Lally to Start 24^th in TRG Motorsports Ford Fusion at Pocono  

Rookie posts best qualifying time on oval in first Pocono run

Long Pond, PA,(June 11, 2011) - Andy Lally will start the No. 71 TRG Motorsports Ford Fusion from the 12^th row for tomorrow's running of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway. 

Lally, a first time visitor to the track located in the heart of honeymoon country, was able to learn the track quickly and get his No. 71 TRG Motorsports Ford Fusion up to speed.  The rookie turned in a lap of 53.138 and 169 mph at the track known as the Tricky Triangle.  After working through practice with the team, Lally and Doug Richert, crew chief, came upon the set-up that allowed the Northport, New York native to post his best qualifying effort to date on an oval.

"We had a little issue in practice, that we didn't find until halfway into the second session," Lally said.  "We had a really loose car that we were making tighter and tighter and then we found the issue and then we were super tight.  We weren't able to show our speed until the end of practice when I went out on old tires and it was decent, but not super.  We knew that when we put new tires on it for qualifying we would be good.  Doug made some good calls on set-up changes for qualifying.  The car had really good balance for the run.   

In the race I think I will be shifting into all three corners.  In qualifying I just ran fourth gear through One and Two and then down to third in Three.  Even though you are shifting, this is still an oval, we run an oval set-up on the car.  I thought coming in here that this place was going to be as tough to learn as Bristol.  The car still has the oval feel - it is tricky.  I am going to be looking to make up ground in our points chase and see how the race plays out at the end."

Kevin Buckler, team owner, sees tremendous progress in driver and the team.

"This is fantastic for everyone at TRG Motorsports and Andy," Buckler said.  "The team did a great job in qualifying this afternoon.  It is unbelievable that Andy took his first laps here and the team worked really hard on getting the car right and our rookie delivered in qualifying.  We are running an unsponsored car this weekend and we are hopefully getting closer to that elusive sponsor partner.  Our performance is improving every weekend and we are the "Best Buy" of the single car teams.  We out qualified some big names and some big teams today.  With this qualifying effort we are starting to show what we are made of with this team.  We have Michigan next weekend, which is always tough and then we have our first road course race of the season at Infineon - our home track.  We need to carry some momentum forward and then make the turn back to Daytona and really start the schedule again.  We are ready!"

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pocono 500 from Pocono Raceway can be viewed live on TNT starting at 1 p.m. ET.  The race can be heard on affiliated Motor Racing Network (MRN) stations and Sirius XM Satellite Radio 90.

TRG would like to thank associate sponsors Interstate Moving Services, TIFCO Industries, Super Eco-Fuel Saver, Stone Harbor Investment Partners, HPT, Guardian Angel Motorsports, ACG Motorsports, Savory Thymes.com, and Adobe Road Winery for their support.

TRG is a full-service motorsports company offering a total driver ladder approach, as well as comprehensive sponsorship and business opportunities. For drivers, this approach starts with track days, goes to club events, up into street stock series and culminates in the ultimate goal of professional motorsports. For sponsors and business partners, this method starts with everything from executive events, to traditional sponsorship models, all the way to comprehensive business-to-business opportunities and experiential marketing. With facilities in Petaluma, California and Mooresville, North Carolina the team can offer turn-key marketing programs as well as arrive-and-drive support.

The company's NASCAR operations are headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina. The team fields a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series entry and has the capacity to run ARCA, Nationwide and the Camping World Truck Series.

The Racer's Group was founded in 1993 and has been competing at the top level of motor racing. The team boasts Rolex Series GT championships in 2005 and 2006 and holds the record for the most wins in Grand-Am with 32. The team's resume is highlighted by five championships, four Rolex 24 Hour at Daytona victories, and a Le Mans 24 Hour win.

For more information please contact Kyle Chura at (248) 821-0468 or chura@aol.com.  Detailed team info can be viewed at www.trgmotorsports.com and www.theracersgroup.com.

For sponsorship information, please contact Donato Bonacquisto at (704) 905-2791 or donato@trgmotorsports.com.