Circumstances shuffled Andy Lally into a championship-winning career in sports car racing, but a mutual commitment between TRG Motorsports owner Kevin Buckler and his lead driver have resulted in Lally’s lifelong dream coming true via a guaranteed start in the Daytona 500.
“To get a chance to race in the sport’s biggest race is an absolute honor,” Lally said. “Especially at my age, and having been seasoned in enough sports and divisions to know that not everybody gets a shot, I know I’m one of the most fortunate people on the planet.”
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Last season’s Nationwide season received a lot of attention from those outside of NASCAR when it was announced Danica Patrick would drive in a limited amount of races in the series.
We found out just how different open wheel driving is from stock cars while listening to her press conferences, but has she learned enough in the off season to be successful in stock cars this year?Â
Here are ten bold and totally fake predictions I am making about her 2011 NASCAR season  … More
The Daytona 500 may not be for another twenty or so days, but the 2011 NASCAR season kicked off with a bang this past weekend in Irwindale, California at the 2011 NASCAR Toyota All Star Showdown.
Jason Bowles survived a wreck-fest to come in across the line first. Nationwide regular Steve Wallace finished tenth after getting caught up in a late race mishap. Wallace will make his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Start this February in the 500. The story of the weekend had to be extreme sports star Travis Pastrana … More
DAYTONA BEACH — The four greatest trophies in American motorsports now belong to one man — Chip Ganassi.
When his sports car team of Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, Graham Rahal and Joey Hand won the Rolex 24 at Daytona in a wild final-lap sprint, it made the car owner the current winner of the four biggest races in the country: the 24-hour race, the Daytona 500 (with Jamie McMurray), the Brickyard 400 (McMurray) and the Indianapolis 500 (Dario Franchitti).
Even before Pruett got out of  … More