Patrick Gallagher is full time in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GTD class with Turner Motorsport. He’s also made starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
Gallagher sat down with Frontstretch at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course to discuss his NASCAR adventures, racing with his best friend and more.
Phil Allaway, Frontstretch: You’re currently second in GTD points with a couple of second-place finishes. How would you describe your season?
Patrick Gallagher: It’s been very good. We’ve been consistent. Obviously, at Daytona, we had a very rough start to the season, but we got into our groove in Long Beach and Laguna Seca. Even Sebring, we had a solid day. We’re just trying to continue that.
The car in front of us [from Winward Racing] has won three races, which is going to make it tough to catch them, but there’s still a long way to go. We’re certainly in the fight. We have reliable BMWs, so we just have to keep plugging away and see where we end up come Road Atlanta.
Allaway: This is your second year with [Turner Motorsport]. How would you describe the experience of working with the Turner guys?
Gallagher: Will [Turner’s] put together the best group of guys that I’ve worked with collectively as a whole. These guys have been here a long time. Most of them are full-time guys that have been with the team forever. Just a really good group of guys that Will has put together.
To be a part of it for me is a dream come true. I’ve seen these cars run around [tracks] since I was a kid, so to get to climb into one, the WeatherTech car and now the GT4 car, and make a home over here, is something that I wanted to do. Just happy to be a part of everything that they’ve had going on for so long.
Allaway: Your teammate is Robby Foley, who raced for a number of years in GT3 and GT4 equipment in various series. What’s it like to work with him?
Gallagher: I don’t know how many people know this, but Robby and I have been friends for a long, long time. Back to when we were both racing MX-5 Cup in 2013 or so.
We lived together at Monticello Motor Club, worked there together. We’ve been best friends for a really long time. It’s not by accident that we ended up working together. We’ve wanted to do it for a long time and were finally able to put the pieces together and get it going.
It’s been awesome. [Foley’s] a true pro, a really…
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