With over a decade of coaching experience at The Bondurant Racing School our guest has worked with thousands of drivers. During every coaching session his goal is to make you a faster and ultimately a safer driver with a variety of techniques he’s picked up throughout his career with 100+ professional race starts, 29 podium finishes, competing in TransAm, IMSA and SRO World Challenge.
Coming up through the “demand ranks” at Bondurant, driver/coach Andy Lee made his move to Pro Racing in 2012 with support from Chevrolet, Bondurant, and a Phoenix based tech company: Best IT. And he’s here to share his story with us!
In our discussion with Andy, we cover topics like:
- Let’s talk about your petrol-head origin story? The who/what/where/when/how of Andy Lee? Did you come from a racing family? Was there a car, driver or race that inspired you? What was that poster-car on your bedroom wall as a kid?
- What led to getting a job at Bondurant? You started as a Mechanic? How did you transition to Coaching?
- Let’s pause and talk about something near/dear to my heart – 2008/2009 – Volkswagen TDI Cup!
- The jump to Pro Racing – how did that happen, what was it like? What are some of the challenges?
- You’ve been with World Challenge, now SRO for over a decade. What is sportscar racing like at the Pro Level? How has it changed? How do you see it continuing to evolve? Your thoughts on BOP (Balance of Performance)
- You’re racing for the famed “Flying Lizard” team. People might recognize them from the 911s and the R8s. But there’s some other cool cars in the stables at FL. Let’s talk about “Princess Sparkle Farts” (and it’s return). Let’s talk about driving the Aston.
- You’ve also worked with OpenTrack (the HPDE / Track Day insurance group); What did you do there?
- Doing some digging, we also came to find out you’re behind the group TRACK REKORD – for those that are unfamiliar what is that all about
- What’s next for Andy Lee?
- and much, much more!
To learn more about Andy, and keep up with his progress on and off the racetrack be sure to logon to www.andyleeracing.com or follow him on social @andyleeracing – and if you have some extra time check out his YT channel as well.
Bob Bondurant says…
“Andy came up through the demanding ranks at Bondurant to become a top instructor for the School, he was one of those rare talents that I felt had exactly what I look for when I pick a champion… a real passion for racing. I can teach anyone to be a better, faster, smoother racer but I cannot give them the “heart”. With that, Andy will be one of those racers that will still be on the podium 25 years from now!” – Bob Bondurant
#pitstop – What’s Andy’s favorite car?
Andy’s favorite kind of car is a wagon, especially Japanese ones, like this ’70s Datsun 510 Wagon. Learn more about it on his episode, and you can check out more awesome pictures like this one on the article from Donovan Lara from Garageriot!
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