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Andrew Prendeville was born on Oct. 5, 1981 in Summit, N.J., and he was raised in Chatham, N.J. At the conclusion of the 2007 racing season he relocated from Morristown, N.J. to his new home, Las Vegas.

After graduation from Chatham High School in 2000 he completed his freshman year at Lynchburg College in Virginia. At that point he put his formal schooling on hold, and served as an instructor for other race car drivers while pursuing opportunities for his own racing career. He lived in both Pittsburgh and Columbus temporarily prior to making the move from New Jersey to Nevada in 2007.

In 2002 he won the prestigious SCCA Valvoline Runoffs National Championship in the Formula Continental division and was crowned 2002 co-Rookie of the Year for the SCCA. He finished second in the Cooper Tires Formula 2000 National Championship in 2004. He advanced to the Indy Pro Series, the official development series of IndyCar, in 2007 with RLR/Andersen Racing. He recorded four top-five finishes, including a best finish of third in the second Infineon race, and seven top-10s in his rookie Indy Pro Series season.

Prendeville got his start in the sport at the age of 10 by racing karts. He drove an actual race car for the first time with the Bertil Roos School in 2001. He has gone on to be a popular instructor at that same school for over five years.

Prendeville is a firm believer in the value of self-education. He reads extensively, and he’s found the traveling he’s done to be enlightening. By the end of the 2007 season, his travels had taken him to 42 states in the United States as well as parts of Canada, England, Ireland and Northern Ireland.

As well as driving professionally, Andrew has also been instructing at The Bertil Roos Racing School for the past 5 years.

For the 2008 Season, Andrew will be driving for RLR Andersen Racing in the Firestone Indy Lights.

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"I started my driving career when I was 10 years old in Topton, PA.
For the most, part that is the only place I drove karts. I did one
National race in Philadelphia but that was about the extent of my
karting career."

Career Highlights

2008
Ran 12 of 16 Firestone Indy Lights Series races with RLR/Andersen Racing
to finish 15th out of 40 drivers for the year in his sophomore season in this
division. Best finish was fourth at the Milwaukee Mile. Recorded seven
Top-10 finishes in the 12 races in all. Was running at the finish in 10 of
the 12 events. Ran his first ALMS race ever when he co-drove Eco Racing's
Radical AER LMP1 car with ex-F1 driver Hideki Noda in its first race ever
at the season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

2007
The 2007 season marked the rookie year for both Andrew
Prendeville and his team, RLR/Andersen Racing. In the Indy
Pro Series, he finished 11th in the final point standings. He
recorded four top-five finishes, including a best finish of third
in the second race at Infineon, and seven top-10s. His first
event ever at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was very
memorable, as he ran as high as second, set the fastest lap of
the race by running even faster than the speed that won the pole, and finished fourth.

"Statiscally, this was the worst season of my career. The 2008 season with RLR/Andersen Racing will be better."

2005 and 2006
I took time away from driving to educate myself further and focus on building other skills that I felt I would need. At that time
in racing, there was not a very bright future for what I wanted to do. I felt that if there was ever a time to take a break, then that
was it. I believe that I made the right choice as I now feel more prepared to handle the racing life.

2003 and 2004
Competed in the Formula 2000 Pro Series and finished fifth in points and second in points, respectively. In 2004 he had three
victories and nine podium finishes.

2002
Earned the national championship in the Formula Continental class at the SCCA Runoffs after winning the Northeast division championship. Named co-Rookie of the Year for the SCCA with his older brother, Doug.

2001
Finished second in the Bertil Roos Championship and was Rookie of the Year.

2000
After racing karts since the age of 10, raced cars for the first time at a five-day program conducted by the Bertil Roos Racing
School in Pocono, Pa.