Andrew Dillman

It started with his mom. She worked at a bike shop, and the mechanics there would take a young Drew out on the trails. That was enough. He started racing local MTB events and never really looked back.

The path to gravel was more gradual. A cyclocross team in 2018 opened the door, and he dabbled in gravel events alongside it for years — but didn't go all-in until 2023. Ask him what his favorite discipline is, though, and he'll tell you it almost doesn't matter. Road, mountain, cross, gravel — he's loved every form of bike racing he's ever done. Gravel just happens to be where his physiology fits best, so that's where he is.

"I don't really care what style of racing, as long as I'm racing."

Not letting it cost the people who matter most. Drew is a husband and a father first, and keeping that hierarchy straight — especially during heavy training blocks or race season — takes real intentionality. Beyond the family piece, there's a deeper question he keeps coming back to: why am I doing this? For Drew, the answer has to be bigger than results or recognition. He races to glorify God and make His name known. When that's the anchor, everything else stays in its right place.

It started out of friendship — and he hopes it stays that way.

Drew and Chase Wark weren't looking to build a team so much as they just liked hanging out. At some point they figured they ought to race bikes together rather than separately. Their shared faith was a big part of what drew them together in the first place, and it remains a quiet but real thread through what Lunch Box is and what they want it to be.

"It started out of friendship and I hope it stays that way."

He wants to write a book — specifically about the biblical call to health and how athletes can better glorify God through their sport. It's a topic he thinks about deeply and one that doesn't have a great answer yet in Christian athletic spaces. He wants to write that answer.

Books. Family. Church. His church community. Simple, but deliberate.

He considers himself a pretty open book — but here's the one: he's always had a quiet dream of leaving everything behind and moving somewhere remote in the world to serve as a missionary. It hasn't happened yet. He's not ruling it out.

Don't Stop Believin' by Journey — and Chase has to be up there with him. No solo version. That's the only way it works.