Andy Pilgrim
Born	(1956-08-18)18 August 1956 (age 68) Nottingham, England
Achievements	2005SPEED World Challenge GT champion
NASCARCup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	47th (2011)
First race	2011Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Infineon)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARXfinity Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Best finish	97th (2007)
First race	2007NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal)
Last race	2007Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1996–1997, 2000–2003
Teams	New Hardware Racing,Parr Motorsport,Roock Racing,Corvette Racing

Andrew Pilgrim (born 18 August 1956 inNottingham) is a British-born racing driver, who became a United States citizen in 1998. He has competed in theSCCA World Challenge,24 Hours of Le Mans,24 Hours of Daytona, andNASCAR.

Having taken a keen interest inmotorcycles as a child, Pilgrim started racing them as soon as he started a full-time job (computer programmer). He raced them from 1978 to 1980, finishing 2nd in two National Championships (Avon/Bike Magazine Series & Kawasaki 400 Series) & won several Club championships in just two and a half seasons. He accepted a job offer in the USA towards the end of 1980.^[1]

Pilgrim was living in England when his job as acomputer programmer necessitated a move to theUnited States. His first foray into racing stateside was withSCCA Autocross.^[2] In 1984, Pilgrim borrowed $3,000 to buy aRenault Alliance and began competing with it. He eventually moved up to professional racing in 1986 running the Firebird series.^[1] In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Pilgrim ran in the Corvette Challenge series.^[1]

Pilgrim made appearances in the24 Hours of Le Mans in the late 1990s, running for New Hardware Racing, Roock Racing andCorvette Racing.^[3] He joined theChevrolet Corvette factory team in 1999. In 2001 he was selected as teammate forDale Earnhardt Jr.,Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Kelly Collins in the24 Hours of Daytona and the team finished second in class.^[2] After the 24 Hours of Daytona, Dale Earnhardt Sr. promised to someday put Pilgrim in a NASCAR stock-car, a promise he was unable to fulfill due to hisdeath a few weeks later during the2001 Daytona 500. Pilgrim is the last person to have engaged in conversation with Earnhardt before he died.

From 2004 to 2008, Pilgrim drove forCadillac in theSPEED World Challenge, winning a championship in 2005. He moved to K-Pax Racing in 2009 and 2010 before returning to Cadillac for another stint that lasted from 2011 to 2014. In 2015, he stepped away from the PWC to run various endurance races.^[4] In 2016, Pilgrim joined Black Swan Racing for a four-race endurance schedule, including the24 Hours of Daytona. The move came after his FIA rating was changed from gold to silver.^[5] Pilgrim returned to the World Challenge in 2018 with Blackdog Speed Shop.^[6]

In 2007, Pilgrim drove two road course races in theNASCAR Busch Series forJR Motorsports.^[7] Pilgrim made hisNASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut in 2011 atInfineon Raceway driving the No. 46 forWhitney Motorsports, where he finished 26th.^[8]

Pilgrim operates a traffic safety foundation.^[9][10]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1996	New Hardware Racing Parr Motorsport	Stéphane Ortelli Andrew Bagnall	Porsche 911 GT2	GT2	299	17th	4th
1997	Roock Racing	André Ahrlé Bruno Eichmann	Porsche 911 GT2	GT2	306	10th	2nd
2000	Corvette Racing	Franck Fréon Kelly Collins	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	GTS	327	10th	3rd
2001	Corvette Racing	Franck Fréon Kelly Collins	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	GTS	271	14th	2nd
2002	Corvette Racing	Franck Fréon Kelly Collins	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	GTS	331	13th	2nd
2003	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Kelly Collins	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	GTS	326	11th	2nd
Source:[11]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

^† Pilgrim did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.

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