AFS Racing/Andretti Green Racing Firestone Indy Lights Pre-Race Report

Kansas Lottery 100
April 22, 2009 
 
Who:        #26 AFS/AGR Dallara/Firestone driver J.R. Hildebrand
Who:        #27 AFS/AGR Dallara/Firestone driver Sebastian Saavedra
What:       Kansas Lottery 100, Round 4 of the 2009 Firestone Indy Lights Series
Where:      Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas
When:       Sunday, April 26, 2009, 12 p.m. (EDT)
Television: Versus, Monday, April 27, 2009, 4 p.m. (EDT)

AFS/Andretti Green Racing Credit: AFS/Andretti Green Racing

• Won the 2008 winner of the Kansas Lottery 100.
• Won his first race of the 2009 Firestone Indy Lights season at the Grand Prix of Long Beach.
• Scored a podium finish in Race #1 at the season-opening Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg doubleheader.

"I'm looking forward to going back to the Kansas Speedway. I had a great race last year, so I hope to defend my win this year with the AFS/AGR car. We are coming off of a great weekend in Long Beach, so I hope we make the most of that momentum this weekend."

• Currently sits sixth in the 2009 Firestone Indy Lights championship points.
• Achieved the first pole position and first podium finish of his Firestone Indy Lights career with a second-place finish in Race #2 at the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
• 18-year old rookie of the year candidate from Bogota, Columbia.

"I'm very excited about racing on my first oval track of the Firestone Lights Series. I have been watching the race from last year to get a better understanding of the track, but I don't think I will really be able to understand it until I get on track Saturday morning. The AFS/AGR cars did well there last year, so hopefully we will do the same this year."

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