Andy Lally

Lally in 2010

**Andrew J. Lally** is an American professional auto racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the no.78 Ford Mustang for Live Fast Motorsports as a road course ringer in the NASCAR Pepsi Cup Series. Lally only competed in one full season in 2011, winning Rookie of the Year by default due to a lack of other rookies that season.

## Career

### 2009: First Start

In August 2009, Lally made his Pepsi Cup Debut, driving the no.71 TaxSlayer Chevrolet for TRG Motorsports at Watkins Glen. After qualifying a solid 15th, due to his extreme road course experience, he finished 27th, completing all 90 laps.

### 2010: Part-Time

In 2010, Lally would increase his Pepsi Cup schedule to seven races beginning at the summer New Hampshire race. After qualifying 48th, Lally only turned 142 laps before the brakes took him out of contention leaving him 45th. Lally would then return four races later at Watkins Glen where he finished 18th. Lally then participated in five more events of 2010, with his best finish being that 18th run at the Glen.

### 2011: Full Season and Rookie of the Year

On February 17, 2011, he filed paperwork to run the full Pepsi Cup season and campaign for series Rookie of the Year honors (A driver may maintain his rookie eligibility provided he runs seven or fewer races in a season before declaring). Later on, it was announced that he would run the full season for TRG Motorsports' no.71 Chevrolet. Lally began the 2011 season, 40th in the Daytona 500 while he was a whopping 58 laps down. The following six races saw Lally commonly finish 31st or 32nd, until Talladega when he successfully placed 19th and completed all 188 laps.

That top twenty was the only highlight of 2011. Lally closed out the year, competing every race, but finished several laps down. Lally also had four DNF's, with his first one being a crash on lap 155 during the summer race at Michigan, the second one was overheating at Kansas in the fall after 72 laps, the third one was when the brakes failed during the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte, and a crash at Talladega. Lally finished the year, 33rd in points.

Lally had already clinched the 2011 Rookie of the Year honor in early September, due his competitors for the honor, Brian Keselowski and T. J. Bell, having failed to make the minimum number of starts in the series to be eligible for the award.

After the 2011 season, despite the 33rd points placement, TRG finished 46th in owner's points, not guaranteeing the team a start for the first five races of 2012. Because of this, TRG sold the 71's owners' points to the newly formed BK Racing for 2012. This resulted in Lally not having a ride for the 2012 season.

### 2012: Phoenix Racing

In May 2012, Lally was announced to drive both road course races at Sonoma and Watkins Glen for Phoenix Racing's no.51 Chevrolet. Lally finished 37th at Sonoma and 30th at Watkins Glen.

### 2021-Present: Live Fast Motorsports

In August 2021, Lally unexpectedly replaced Kyle Tilley in the no.78 Blacktop Mojo Ford Mustang for Live Fast Motorsports for the Verizon 200 at Brickyard, after Tilley was sidelined with a shoulder injury prior to the race. However in the race, rear gear issues forced Lally to drop out of the event in last.

In 2022, Lally retuned to Live Fast's no.78 once again, but this time at Circuit of the Americas. However after 19 laps, the suspension broke and Lally placed last once again.