RESUME
FIVE YEAR RACING HIGHLIGHTS
(updated February 12, 2001)
2001 Highlights to Date
GM Corvette Racing C5-R - # 3 car Grand-Am 2nd in GTO at Grand-Am
Rolex 24
2000 Highlights to Date
GM Corvette Racing C5-R - # 4 car ALMS - 2nd (DQ) Portland Int'l
Raceway
GM Corvette Racing C5-R - # 4 car ALMS - WIN at Petit Le Mans,
Road Atlanta
GM Corvette Racing C5-R - # 3 car ALMS - WIN at Texas and 2nd
at Mosport & Laguna Seca
GM Corvette Racing C5-R - #64 car 24 Hours of Le Mans 3rd. GTS
(10th. Overall).
GM Corvette Racing C5-R - # 4 car ALMS - 5th in GTS at the12
Hours of Sebring.
GM Corvette Racing C5-R - # 4 car Grand-Am 10th in GTO at Grand-Am
24 Hours of Daytona
Grand-Am GTU BMW-M3 - WIN at Trois Rivieres, 2nd. at Road America,
4th. at Daytona, 5th. at Mid-Ohio.
Grand-Am Motorola Cup SGS Corvette - 3rd. at Homestead, 4th.
at Phoenix.
Summary: 16 races - 3 wins, 9 top 5 & 2 Top 10 finishes.
1999 Highlights
GM Corvette Racing C5-R at Daytona 24-Hour, Sebring 12-Hour and
4th at Road Atlanta - Petit Le Mans.
Champion Porsche 911-GT1 Evo in ALMS P class and Porsche 911's
in ALMS GTS Class.
Corvette and BMW M3 in FIA GT.
BMW M3 in Motorola Cup.
Lamborghini Diablo in European Lamborghini Trophy series.
Summary: 13 races (plus the Lamborghini series). 4 Top
Five & 7 Top Ten finishes.
1998 Highlights
Champion Porsche 911-GT1 in GT1. Roock Porsche 911 Turbo in GT2
Massari-Muller BMW M3 in Speedvision Cup. Massari-Muller BMW
M3 in GT2.
Massari-Muller BMW M3 in Motorola Cup. Schumacher Porsche 911
Turbo in GT2.
PTG BMW M3 in GT2. Mosler Raptor in GT1.
Summary: 22 races. 7 Wins & 15 Top Five finishes.
SpeedVision Cup CHAMPION
1997 Highlights
Debuted Rohr's Porsche 911 GT1 with 4 straight wins at Mosport,
Las Vegas, Pikes Peak and Sebring.
24 Hours of Le Mans - Roock Porsche GT2. Highest-placed American
Driver - Pole position / 2nd.
Rohr Motorsports Porsche 911 Turbo EVO GT1 win at Daytona, 2nd
at Sebring.
Pikes Peak Hill Climb - 2nd in Legends Class.
Summary: 21 races. 6 Wins, 10 Top Five & 2 Top Ten
finishes.
Professional SportsCar GT-1 CHAMPION
1996 Highlights
Competed in an unprecedented 28 professional races in U.S., Canada,
England, France, China, and Brazil.
Roock Racing Porsche 911 in BPR Endurance series.
New Hardware Porsche 911 at 24 Hours of Le Mans - Result 4th.
Schumacher Porsche 993 in Professional SportsCar GTS-2
Wheel to Wheel Pontiac in Speedvision Cup GS - to win manufacturer's
championship for Pontiac.
Porsche 911's in SCCA World Challenge S1
Pikes Peak Hill Climb - 2nd in Legends class.
Summary: 28 races. 6 Wins, 14 Top Five & 5 Top Ten
finishes.
Brazilian GT-2 CHAMPION
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Biographical Information
Early Days in the U.K.
Andy Pilgrim began his racing career in his native England, racing
karts, and was an undefeated regional Champion in 1977. He raced
180mph open class and modified production motorcycles in England
between 1978 and 1980, amassing 71 wins and five Divisional and
National Championships.
Stateside Racing
Andy moved to the United States in 1981 and started racing cars
in 1984. His first professional race was in the Renault Cup series
at Riverside, CA. - he started 18th. and finished 9th. His first
professional win came in the IMSA Firestone Firehawk Endurance
Championship in 1986 with a win at Sears Point in a Bayley MotorSports
Pontiac Firebird. That auspicious start to his winning ways saw
Andy win 20 more races in 106 Firehawk series' starts in the
next decade. Considering the level of competition in Firehawk,
his 20% win ratio is remarkable. Andy’s unbeaten (and likely
forever unbeatable) world record of 116 consecutive race finishes
in IMSA / PSCR events is unprecedented.
Versatile Corporate Spokesperson
With four professional championships to his credit, Andy is widely
acknowledged as both an accomplished professional racing driver
and a motorsports authority. His corporate work and non-racing
activity is extensive and includes:
- SpeedVision Network host and Sportscar expert commentator of
the weekly "On Track" Television show;
- Porsche host and narrator for the 1998 911 customer glove-box
and dealer sales videos;
- BMW seminar presenter, technical expert and sales motivational
facilitator;
- Ride & Drive Instructor for Lexus, Cadillac and Acura;
- Test Driver for Goodyear, A.C. Delco, and Kelsey-Hayes.
