Lally racing NASCAR Sprint Cup at New Hampshire Motor Speedway
June 24, 2010 · No Comments
Mooresville, North Carolina, (June 24,
2010) - Andy Lally will make his NASCAR Sprint
Cup oval debut in the No. 71 TRG Motorsports/Chevrolet Impala SS in this
Sunday's
running of the LENOX Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor
Speedway. Lally is appreciative of the
opportunity to perform on the world's biggest motorsport stage. "I am going at this weekend with the
most positive outlook that I can. I am
getting a pretty neat opportunity to get some laps in on an oval in a
Sprint
Cup car on a track that I have never driven.
This will be my first time on an oval in a Sprint Cup car.
Having just one 90-minute practice session
before we qualify to acclimate myself with how this car feels and drives
with
an oval setup on it and 44 other guys on the track at the same time will
be
pretty tricky. It will be a monumental
challenge to be productive. I am going
to take it one lap at a time, respect every other driver's space out
there and
do the best that I can. There are 45 drivers trying to make this
race. The guy
that would be ranked 44th in experience, probably still has
100-times more oval laps than I do. It means that I am on a pretty
steep
learning curve - to say the least." Lally needs to take a different
approach to New Hampshire than he did at Watkins Glen last year. "This is going to be quite a different
week than how I approached Watkins Glen last year. Before
The Glen I had an entire test day in
the car and was going to run a track that I was very familiar with and
had won
at several times before. It was also a
road course situation, where my experience, I felt, gave me the edge on
some of
the competitors in the field. This
weekend I am going to learn. I will
leave my ego in my sports car driver suit pocket and keep my head down,
work
with Dan (Stillman, crew chief) and the guys and try to get through the
weekend
logging maximum miles. I want to leave a
good impression so I can get invited back to do more in the future." Team owner Kevin Buckler is managing
change for his second year Sprint Cup team. "Andy Lally is an important part of
our company's growth and has proven his value with us over the last five
years,"
Buckler said. "We have won all of the
big ones together, including the Rolex 24 Hour and multiple sports car
championships. We have had the thought
of putting Andy into the Sprint Cup Series on ovals since last year -
well here
is that chance. I really believe in him
and his talent. He has been very loyal
to TRG on the sports car side and I am proud to give him a shot at that
next
level in his racing career. We will give
him all of the support we have this weekend and keep our expectations in
check." After Infineon we went through some soul
searching regarding the direction and goals of our team as we have yet
to
achieve what we have set out to do this year.
Bobby (Labonte) is a NASCAR Champion and a good guy. We
figured out after Infineon though, that
our relationship had run its course and we both needed to mix it up a
little. We may still have Bobby in our car for a few more
races this season, but for now we are going in different directions.
We are a young team in this sport and we are
trying very hard to attract a sponsor partner as we have a lot to offer
on all
of our programs. We are exploring our
options for the Daytona weekend as we plan to race hard at the Coke Zero
400." The NASCAR Sprint
Cup Series race from New Hampshire Motor
Speedway will be televised live on TNT at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, June 27.
Pole Qualifying will be televised on the
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based in Mooresville, North Carolina. Currently
the team fields a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series entry as well as a limited
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World Truck Series effort and an ARCA RE/MAX Series team. The Racer's
Group was
founded in 1993 and has been competing at the top level of sports car
racing.
TRG's Porsche sports car program is run out of the company's
headquarters in
Petaluma, California. The team has the most wins of any team in the
Grand-Am
Rolex Series with 28, including the 2005 and 2006 Rolex Series GT
championship
trophy to go along with wins in the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona (three)
and the
24 Hours of Le Mans. TRG Motorsports
would also like to thank Adobe Road Winery, www.adoberoadwines.com, for their
support. For more information please contact
Kyle Chura at (248) 821-0468 or chura@aol.com. Detailed
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info can be viewed at www.trgmotorsports.com and
www.theracersgroup.com.
The
Northport, New York native made
his first official Sprint Cup start at Watkins Glen last year; posting a
15th
place qualifying effort and a 27th finish for TRG
Motorsports. Lally, a seasoned sports car ace, cut his
teeth in the NASCAR ranks by participating in the Camping World Truck
Series
with TRG Motorsports in 2007 and 2008. Lally
has won the coveted Grand-Am Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona two times (2009,
2001)
and is a three time series champion (2006, 2004, and 2001). Lally
is currently third in Grand-Am Rolex
Series Presented by Crown Royal Reserve GT points on the strength of two
wins
at Virginia International Raceway and Watkins Glen.


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