Corvette Racing Driver Profile: Andy Pilgrim

Birthdate: Aug. 18, 1959
Birthplace: Nottingham, England
Citizenship: U.S. Citizen since 1998
Residence: Boca Raton, Fla.
Family: Single

SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT Career REcords
Year Starts Wins Poles Notes
2004 10 0 0 First year for Team Cadillac; 5th in drivers championship
2005 11 0 0 SCCA World Challenge GT champion
2006 10 1 0 Third in SPEED GT championship
Total 31 1 0  


Career Highlights
  • 55 career victories in 10 series
  • Five professional championships (2005 SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT, 1998 IMSA Speedvision Cup, 1997 IMSA GT1, 1996 Brazilian BPR GT2 Championship, 1995 IMSA Speedvision Cup)
  • 1994: SCCA Grand Sport Challenge, one win (Pontiac); IMSA Supercar Series, one win (Lotus)
  • 1995: IMSA Grand Sport champion, six wins
  • 1996: Brazilian GT2 champion, won GTS-2 in Sebring 12-hour (Porsche)
  • 1997: PSCR GT1 Champion, four wins; won Daytona 24-hour and runner-up in Sebring 12-hour (Porsche)
  • 1998: IMSA Speedvision Cup champion, two wins in PSCR GT2 (Porsche)
  • 1999: American Le Mans Series, development year for Corvette C5-R
  • 2000: Two GTS wins and two runners-up in ALMS, third in class in 24 Hours of Le Mans, won Petit Le Mans (Corvette C5-R)
  • 2001: One GTS win and four runners-up in ALMS; second in class in Rolex 24 at Daytona and 24 Hours of Le Mans (Corvette C5-R)
  • 2002: Two GTS wins and five runners-up in ALMS, second in GTS in 24 Hours of Le Mans (Corvette C5-R), won AGT in Rolex 24 at Daytona (Corvette)
  • 2003: Second in GTS in 24 Hours of Le Mans, third in Sebring 12-hour and Petit Le Mans (Corvette C5-R), won VIR Grand American (Daytona Prototype)
  • 2004: Six top-five finishes and eight top-10 finishes in SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT (Cadillac CTS-V); overall winner in Rolex 24 at Daytona (Pontiac Doran Daytona Prototype)
  • 2005: SCCA SPEED World Challenge champion, two runners-up, one third-place finish (Cadillac CTS-V)
  • 2006: Scored first SPEED GT win with Team Cadillac at Road Atlanta. Finished second in Sebring, Fla., third in Sonoma, Calif., and Salt Lake City. Placed third in GT drivers championship

An accomplished and articulate businessman and racer, Andy Pilgrim has posted 55 victories in 10 different series and has won five professional racing championships in his career. Born in England and now a naturalized American citizen, Pilgrim has driven for GM Racing since 1999 with both the Corvette Racing and Team Cadillac factory teams. Pilgrim has been with Team Cadillac since its debut in 2004, and he captured the first drivers championship for Cadillac in 2005.

Pilgrim moved to the United States in 1982 and started racing cars professionally in 1984. He posted his first pro victory in the IMSA Firestone Firehawk Endurance Championship in 1986 at Sears Point in a Pontiac Firebird. From July 1992 to September 1998, Pilgrim won 25 races and three IMSA championships, finishing a record 116 consecutive IMSA races without a DNF (did not finish). His titles included the 1995 and 1998 IMSA Speedvision Cup championships, the 1997 IMSA GT1 championship and the 1996 Brazilian GT2 title. Pilgrim has posted three Rolex 24 at Daytona victories, including an overall win in 2004.

Pilgrim became a U.S. citizen in 1998. He was selected for Corvette Racing's first factory ALMS and Le Mans effort in 1999. Teamed with Ron Fellows, Pilgrim scored the team's historic first victory at Texas Motor Speedway in September 2000. In 2001, Pilgrim finished second in GTS in the Sebring 12-hour and Le Mans 24-hour endurance races, and was on the winning team for the Petit Le Mans season finale at Road Atlanta. He co-drove a Corvette C5-R in the Daytona 24-hour race with Dale Earnhardt, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kelly Collins, finishing second in the GTS class behind the sister Corvette C5-R.

Pilgrim notched two more ALMS GTS victories in 2002 and a runner-up finish in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Driving a limited schedule in 2003, Pilgrim was again runner-up in the GTS class at Le Mans in a Corvette C5-R, and had wins in the Daytona Prototype division of the Grand-Am championship.

Cadillac selected Pilgrim to champion the brand's return to motorsports with the CTS-V race car in 2004. He was runner-up to his teammate Max Angelelli in Team Cadillac's debut in Sebring. He went on to score six top-five finishes and eight top-10 finishes in the 10-race series, taking fifth in the championship standings.

Pilgrim was the picture of consistency throughout the 2005 season, posting top-10 finishes in all 11 events, highlighted by runner-up finishes in Sebring, Fla., and Road Atlanta and a third-place result in Cleveland. He claimed the World Challenge GT drivers championship by a six-point margin over his closest rival, and his consistent performance played a key role in Cadillac winning its first manufacturers championship.

Pilgrim scored his SPEED GT win with Team Cadillac at Road Atlanta. He finished second in Sebring, Fla., and third in Sonoma, Calif., and Salt Lake City. He tied with Lou Gigliotti for second in the drivers championship, but lost the position to Gigliotti on the tiebreaker.

Pilgrim, a resident of Boca Raton, Fla., is CEO of Electronic Computer Services, a successful computer consulting and management company that employs more than 200 programmers. Off the track, Pilgrim works with high school students, teaching them safe driving skills. In 2005, he introduced an instructional DVD on safe driving, "The Driving Zone: Essential Techniques For New Drivers," made with his friend and teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the Budweiser Monte Carlo SS in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series.

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