Andy Lally Quotations

He's been doing this forever, over and over. He's one of the rocks on the team.

Our car ran great. We adjusted on it slightly throughout the day, and it really responded well to change. We fell back early, but were able to rally back and run at the front. The team did a great job on the pit stops and everything went according to plan.

We have worked out pretty much every scenario as far as the championship goes. When we tested at VIR three weeks ago we were able to improve the car overall which showed at Watkins Glen and we were also able to get a good setup for this weekend's race. Marc and I are going to focus on winning; if we do the points will take car of themselves.

Going vegan was a little tougher for me. The final push came from watching Gary Yourofsky's lecture at Georgia Tech in person. The video is now on YouTube. I constantly show it to people interested in learning about why I choose to live the way I do.

I like to encourage people to give locally. It's easy to find and call a local no-kill shelter and see what specific things they need, and believe me, all of them are always in need of something.

There will always be haters out there, but my haters motivate me to push harder and kick more ass.

On the street luge side, you need to have a solid core and balance. A healthy body is a must in that sport if you want to compete for wins, and my diet has certainly enabled me to make the most of myself.

Good cardio helps in any athletic practice, but in jujitsu, it has been very helpful late in a sparring session where a long roll starts to take its toll on your cardio.

I've seen a big gain in cardio since I went vegetarian and even gained a little more going vegan.

It was not until months after going vegetarian that I started really learning about all of the health benefits.

The choice to become vegetarian was purely for ethical reasons. Like most meat eaters, I was a little concerned with removing meat from my diet. Also, like most meat eaters, I was blind to the horrible ways animals are treated.

As a kid, I loved my Matchbox cars, my Big Wheels, and the race cars on TV. When I laid eyes on my first go-kart when I was just five, it gave my desire for making things with wheels go fast a focus. This combined with the fact that I've been incredibly competitive since a young age made for the proper mix of passion and aggression to become a race car driver.

The race was really going our way at the beginning. Marc did an excellent job and brought the car into the pits in second place. We had trouble with my seat insert and we took too long getting me belted in, we gave away a win today. It is nice to leave with the points lead, but we left win on the track.

There was a bunch of pressure to win here. I think it's a huge achievement for us and the team and GM. It's nice to bring happiness to the people who build it.

That's the beauty of the Grand-Am Cup. We've got 70 cars out there, and this is one of my favorite tracks. It's about traffic management.

It was just awesome to win. It finally feels good to get a win after two podium finishes.

I knew right before we went to that last yellow caution that Spencer didn't really have a lot of rear tire left. So I gave him room on the restart so as not to be on top of him and have the other competition right behind me. I opened on the guy behind me, and when I got to 'Spence' his tires were already off a lap or two and I could make my move. Today was one of the toughest races mentally because it was such a good race; plus we needed to get points for the championship lead. I'm really glad we did it, though.

I didn't touch him the entire time. He just got a bunch of bad breaks in traffic, but I'll take it any day.

I feel bad for Ron and Paul; they were doing so well. For myself, it was a heated battle with the #21 BMW and we couldn't get by. I think we had the faster car, though. You hate to lose when the win could have been yours but we gained some ground in points and it's a big help towards the championship. We're also proving how competitive this car is - Jan and Paul won the last race - and we've had two other fourth place finishes so far. Not bad for starting mid-season.

For the long haul, I'm actually excited because the balance is good and it's tunable. I like that a lot. Through the night I like it because the car runs better in the cold. It was doing really well in the cooler air - we've run fast.