Andy Evans

The Courage C32 of Jean-Louis Ricci, Philippe Olczyk and Andy Evans at the 1994 Le Mans 24-hour race

Andy Evans (born June 27, 1951 ) is a retired American racing driver and entrepreneur.

Career

Andy Evans was active with sports cars in the 1980s and 1990s and achieved his greatest successes in US racing series. After his first years in brand cups, he drove in various IMSA series from 1990 onwards. In 1994 he started for Scandia Motorsport in a Ferrari 333SP in the IMSA World Sports Car Championship. He celebrated his first success with partner Fermín Vélez at the 2-hour race in Laguna Seca in 1994.

He won the Sebring 12-hour race twice . In 1995 he won together with Vélez and Eric van de Poele in a Ferrari 333SP. Two years later , Vélez, Yannick Dalmas and Stefan Johansson were his winning team partners. After the 1998 Daytona 24-hour race , Evans ended his racing career.

The wealthy Evans, who held a leading position at Microsoft for many years , was a team owner and investor in addition to his racing activities. In the mid-1990s, he acquired the marketing rights for the IMSA series.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1993	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 962CK6	François Migault	Tomás Saldaña	Rank 13
1994	Courage Compétition	Courage C32LM	Jean-Louis Ricci	Philippe Olczyk	Rank 7
1996	Rocket Sports Racing	Ferrari 333SP LM	Fermín Vélez	Yvan Muller	failure	no petrol
1997	Kremer Porsche Racing	Porsche 911 GT1	Christophe Bouchut	Bertrand Gachot	failure	Engine failure

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1991	Carlos Bobeda Racing	Spice SE90P	George Robinson	Carlos Bobeda		Rank 20
1992	Scandia Motorsports	Kudzu DG-2	Fermín Vélez	Jay Cochran		failure	suspension
1994	Scandia Motorsports	Spice WSC94	Ross Bentley	Butch Leitzinger		Rank 4
1995	Scandia Motorsports	Ferrari 333SP	Fermín Vélez	Eric van de Poele		Overall victory
1996	Scandia Motorsports	Ferrari 333SP	Mauro Baldi	Michele Alboreto		Rank 2
1997	Team Scandia	Ferrari 333SP	Fermín Vélez	Yannick Dalmas	Stefan Johansson	Overall victory

Web links

Commons : Andy Evans  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Race results from Andy Evans