Lally, the defending ISGA world champ in classic luge, missed the "King of the Hill" race due to competing at Daytona, where he won his third GRAND-AM Rolex Series race of the season. He had to start on the outside due to missing qualifying for the luge races, but went on to score easy victories in all of his heats and then beat the favorites in the finals.
At Daytona, Lally admitted that he would be lucky to take a third due to the strong depth of competition in the meet. He drafted past Matthias Lang in the closing yards to score a close victory in Street Luge - denying Lang his third consecutive victory - after beating Louis Bouchard in Classic Luge.
"It was two really wild finals," Lally said. "I knew I had a good chance of making it to both of the finals, and I did. I made the final six in both. I thought I had a pretty good chance in the spec class (Classic), but picked myself for third in the unlimited class. I made a few changes to my luge to make it better in the corners, but I paddled off fourth. I sat in the draft and saw the leader slip, and when he did that we went three-wide at 50 mph into the final corner. I got the inside line and held on. It was amazing to pull it off. Second had his feet on my head at the finish."
Now, Lally is thinking about taking on a new challenge - stand-up downhill skateboarding. "There were 194 competitors in that class, and it was a good time watching them," Lally said. "That's my next goal - to try the stand-up stuff and see if I can get in the top 50."
Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge driver Ryan Eversley competed in Street Luge, where he made it to the consolation but had a massive wipe out in the final turn.
Despite running second in the GT championship, Lally is still looking for a ride in the upcoming Rolex Series race July 18 at New Jersey Motorsports Park.
"I'm working hard to hopefully make it pay off with a championship at the end of the year."
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