LI guys pumped up for 'The Amazing Race'

Friends Joey "Fitness" Lasalla and Danny Horal will appear on... — Friends Joey "Fitness" Lasalla and Danny Horal will appear on the hit CBS show, "The Amazing Race," which premiers Feb. 19. Credit: CBS

By VERNE GAYverne.gay@newsday.comFebruary 14, 2012

Team Long Island comes to "The Amazing Race" this Sunday (CBS/2 at 8 p.m.).

Danny Horal, 27, a nightclub promoter -- you can find him most Friday nights at GLO in Westbury -- was raised in Sayville and now lives in Holbrook. Joey Lasalla, 29 -- you will get to know him by his nickname, "Fitness," or, if you prefer, "the Solution" -- grew up in Atlantic Beach and now lives in Queens.

We spoke by phone a couple days ago. Here's an edited version of our chat:

Tell me a bit about your lives.

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I went to Mercy High out in Riverhead, where, in 2003, we won the first and only state baseball championship.

I've been doing nightclub promotions since high school. I was always the popular kid playing sports and realized I could turn this into a business -- when I was at St. Francis I studied advertising and marketing. I book the DJs, which gives people a reason to come out to clubs.