45 Facts About Andy Lally

Andrew Joseph Lally was born on February 11,1975 and is an American former professional auto racing driver and current Trans Am Series President.

Andy Lally competed full-time in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, driving the Audi R8 for Magnus Racing and part-time in the Michelin Pilot Challenge, driving the Hyundai Elantra TCR Touring Car for StarCom Racing.

Andy Lally began his career in karting, culminating with 2 WKA National Gold Cup Championships.

Andy Lally first got into sports car racing in 1993 with his first sponsor Tyrolean Motors with car owner Walter Simendinger running SCCA regional events.

In 1997 Andy Lally won the US F2000 Rookie of the Year in his first full year in a professional series.

In May 2010 Andy Lally 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 Lally extended and broke records in the Grand-Am Rolex Series by winning his fourth Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona in the GT class.

Andy Lally won his fifth class victory at Daytona International Speedway on January 31,2016, tying him for fourth on the all-time win list at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.

In 2017, after 5 years of being with Magnus Racing, Andy Lally signed with Acura and Michael Shank Racing to debut the brand new 2017 Acura NSX.

Andy Lally teamed with Katherine Legge and together they scored the first and second win worldwide for the brand at the Detroit Grand Prix and Watkins Glen International.

Andy Lally scored the first pole position for the car worldwide at Watkins Glen for the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen.

For 2018 Andy Lally, re-joined Magnus Racing in an Audi R8 LMS and started the season at The Rolex 24 at Daytona.

Andy Lally has scored three top 10 finishes in his last four starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with a 5th-place finish at the 2017 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course race being a career-best.

Andy Lally owns Grand Am records for most GT wins, most podiums, and most top-five finishes in Rolex Series history.

On December 4,2024, Andy Lally announced that after the 2025 Rolex 24 at Daytona he would retire from professional driving.

Andy Lally competed in his last race with Magnus Racing in an Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo.

Immediately following his retirement in 2025, Andy Lally took over as President of the Trans Am Series but still intends to participate in the Rolex 24 annually.

Andy Lally 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 Andy 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, spanning from 2004 to 2011.

In January 2011 Andy 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 since the Grand-Am Rolex series started in 2000.

Andy 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 locked up the 2012 North American Endurance Championship.

In 2007, Andy Lally made his NASCAR debut in both the Busch Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

Andy Lally raced in the Inaugural ARCA Racing Series Loud Energy Drink 150 at New Jersey Motorsports Park in September 2008.

Andy Lally was fastest in every practice session, started on the pole, and led the most laps, but lost the race on pit strategy when the race was called due to weather with eventual series champion Justin Allgaier winning the race.

Andy Lally ran as a teammate to David Gilliland, the usual driver of the No 71, who unsuccessfully attempted to qualify in the No 70.

Andy Lally finished a respectable 27th in his first Cup start after being involved in a crash with Sam Hornish Jr.

In 2010, Andy Lally ran seven races for TRG, finishing 18th at Watkins Glen.

In 2014, Andy Lally made a return to the Nationwide Series at Road America to race the No 55 for Bobby Dotter.

Andy Lally was running well and then was hit from behind and spun in a multi-car accident with Brendan Gaughan and Erik Jones.

Andy Lally would recover and finish 7th, getting his third top ten in the Xfinity series.

Andy Lally returned to Our Motorsports in 2021 to run some of the Xfinity Series road course races beginning at the Daytona Road Course, now in February the week after the Daytona 300 as the second race of the season.

That year, Moffitt joined the team full-time in the No 02, and the team added a second full-time car, the No 23, which Andy Lally made his starts in.

Andy Lally was initially going to drive the No 03 for Our for the Super Start Batteries 188, but the car failed to qualify due to lack of qualifying and not being high enough in owner points, after not showing up for the inaugural race of the season, the Daytona 300.

Andy Lally attempted the next seven races in the 03 but it was no use as the car was not high enough in owner points to make the field.

Andy Lally was running 4th on the closing lap when right in front of him, Riley Herbst wrecked Miguel Paludo down the straightaway.

Andy Lally dodged chaos at the end of the race to finish 13th.

Andy Lally ended up finishing tenth, his best finish this year with McLeod.

In 2021, Andy Lally was initially announced to drive all 6 road course races for Alpha Prime Racing in their number 44 car for the 2022 Xfinity Series Season.

Andy Lally returned to the Cup Series to race multiple races for the first time since he won Rookie of the Year.

Andy Lally drove in the Grand-Am Road Racing Rolex Sports Car Series for Magnus Racing in the GT class, as well as a partial schedule in the ALMS and full schedule in the Continental Tire Series.

Andy Lally won the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona GT division in a Magnus Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup with co-drivers Richard Lietz, Rene Rast and team owner John Potter.

Andy Lally won the 2016 24 Hours of Daytona in the GTD division with Magnus Racing for his 5th class win.

Andy Lally joined Michael Shank Racing for the 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship to drive an Acura NSX GT3.

Outside of auto racing, Andy Lally is a World Championship street luge racer.

Andy Lally is a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Paul Creighton and an avid mountain biker who competes in cross-country mountain bike racing.