Andy Petery

Andras "Andy" Petery (born December 22, 1939 in Greenwich ) is a former American racing driver .

Racing career

Andy Petery was active and successful as a sports car driver for four decades . He had his first appearances in 1972 in the Trans-Am series and the Camel GT Championship of the IMSA . In 1973 he drove his first Daytona 24-hour race , which he and his partner Hans Ziereis finished in a BMW 2002 in 18th place overall. The duo won the racing class of touring cars up to 2 liters.

In the 1980s he became a regular starter in the sports car world championship and in the IMSA GTP series . In 1985 he made his debut with a ninth place overall at the 12 Hours of Sebring and in 1986 with a 15th place finish at the 24 Hours of Le Mans .

His best placings in sports car races were fourth overall, including with Brett Lunger in the BMW 3.0 CSL in the 1974 6-hour race at Road Atlanta .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1986	Ecurie Ecosse	Ecosse C285	Les Delano	John Hotchkis	Rank 15
1987	Ecurie Ecosse	Ecosse C286	Les Delano	Mike Wilds	failure	Electrics
1993	Chamberlain Engineering	Spice SE89C	Nick Adams	Hervé Regout	failure	Engine failure

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1985	Road Circuit Technology	Pontiac Firebird	Les Delano	Patty Moise		Rank 9
1988	Roush Racing	Mercury Capri	Les Delano	Craig Carter		Rank 10
1989	Road Circuit Technology	Mercury Capri	Les Delano	Craig Carter		Rank 13
1991	Milner Racing	Fabcar GTP	Les Delano	Craig Carter		failure	Gearbox damage
1993	Les Delano	Pontiac Firebird	John Macaluso	Tommy Schweitz		Rank 23
1995	Riggins Competition	Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme	Tommy Riggins	Craig Carter		Rank 39
1997	Road Circuit Technology	Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme	Les Delano	Craig Carter		Rank 34
1998	Prototype Technology Group	BMW M3	Giovanna Amati	Craig Carter		failure	Clutch damage
1999	Intersport Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III	John Mirro	Sam Brwon	Butch Brickell	Rank 25

Web links

• Andy Petery at the Driver Database
• Andy Petery at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ 1974 Road Atlanta 6 Hours