Tim Andrews

Tim Andrews (born January 15, 1983, in Mooresville, North Carolina) is an American stock car racing driver and respected engineer. Son of championship-winning NASCAR crew chief Paul Andrews. As of 2014, he works as the car chief for the No. 19 Toyota Camry of TriStar Motorsports driven by Mike Bliss.^[1]

Personal life

The son of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series crew chief Paul Andrews,^[2] Tim is currently not in a relationship.

Career

Andrews began his NASCAR racing career in the Busch North Series in 2002, finishing sixth at New Hampshire International Speedway.^[3] He ran for Rookie of the Year in the series in 2003,^[2] finishing fourth in the first race of the year,^[3] but lost his ride midway through the season due to loss of sponsorship.^[4]

Andrews ran a limited schedule in the Busch North Series, renamed the Busch East Series in 2006 and the Camping World East Series in 2008, from 2004 to 2008; he scored his first career win in the series at Dover International Speedway in September 2006 in the Sunoco 150, beating former Winston Cup Series driver Steve Park in a green-white-checkered finish for the victory.^[5] In 2007 Andrews made his debut in the ARCA Re/MAX Series at Nashville Superspeedway, running a limited schedule in the series that year.^[6]

Andrews drove the Key Motorsports No. 42 at Road America in 2011.

Andrews moved up to NASCAR's national touring series in 2009, making his debut in the Nationwide Series at Nashville in the Nashville 300, finishing 33rd.^[7] He ran three further races during the 2009 season, and five in 2010, before attempting the majority of the 2011 Nationwide Series season. Andrews took over the 2nd Chance Motorsports No. 79 following the firing of previous driver Jennifer Jo Cobb;^[8] he was fired by the team after the STP 300 at Chicagoland Speedway in an incident in which the team's owner fired the entire team, with instructions to "find [their] own way back to Charlotte".^[9] He drove most of the remainder of the year for Key Motorsports.^[10]

Andrews joined Go Green Racing for three of the last four races of the 2011 Nationwide Series season; he returned to the team in 2012, with plans to run a limited schedule in the Nationwide Series (in association with Randy Hill Racing) and Sprint Cup Series.^[11] The team hired Paul Andrews as crew chief for its Sprint Cup Series team, making it the first father and son driver and crew chief combination in the series since 1987.^[12] The team planned to make its Cup Series debut at Bristol Motor Speedway in March,^[13] but delayed its first appearance on the track until the STP 400 at Kansas Speedway in late April.^[14]

In 2013, Andrews joined is father, Paul Andrews, at Cunningham Motorsports. Andrews will be working to expand the teams' already significant reputation for delivering results on and off the track and will assist his dad as both a crew chief and driving instructor in the ARCA and K&N Series.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Pts
2012	Go Green Racing	79	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	KAN DNQ	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	TAL	CLT	KAN	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	78th	0¹

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NNSC	Pts
2009	Rick Ware Racing	31	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	TEX	NSH 33	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV 31	KAN	CAL	CLT 26	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM 30	85th	292
2010	2nd Chance Motorsports	79	Ford	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	NSH	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	NSH	KEN	ROA	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV 36	KAN 38	CAL	CLT	GTY 35	TEX 39	PHO 35	HOM DNQ	88th	266
2011	Fleur-de-lis Motorsports	68	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS 41	BRI																																32nd	146
	2nd Chance Motorsports	79	Ford					CAL 30	TEX 36	TAL 41	NSH 36	RCH 36	DAR 35	DOV 36		CLT 38	CHI 34
	Key Motorsports	46	Chevy												IOW 39
		42																MCH 41	ROA 41	DAY	KEN 38	NHA 41	NSH 39		IOW 41	GLN DNQ	CGV	BRI 39	ATL 39	RCH 38	CHI DNQ	DOV 40	KAN DNQ
		40																						IRP 31
	Go Green Racing	04	Ford																															CLT 38	TEX 40	PHO 42	HOM
2012	Randy Hill Racing	08	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL 36	TEX	RCH	TAL 32	DAR	IOW 37	CLT	DOV 40	MCH	ROA	KEN 38	DAY	NHA	CHI 37	IND	IOW	GLN		BRI 37	ATL	RCH	CHI 43	KEN									47th	100
2012	Go Green Racing	39	Ford																						CGV 17						DOV 29	CLT	KAN	TEX 35	PHO	HOM			47th	100
2013	KH Motorsports	92	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL 30	DAR	CLT	DOV	IOW	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM			78th	14

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	NCWTC	Pts
2009	MB Motorsports	63	Ford	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	CHI 25	IOW	GTW	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL				72nd	176
2009	MB Motorsports	36	Ford																							TEX 25	PHO	HOM	72nd	176
2010	Team Gill Racing	95	Dodge	DAY	ATL	MAR	NSH	KAN DNQ	DOV 31	CLT	TEX	MCH	IOW	GTY	IRP					CHI 36	KEN 36	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	67th	286
2010	Team Gill Racing	46	Dodge													POC 18	NSH	DAR	BRI										67th	286
2011	Tagsby Racing	73	Chevy	DAY	PHO	DAR	MAR	NSH	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX 21	KEN	IOW	NSH	IRP	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL	CHI	NHA	KEN	LVS	TAL	MAR			93rd	0¹
2011	Tagsby Racing	65	Chevy																								TEX DNQ	HOM	93rd	0¹
2012	Mike Harmon Racing	74	Chevy	DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	CHI	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL	IOW	KEN DNQ	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM				NA	0¹

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

References

↑ "The Teams". TriStar Motorsports. TriStar Motorsports. 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
1 2 Baptista, Todd (May 29, 2003). "Seekonk tries again this weekend". The Standard-Times. New Bedford, Massachusetts. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
1 2 "NASCAR: BNS: Lee USA: Tim Andrews race notes". Motorsport.com. April 30, 2003. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
↑ Claffie, Alan J. (March 24, 2004). "Tim Andrews Prepares For Return To Busch North Series". EastSeries.com. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
↑ "Andrews holds off Park for first Busch East victory". The Day (New London, Connecticut). September 23, 2006. p. C7. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
↑ "Wise Leads Test". Motor Racing Network. March 15, 2007. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
↑ Adamczyk, Jay (April 13, 2009). "April 2009 Nationwide Series Archive". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
↑ Long, Dustin (March 19, 2011). "Driver refuses to start Nationwide race after she says that owner ordered her to start and park". The Virginian-Pilot. Norfolk, Virginia. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
↑ Demmons, Doug (June 9, 2011). "Some people just shouldn't own a race team". The Birmingham News. Birmingham, Alabama. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
↑ Ebersole, Amanda (August 5, 2011). "Tim Andrews: A career in limbo". Skirts 'n Scuffs. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
↑ "Tim Andrews". Rotoworld Fantasy Sports. NBC Sports. January 20, 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
↑ Mahoney, Larry (January 27, 2012). "Old Orchard Beach’s St. Hilaire fielding NASCAR Sprint Cup team". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
↑ Rodman, Dave (January 20, 2012). "Go Green fulfills Andrews family's Cup dream". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
↑ Adamczyk, Jay (April 17, 2012). "Go Green Racing to make Sprint Cup debut". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. ESPN. Retrieved 2012-04-17.

External links

Tim Andrews on Twitter
Tim Andrews driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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