Andersen Racing's Andrew Prendeville and J.R. Hildebrand will try to join three other Andersen Racing drivers - Star Mazda pilot Charles Hall and F2000 chauffeurs Anders Krohn and Doug Prendeville - as winners at Watkins Glen International this year when they compete in twin Firestone Indy Lights races tomorrow.

Hildebrand will start fifth in the first 29-lapper at 11:15 a.m. Saturday with his Allied Building Products No. 25 thanks to a lap in 1:38.6933 (122.926 miles per hour) set during SWE Race Car Parts Qualifying Friday on the 11-turn, 3.4-mile road course. He hails from Sausalito, Calif., and Indianapolis.

Andrew Prendeville, a native of Chatham Township, N.J. who now lives in Las Vegas, will do his best to come from the back with his Best Friends Animal Society No. 5. He was involved in a crash in qualifying that caused him to end up 20th on the grid with a time of 1:56.4948 (104.142 mph). He went faster than that during quals, but the rules stipulate that any driver who causes a full-course caution during qualifying loses his or her fastest lap. Prendeville was seventh before the accident occurred.

Luckily he was not hurt, and after qualifying he was busy in the paddock helping the RLR/Andersen Racing crewmembers make repairs to the right side of his car, which was damaged in the accident that occurred going into the Boot. Doug Prendeville (his brother and car owner) and Krohn are at the track and they were helping the hard-working RLR/Andersen crew repair the car too. "Read more"»

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y., July 3 - Firestone Indy Lights driver Andrew Prendeville knows it's a small world.

He also realizes it's a better one thanks to the courage of American military heroes like Spann Watson and his own late grandfather, Edward Prendeville.

Andrew Prendeville will drive RLR/Andersen Racing's Best Friends Animal Society No. 5 in two Firestone Indy Lights races at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, N.Y. on Saturday as part of that track's Fourth of July festivities. His events, the Corning Duels, are part of the Camping World Grand Prix IndyCar Series weekend.

On another patriotic holiday, Memorial Day, he was honored to have retired Lt. Col. Spann Watson and his son, Weyman Watson, as his guests when he competed in the Firestone Freedom 100 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 23 prior to the Indianapolis 500 two days later.

Spann Watson, now 91, was one of the original Tuskegee Airmen who helped America win World War II and also end racial segregation in the U.S. military. "Read more"»