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Driving for Donations in Iowa, June 21
June 18, 2008, 2:9PM MT
By Denise A LeBeau
Racing Laps for Best Friends to benefit Iowa flood victims
Racing Laps for Best Friends to benefit Iowa flood victims
Andrew Prendeville will be racing this Saturday, June 21 in Newton, Iowa. As part of his ongoing efforts to raise money and awareness for homeless pets, the money raised from this race will go directly towards the rescue efforts of Best Friends in the wake of the Iowa flooding emergency.
To read more on what Best Friends is doing to help the victims of the Iowa flooding please click here to go to the Rapid Response community. For more breaking updates, please go to the blog from the ground!
The Racing Laps for Best Friends program kicked off in 2007 with the Freedom 100 at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The program finished the 2007 season raising more than $50,000 for Best Friends Animal Society and received incredible responses from race fans, animal lovers and media alike.
This is an important race for Andrew in this 2008 Firestone Indy Lights season: at 115 laps this is one of the most grueling events of the year! And don’t forget, as the pledges are per lap this event can bring in a lot of support for the emergency efforts in Iowa.
What: “Jeld-Wen 100” Race
Where: Iowa Speedway in Newton, IA
For directions to Iowa Speedway, please click here
When: Saturday, June 21 at 3:45 pm
Can’t make the race? Check it out on ESPN2 on June 26 at 5:00 pm ET to get the results!
To see Andrew’s complete racing schedule, please click here
How You Can Help
To make a pledge to Racing Laps for Best Friends please click here
posted by Denise LeBeau, Best Friends staff
image courtesy of Joe Jennings