Andy Lally
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Lally in 2014 at Road America
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February 11, 1975 Northport, New York |
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| Achievements | 1994 WKA Gold Cup Champion 1996 NESCCA RoadRally Series Champion 2001 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series SRPII class Champion 2004 Grand Am SGS class Champion 2006 Grand Am GT class Champion Five time Rolex 24 at Daytona class winner |
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| Awards | 1997 US F2000 Rookie of the Year 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year |
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| Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 38 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 33rd (2011) | ||||||
| First race | 2009 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen (Watkins Glen) | ||||||
| Last race | 2011 AAA Texas 500 (Texas) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 7 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| Car no., team | No. 90 (King Autosport) | ||||||
| 2016 position | 55th | ||||||
| Best finish | 53rd (2015) | ||||||
| First race | 2007 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal) | ||||||
| Last race | 2016 Mid-Ohio Challenge (Mid-Ohio) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
| 14 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 32nd (2008) | ||||||
| First race | 2007 Silverado 350K (Texas) | ||||||
| Last race | 2010 Mountain Dew 250 (Talladega) | ||||||
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| Rolex Sports Car Series career | |||||||
| Debut season | 2000 | ||||||
| Current team | Michael Shank Racing | ||||||
| Car no. | 44 | ||||||
| Starts | 130 | ||||||
| Wins | 26 | ||||||
| Poles | 13 | ||||||
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| SRPII class SGS class GT class |
2001 2004 2006 |
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| Statistics current as of August 13, 2016. | |||||||
Andrew "Andy" Lally (born February 11, 1975) is an American professional sports car and driver as well as a street Luge racer. He currently full time in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, driving the Acura NSX for Michael Shank Racing.
Although Lally won the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year, he is best known for his road racing expertise in the Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series (Now IMSA Weathertech Championship) as well as the American Le Mans Series. In May 2010 Andy became only the second driver in the history of the Grand Am Rolex Series to make 100 starts, winning at Virginia International Raceway on April 24, 2010. In January 2012 Andy extended and broke records in the Grand Am Rolex Series by winning his fourth Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona in the GT class. Lally won his fifth class victory at Daytona on January 31, 2016, tying him for fourth on the all time win list at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.
Lally owns Grand Am records for most GT wins, most podiums and most top five finishes in Rolex Series history.
He began his career in karting, culminating with 2 WKA National Gold Cup Championships. Andy first got into sports cars in 1993 with his first sponsor Tyrolean Motors with car owner Walter Simendinger running SCCA regional events. In 1997 Lally won the US F2000 Rookie of the Year in his first full year in a professional series.
Lally is a 3 time Grand Am Rolex Series Champion. He holds series records for most all-time top 3 and top 5 finishes and leads the all time GT class win list with 26 victories. In January 2011 Lally won the 24 Hours of Daytona in the GT class, giving him the record for most consecutive Grand Am Rolex seasons with at least one victory (8), spanning from 2004 to 2011. In January 2011 Lally finished first place in the GT class in the 24 Hours of Daytona giving him the most podium finishes of any driver at the famed 24 race (7) since the Grand Am Rolex series started in 2000. His victory at Daytona International Speedway on January 29, 2011 made him the all-time winningest GT driver in the Grand Am Series.
On May 13, 2012, racing with the Magnus Racing team in the No. 44, Lally yet again made history in sports car racing as he became the first driver in Grand Am history to achieve his 100th podium finish at New Jersey Motorsports Park as he and his teammate John Potter finished the race in 3rd place. Lally scored podium 101 when he and Potter went on to win the first ever endurance sports car race at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 7, 2012 which also locked up the 2012 North American Endurance Championship. His prototype results include a 1st in class at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, 2nd in class at the Petit Le Mans, 3rd in Class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and a 2nd overall and in class at the 2008 12 Hours of Sebring.
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