Andy Pilgrim

Andy Pilgrim (third from left) at a 2003 Corvette Racing drivers autograph session

Andy Pilgrim's Cadillac CTS-V at Petit Le Mans 2011

Andrew "Andy" Pilgrim (born August 18, 1956 in Nottingham ) is a British racing driver and racing team owner who has been a US citizen since 1998 .

Racing career

Andy Pilgrim's career began in the 1980s in various one-make cups . In 1989 he went to the USA and competed in the SCCA Corvette Challenge . He finished the championship as sixth overall. From 1991 he started regularly in the IMSA GTP series and the successor championship, the IMSA GT series . In the same year he made his debut in the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring .

In Daytona, Pilgrim was registered almost every year until 2017 . After finishing fifth overall in 1997 and fourth in 2001 , he won this 24-hour race in 2004 together with Christian Fittipaldi , Terry Borcheller and Forest Barber in the Doran JE4 . At Sebring, the best placement was third place with Bob Wollek and Thierry Boutsen in the 1998 Porsche 911 GT1 Evo .

In the early 2000s he was a works driver at Corvette Racing and in 2002 was third overall in the GTS class of the American Le Mans Series . At the Le Mans 24-hour race , he finished third in 2000 and second in 2003 in the GTS class.

By the end of the 2017 season, Pilgrim, who also drove a few races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup in 2011 , had started in 156 sports car races. He celebrated seven overall and 17 class wins. He runs his own racing team under the name Andy Pilgrim Racing .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1996	New Hardware Racing	Porsche 911 GT2	Andrew Bagnall	Stéphane Ortelli	Rank 17
1997	Roock Racing	Porsche 911 GT2	Bruno Eichmann	André Ahrlé	Rank 10
2000	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Franck Fréon	Kelly Collins	Rank 10
2001	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Franck Fréon	Kelly Collins	Rank 14
2002	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Franck Fréon	Kelly Collins	Rank 13

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1991	Morrison Motorsports	Chevrolet Corvette	RK Smith			Rank 16
1993	Morrison Motorsports	Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1	John Heinricy	Stu Hayner		Rank 14
1994	Morrison Motorsports	Chevrolet Corvette	John Heinricy	Stu Hayner		Rank 30
1995	Rohr Corp.	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Larry Schumacher	Jeff Purner		Rank 15
1996	Schumacher Racing	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Larry Schumacher	Want pace		11th place and class win
1997	Rohr Corp.	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	Robert Nearn	Jochen Rohr		Rank 7
1998	Champion Motors	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Bob Wollek	Thierry Boutsen		Rank 3
1999	Doyle Racing Riley & Scott	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	John Heinricy	Scott Sharp		failure	accident
2000	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Franck Fréon	Kelly Collins		Rank 16
2001	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Franck Fréon	Kelly Collins		Rank 7
2002	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Franck Fréon	Kelly Collins		Rank 13
2003	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Oliver Gavin	Kelly Collins		failure	Gearbox damage
2010	GMG Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Bret Curtis	James Sofronas		Rank 26
2016	Black Swan Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R.	Tim Pappas	Nicky Catsburg	Patrick Long	Rank 34

Web links

Commons : Andy Pilgrim  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Andy Pilgrim at the Driver Database
• Andy Pilgrim at Racing Sports Cars
• Andy Pilgrim Racing official website

Individual evidence

1. ^ SCCA Corvette Challenge 1989
2. ↑ 1997 Daytona 24 Hours
3. ↑ 2001 Daytona 24 Hours
4. ↑ 2004 Daytona 24 Hours
5. ^ 2002 ALMS season