Andrew Prendeville

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Andrew Prendeville (born October 5, 1981) is an American Firestone Indy Lights racer. He was born in Summit, New Jersey and raised in Chatham, New Jersey. At the conclusion of the 2007 racing season he relocated from Morristown, New Jersey to his new home in Las Vegas.

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.

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 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 Series, in 2007 with RLR/Andersen Racing. He recorded four top-five finishes, including a best finish of third in the second Infineon Raceway race, and seven top-10s in his rookie Indy Pro Series season.

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 the Best Friends Animal Society #5 car again for RLR Andersen Racing in the Firestone Indy Lights.