A "Corvette Expert" (click on photo to see larger
image)
What does it take to be considered an "expert" Corvette
driver? How about over 60 professional races, back to back race
wins in the C5-R, a podium finish at Le Mans, numerous wins in
North American championships, test driver, press day driver,
and finally Smithsonian exhibit - not to mention owning several
street Corvettes over the years. We probably shouldn't mention
the "Cannonball Run" style, record-breaking time in
a fully stickered Corvette Challenge car between Detroit and
Dallas - to make it in time for a PR shoot!
C5-R 2000 Andy was "Team Captain" of the GTS
class podium finishing #64 C5-R Corvette, at Le Mans. He also
campaigns the #4 and #3 Corvette C5-R in the American Le Mans
Series - narrowly missing a win this year at Mosport, but following
it up with back to back wins in Texas and at Petit Le Mans at
Road Atlanta. His drives this year have earned him international
recognition, not least of which is a drive alongside racing icon,
Dale Earnhardt at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona in February,
2001.
C5-R 1999 Andy has been a regular test and development driver
for the C5-R since the inception of its racing program in 1999.
C5 - 2000 Andy also contests a production based Corvette
C5 in the SGS division of the Motorola Cup.
Production-Based Corvette Race Cars - Prior to joining
the GM factory team in 1999, Andy had already raced Corvettes
in several professional race series in North America. He was
a regular participant in the tightly contested SCCA World Challenge,
Playboy Series and Escort Endurance Championship, as well as
the series that was the launch pad for many of today's world
class drivers, the SCCA Corvette Challenge.
Corvette Challenge - In 1988/89 Andy was one of only a handful
of winners in this million dollar event - a tightly scrutineered
spec series that showcased driver talent in almost identical
showroom stock cars. Andy won three Corvette Challenge races
in 22 starts - eclipsing many seasoned top level drivers in the
process.
GT Corvettes - In the mid-90's, Andy drove the Morrison
GTS Corvettes in IMSA Camel GT races at Daytona, Sebring and
Watkins Glen - co-driving with some of the world's most acclaimed
Corvette drivers at the time, John Heinricy, R.K. Smith and Stu
Hayner.
Street Corvettes - Andy was the only non-GM employee involved
with the development of the breakthrough 1997 Corvette C5 production
car. He was one of the GM factory drivers on hand at Mid-Ohio
for the press launch of the revolutionary Corvette C5-ZO6.
Smithsonian Exhibit - Finally, the #92 Morrison Racing
GTS Corvette bearing Andy's name is in the Smithsonian Museum
in Washington, D.C. - assuring Andy's place in the country's
automotive history.
Andy's third place podium finish at the 24 Hours of Le
Mans, in June 2000, followed by the close 2nd. place finish at
Mosport in August - driving the most high tech, expensively developed
and most highly publicized factory Corvette in the history of
the marque - are further milestones in his remarkable racing
career and Andy's on-going involvement with the Corvette.
Personal car? What else - it has to be a 2000 Corvette
Coupe!
Spare Time!
In whatever time he has between racing and business endeavors,
Andy tunes up with high-performance motor-cycles, the present
stable consisting of a Triumph Speed Triple, a Suzuki 400 enduro
and his venerable 70's Laverda Jota. He also likes karting and
mountain biking. His personal fitness regimen has resulted in
an ability to regularly do double stints in the C5-R - at temperatures
of up to 160 degrees! Andy's community service includes teaching
safe driving to High School students in South Florida, (watch
for Andy's new "Heads Up Driving & Riding" products
coming soon).
Racing Helmets His Simpson racing helmets, custom painted
by Bullseye Visuals of Indianapolis, are synonymous with Andy's
love of cartoons - this year, his helmets feature Ren & Stimpy,
Southpark and Warner Bros. characters.
Personal
Born: Nottingham, England Residence: Cooper City, South Florida
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Professional Racing Driver & Principal
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PROFESSIONAL RACING ACHIEVEMENTS
Championships
1998 Professional SportsCar SpeedVision Cup (Bell Motorsports
BMW M3)
1997 Professional SportsCar GT1 (Rohr MotorSports Porsche
GT-1 & 911)
1996 Brazilian GT2 Championship (Roock Racing Porsche
911 GT2)
1995 IMSA Street Stock Series (Wheel to Wheel Racing Pontiac
Firebird)
24 Hours of Le Mans
2000 GM Corvette Racing C5-R (GTS) Start: 3rd. Result: 3rd.
1997 Roock Porsche 911 (GT2) Start: Pole Result: 2nd.
1996 New Hardware Porsche 911 (GT2) Start: 4th. Result: 4th.
Corvette Milestones
First GM Corvette C5-R race win (Grand Prix of Texas, Ft.Worth,
Sep. 2000)
First GM Corvette C5-R back to back wins (Petit Le Mans - Road
Atlanta, Sep. 2000)
Selected to co-drive with Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
at 2001 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.
World Record
Finished 116 consecutive IMSA/Professional SportsCar races without
a DNF 7/92 - 9/98
Starts:Wins Ratio
Career Professional Race Wins: 47 Starts: 297 in 9 different
racing series. 15.5% Win:Start Ratio
Smithsonian Exhibit
The Morrison Motorsport’s IMSA GTO Corvette bearing Andy’s
name is in the prestigious
Smithsonian Museum at Washington, D.C.
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