Andersen Racing was a professional auto racing team that competed in Firestone Indy Lights and Star Mazda competition. It was owned by Dan Andersen, who founded the U.S. F2000 National Championship in 1991 and his brother John Andersen. The team was formed in 1999 and competed in amateur SCCA Formula Continental and the similar F2000 Championship pro series.Team History , Andersen Racing, Retrieved 2010-10-04
In 2006 the team began racing in Star Mazda and they began racing in Indy Lights in 2007 fielding a car for Andrew Prendeville and Joey Scarallo who was replaced by J. R. Hildebrand for the last three races of the season. The Indy Lights team was in partnership with Rahal Letterman Racing. Hildebrand joined the team full-time in 2008 and the second car was shared by Prendeville who left the team mid-season and Daniel Herrington who stepped in to replace him. Hildebrand captured the team's first Indy Lights win at Kansas Speedway and finished 5th in points. The team also won the 2008 Star Mazda Team Championship.
Mario Romancini drove the team's primary car full-time in 2009 and won two races on his way to 6th in the championship. The team also fielded up to two additional cars for four more drivers on a part-time basis. They fielded three cars (for Conor Daly, Joel Miller, and Richard Kent) in Star Mazda that won three races and finished 3rd, 5th, and 7th in the drivers championship respectively.
The team was unable to field a car full-time in 2010 as the team's initial full-time driver Spaniard Carmen Jordá suffered from a lack of fundingCraighead, Allan. Jorda to be Parked Due to Finances , eFormulaCarNews, May 27, 2010, retrieved 2010-10-04 and other drivers had to be drafted into the car on a race-by-race basis. Seven different drivers took the wheel of Andersen's Indy Lights cars in 2010. Andersen driver Anders Krohn placed second in the 2010 Star Mazda Championship season and the team's four drivers combined to win a second team championship for Andersen.Andersen Racing Earns Another Star Mazda Championship , Paddocktalk, Retrieved 2010-10-04 The team shut down operations in Indy Lights and Star Mazda prior to the 2011 season for financial reasons as well as for Andersen to focus on his revived U.S. F2000 National Championship series that he promotes, and in 2013 took over the Pro Mazda Championship.Andersen Racing Shuts Down Indy Lights and Star Mazda Operations for 2011 , Andersen Racing, December 9, 2010, Retrieved 2011-02-28
The team owns and operates the Andersen Racepark karting facility at their headquarters in Palmetto, Florida.Andersen Racepark , Andersen Racing, retrieved 2010-10-04
Motorsports results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete USF2000 results
