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Scott Andrews (born 25 August 1990 in
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) is an
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racing driver currently racing for Lone Star Racing in the GTD class of the
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. Andrews is the 2015
F1600 Championship Series The F1600 Championship Series was created by the SCCA in 2011. The series is organized by Formula Race Promotions, the same organization which organizes the F2000 Championship Series, and sanctioned by SCCA Pro Racing. It is a series whose champi ...
and 2021 IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup LMP3 champion, as well as an LMP2 podium finisher. He has once competed in
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, with
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at the 2020 12 Hours of Sebring.


Early career

Andrews started racing in the Australian Commodore Cup Series in 2008, and would stay in the championship until 2011, when he switched to single-seaters on a full-time basis, racing in the Victorian Formula 1600 Series and testing
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machinery at the end of the year. With help from
James Davison James D. Davison (born 28 August 1986) is an Australian professional racing driver who drives an Aston Martin Vantage GT3 in the Blancpain GT World Challenge America. He has also competed in the NTT IndyCar Series, NASCAR Cup Series, and NASCAR ...
, Andrews joined
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for the final two rounds of the 2013 U.S. F2000 National Championship season. In the four races he contested, he scored a best result of sixth on debut at
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. Andrews returned to JDC Motorsports in early 2014, racing in the U.S. F2000 Winterfest. Andrews stayed in the States for 2015, joining Exclusive Autosport to compete in the F1600 Formula F Championship, which he would win with two races to spare at
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.


Prototype career

In late 2016 Andrews made his LMP3 debut, joining Wineurasia ahead of the 4 Hours of Fuji. In the three races Andrews drove in, he scored a best result of fifth at
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and ended the season 12th in the standings. Following his Asian Le Mans outings, Andrews joined KEO Racing to compete in the opening round of the
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. Having retired on his debut at
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, Andrews switched to
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ahead of the Road to Le Mans. Towards the end of 2018, Andrews joined
United Autosports United Autosports is a sports car racing team based in Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, founded by businessman Zak Brown and former driver Richard Dean (racing driver), Richard Dean. United Autosports has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans (LMP2 Cl ...
's LMP3 program to race in the final two rounds of
European Le Mans Series The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the fo ...
. On his ELMS debut, Andrews won the rain-shortened 4 Hours of Spa. Following a season spent in the
IMSA Prototype Challenge IMSA Prototype Challenge (formerly IMSA Prototype Lites) was a racing series featuring two classes of single-seat prototype cars racing simultaneously. The series was sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). Most races we ...
, Andrews was set to rejoin Gerry Kraut for the
2020 European Le Mans Series The 2020 European Le Mans Series was the seventeenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Circuit Paul Ricard on 19 July and finished at Algarve International Circuit on 1 Novem ...
season, however due to the pandemic, their entry was withdrawn before the season got underway. Having withdrawn from ELMS, Andrews returned to
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alongside Kraut in
IMSA Prototype Challenge IMSA Prototype Challenge (formerly IMSA Prototype Lites) was a racing series featuring two classes of single-seat prototype cars racing simultaneously. The series was sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). Most races we ...
. Andrews won at Sebring and
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and concluded the year fifth in the standings. At the IMSA season-ending 2020 12 Hours of Sebring, Andrews made his top class debut, joining
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and
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in JDC-Miller MotorSports's privateer
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. Andrews finished fourth, which tied the car's best result of the season. In late 2020, Andrews joined
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for the endurance rounds of the
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. Andrews and teammate
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opened up the season by winning the
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in LMP3, and took further wins at Watkins Glen and
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to clinch the Michelin Endurance Cup title. During 2021, Andrews also raced in the
2021 Le Mans Cup The 2021 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2021 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the sixth season of the Le Mans Cup. It began on 17 April at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and ended on 25 October at the Algarve International Circuit. The s ...
for
United Autosports United Autosports is a sports car racing team based in Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, founded by businessman Zak Brown and former driver Richard Dean (racing driver), Richard Dean. United Autosports has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans (LMP2 Cl ...
, with whom he'd score maximum points at
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and win at
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to end the season fifth in points. Andrews and Kraut would reunite again for the
2023 Le Mans Cup The 2023 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2023 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the eighth season of the Le Mans Cup. The six-event season began at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 22 April and finished at Algarve International Circuit on 22 ...
, but the season proved unsuccessful, as they finished 19th in the LMP3 standings. Having only raced in LMP2 once in 2017, Andrews partnered Gerry Kraut for JDC-Miller MotorSports's one-off LMP2 entry at the
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round of the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship. Andrews achieved a historic podium, coming second to
United Autosports United Autosports is a sports car racing team based in Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, founded by businessman Zak Brown and former driver Richard Dean (racing driver), Richard Dean. United Autosports has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans (LMP2 Cl ...
's
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and
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on his return to the category.


GT career

In early 2016, Andrews made his GT3 debut at that year's
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, joining Performance West Motorsport alongside Peter Rullo and
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. Making his return to GT Racing in 2021, Andrews joined
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to compete in the
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship The 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship was the ninth season of the FIA World Endurance Championship, an auto racing series organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The series ...
, albeit as a guest entry, at the
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and then from the
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onwards. In 2023, Andrews joined Lone Star Racing to compete in the GS class of the
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alongside Anton Dias Perera. Scoring only one podium, a second-place finish at
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, Andrews returned to GT3 machinery on the same weekend, racing at the
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round of the
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with the same team. Andrews remained with Lone Star Racing for 2024, racing in the endurance rounds of the
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alongside
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and
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. The part-time effort yielded mixed results, headlined by a breakthrough pole position at
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, where Andrews gapped the GTD field by three tenths and outqualified several GTD Pro cars. In early 2025, Andrews joined Geyer Valmont Racing to race in the
Bathurst 12 Hour The Bathurst 12 Hour, currently known as the Meguiar's Bathurst 12 Hour for sponsorship reasons, is an annual endurance race for Group GT3, GT and Production car racing, production cars held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, in Bathurst, New South ...
enduro for the first time in nine years. Andrews snuck into the top-10 pole shootout and finished 17th overall and third in Pro-Am. On January 8, 2025 it was announced that Andrews would stay with Lone Star Racing to race in the endurance rounds of the
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.


Racing record


Racing career summary

As Andrews was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.


American open-wheel racing results


U.S. F2000 National Championship

† As Andrews was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.


Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)


Complete European Le Mans Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)


Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) * Season still in progress.


Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results


References


External links

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