USF2000 Year Nr. Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points 1998 12 Mike Andersen WDW PIR HMS1 HMS2 WGI WGI MOH1 MIN CHA1 CHA2 MOH212 ATL PPI PPI - 0 2000 11 Mike Andersen PIR MOS1 MOS2 IRP1 ROA1 ROA1 TRR MOS3 WGI17 WGI23 IRP2 ATL1 ATL1 - 0 2001 9 Mike Andersen HMS1 HMS2 HMS3 WGI124 WGI24 IRP MOH1 MOH2 ROA1 ROA2 MOH3 SEB1 SEB2 - 0 2003 24 Doug PrendevilleSEB124SEB216LRP112LRP1RetMOH116MOH28ROA126ROA26MOH311MOH47ATL19ATL225 13th 85 25 Andrew PrendevilleSEB112SEB25LRP14LRP14MOH14MOH223ROA17ROA25MOH36MOH425ATL16ATL25 5th 161 28 Robbie Pecorari SEB1 SEB2 LRP1 LRP1 MOH1 MOH2 ROA1 ROA2 MOH3 MOH4 ATL123 ATL223 - 0 28 Adam Pecorari SEB1 SEB2 LRP18 LRP17 MOH19 MOH29 ROA14 ROA228 MOH324 MOH42 ATL14 ATL221 8th 134 2004 9 Mike Andersen SEB1 SEB2 ATL14 ATL217 22nd 23 Robbie Pecorari LS15 LS28 MOS1 MOS2 MOH1 MOH2 SON1 SON2 MOH3 MOH4 ROA1 ROA2 - 0 24 Doug Prendeville SEB16 SEB25 ATL1 ATL2 LS1 LS2 MOS1 MOS2 MOH1 MOH2 SON1 SON2 MOH3 MOH4 ROA1 ROA2 - 0 25 Andrew Prendeville SEB114 SEB21 ATL12 ATL22 LS13 LS24 MOS11 MOS22 MOH11 MOH22 SON12 SON24 MOH35 MOH44 ROA133 ROA28 2nd 317 28 Adam Pecorari SEB12 SEB24 ATL116 ATL27 LS110 LS27 MOS12 MOS24 MOH117 MOH21 SON14 SON25 MOH31 MOH41 ROA11 ROA24 3rd 308
Complete Formula SCCA results Formula SCCA Year No. Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts 2004 26 Jonathan Klein SEB12 SEB11 ATL10 ATL4 MOS MOS LRP LRP 11th 32 77 Daniel Abbale SEB14 SEB6 ATL11 ATL7 MOS MOS LRP10 LRP6 9th 57 79 Chris Meredith SEB3 SEB5 ATL8 ATL5 MOSDNS MOS LRP LRP 7th 69
Complete Star Mazda results Star Mazda Year No. Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts 2004 97 Jonathan KleinSEBMOH18LRP4SON11POR18MOS5ROA7ATL26PIRDSQLAG6 15th 20198 Mike AndersenSEBMOH37LRP7SONPORMOSROA16 34th 53 Robbie PecorariATL4PIRLAG38 34th 53 2005 12 Graham RahalSEB3ATL19MOH10MON2PPR2SON131SON217POR1ROA31MOS5ATL22LAG3 4th 370 15 Mike AndersenSEBATL1MOH12MONPPRSON1SON2PORROA4MOSATL2LAG 35th 59 22 Pablo DonosoSEB39ATL118MOH2MON7PPR7SON11SON23POR6ROA32MOS7ATL27LAG37 9th 275 23 Robbie PecorariSEB6ATL111MOH3MON3PPR1SON15SON24POR3ROA2MOS2ATL21LAG4 2nd 441 26 Jonathan KleinSEB9ATL113MOH6MON14PPR6SON132SON239POR8ROA29MOS30ATL28LAG2 13th 237 2006 2 Brad JaegerSEB33HOU19MOH12MIL11MON32MMPPORTRRATL33LAG35 28th 115 Pablo DonosoROA12MOS - 0 4 Charlie HollingsSEB14HOUMOHMILMON - 0 Doug PrendevilleMMP14POR12TRRROAMOS - 0 Chris MeredithATL35 - 0 Mickey GilbertLAG18 - 0 9 Gerardo BonillaSEB1HOU35MOH6MIL12MON29MMP6POR6TRR18ROA4MOS2ATL27LAG34 6th 324 22 Ramiro ScuncioSEB9HOU24MOH13MIL19MON24MMP12POR21TRR7ROA35MOS14ATLLAG 18th 212 99 Phil SavilleSEBHOUMOHMILMONMMPPORTRRROA20MOS8ATL25LAG - 02007 6 Jonny BakerSEB23HOU23VIR9MMP25POR29CLE14TOR9ROA26TRR6MOS4ATL23LAG13 12th 270 14 Jonathan GoringSEB10HOU3VIR16MMP3POR10CLE1TOR16ROA24TRR20MOS7ATL4LAG6 5th 346 22 Phil SavilleSEB14HOUVIR19MMPPORCLE12TORROA15TRR23MOSATLLAG - 0 25 Ricardo VassmerSEB7HOUDSQVIR25MMPPORCLETORROATRRMOSATLLAG 29th 42 34 Yannick HofmanSEBHOUVIRMMPPORCLETORROATRR5MOSATL25LAG - 0 99 Mike FitzgeraldSEB21HOUVIRMMPPORCLETORROATRRMOSATLLAG - 0 2008 00 Yannick HofmanSEB25UTAWGIPORPORROATRRMOSNJ1NJ2ATLLAG 34th 11 5 Tom GladdisSEB5UTA5WGIPOR1POR2ROA5TRR8MOS3NJ15NJ213ATL8 6th 334 Jonny BakerLAG23 - 0 11 Juliana GonzalezSEB15 28th 21 Jonny BakerUTA12WGI9PORPORROATRRMOSNJ1NJ2ATLLAG - 0 21 Peter DempseySEB3UTA4WGI4POR24POR27ROA1TRR1MOS1NJ13NJ21ATL19LAG3 3rd 398 22 Charles HallSEB2 5th 342 77UTA2WGI1POR29POR4ROA3TRR5MOS19NJ16NJ25ATL22LAG Richard KentLAG1 - 0 33 Natalia KowalskaSEBUTAWGIPORPORROA13TRR13 - 0 34MOS10NJ1NJ2ATLLAG 31 Valle MäkeläSEBUTAWGIPORPORROATRRMOSNJ14NJ27ATL21LAG - 0 2009 2 Joel Miller SEB VIR MMP NJ1 NJ2 MIL IOW19ret ILL8 ILL4 TRR3 MOS12 ATL4 LAG17 5th 390 5 Joe D'Agostino SEB7 VIR MMP NJ1 NJ2 WIS IOW ILL ILL TRR MOS ATL LAG 31st 29 17 Mikaël Grenier SEB VIR8 MMP7 NJ13 NJ23 WIS12 IOW ILL ILL TRR4 MOS ATL LAG 18th 189 21 Denis NavarroSEB15VIR19MMP8NJ119NJ29WIS13IOW16ILL7ILL11TRR10MOS10ATL7LAG7 11th 321 22 Conor Daly SEB3 VIR5 MMP24 NJ11 NJ28 WIS22 IOW2 ILL3 ILL5 TRR14 MOS2 ATL2 LAG4 3rd 416 33 Richard KentSEB2 VIRMMP4NJ18NJ21WIS21IOW18ILL4ILL3TRR19MOS1ATL6LAG6 7th 377 2010 17 Mikaël GrenierSEB4STP6LAG3ORP2IOW15NJ15NJ221ACC1ACC4TRO10ROA16MOS6 ATL 8th 366 27 Court VernonSEB21STP13 LAG ORP IOW NJ1 NJ2 ACC ACC TRO ROA MOS ATL 22nd 64 37 Dom BastienSEB15 STP LAG ORP IOWNJ118NJ219ACC18ACC21 TROROA15 MOSATL15 19th 141 38 Tristan VautierSEB1STP9LAG15ORP6IOW8NJ16NJ21ACC23ACC2TRO11ROA13MOS4ATL5 5th 400 47 Anders KrohnSEB5STP4LAG2ORP5IOW5NJ12NJ23ACC6ACC3TRO4ROA4MOS5ATL2 2nd 460 81 Nick Andries SEBSTP21 LAG ORPIOW6NJ112NJ212ACC9ACC10TRO18ROA14MOS11ATL7 15th 231
Complete Indy Lights results Indy Lights Year No. Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 2007 5 Andrew Prendeville HMS 5STP 13STP 17INDY 4MIL20IMS 21IMS 20IOW14WGL10WGL8NAS20MOH4KTY17SNM7SNM3CHI21 11th 306 15 Joey Scarallo HMS 21STP 15STP 9INDY 20MIL8IMS 18IMS 13IOW13WGL16WGL20NAS18MOH18KTY20 18th 184 J. R. Hildebrand SNM22SNM20CHI 37th 18 20085 Andrew Prendeville HMS 6STP 7STP 20KAN 23INDY 9MIL4IOW12WGL11WGL13NAS9MOH9MOH8 15th 247 Daniel Herrington KTY11SNM7SNM8CHI10 20th 152 15 J. R. Hildebrand HMS 10STP 5STP 2KAN 1INDY 24MIL5IOW8WGL19WGL9NAS4MOH5MOH6KTY18SNM4SNM4CHI22 5th 409 2009 5 Mario Romancini STP 9STP 6LBH24KAN3INDY 3MIL1IOW4WGL20TOR6EDM8KTY10MOH17SNM9CHI16HMS 1 6th 392 6 Alistair Jackson INDY 19WGL15 16th 172 Pablo Donoso KTY16 19th 147 9 Jonathan Summerton STP 2STP 4LBH4KAN7INDY 12MIL16 17th 162 Pablo Donoso IOW12WGL8 19th 147 Alistair Jackson TOR11EDM15KTY14MOH16SNM15 16th 172 Sean Guthrie HMS 11 27th 65 2010 4 Carmen Jordá STP 11BAR 17LBH10TOR15EDM13 16th 84 Arie Luyendyk Jr. INDY 14IOW 17th 82 Anders Krohn WGL10 29th 20 Giancarlo Vilarinho MOH13SNM10CHIKTY 27th 37 Sean Guthrie HMS 10 30th 20 5 Joel Miller LBH11 16th 84 Tõnis Kasemets TOR6 23rd 41
References
External links Andersen Racing official website Rebuilding America's open-wheel ladder system – Gordon Kirby, 5 August 2013