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Andy Petree

{{short description|American motorsports commentator, team owner and driver}}

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

|name = Andy Petree

|image =

|caption =

|birth_name = Joseph Andrew Petree III

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|8|15}}

|birth_place = Hickory, North Carolina, U.S.

|achievements =

|awards = 1993, 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion Crew Chief

|Total_Busch_Races = 5

|Years_In_Busch = 2

|Best_Busch_Pos = 60th (1988)

|First_Busch_Race = 1988 Commonwealth 200 (Richmond)

|Last_Busch_Race = 1994 Advance Auto 500 (Martinsville)

|First_Busch_Win =

|Last_Busch_Win =

|Busch_Wins = 0

|Busch_Top_Tens = 0

|Busch_Poles = 0

|Total_Truck_Races = 7

|Years_In_Truck = 3

|Best_Truck_Pos = 50th (2003)

|First_Truck_Race = 2002 Advance Auto Parts 250 (Martinsville)

|Last_Truck_Race = 2004 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)

|First_Truck_Win =

|Last_Truck_Win =

|Truck_Wins = 0

|Truck_Top_Tens = 1

|Truck_Poles = 0

|updated = March 8, 2012

}}Joseph Andrew Petree III (born August 15, 1958) is an American former NASCAR crew chief, driver, team owner, and broadcaster who has worked as the rules analyst for Fox NASCAR.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/fox-sports-hires-andy-petree-as-nascar-rules-analyst-021015|title=FOX Sports hires Andy Petree as NASCAR rules analyst|work=Foxsports.com|date=February 10, 2015|access-date=February 11, 2015}} He used to be the Vice President of Competition at Richard Childress Racing.{{cite web|url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2017/12/04/andy-petree-named-richard-childress-racing-vice-president-competition/|title=Andy Petree named Richard Childress Racing's VP of Competition|work=NASCAR.com|date=December 4, 2017|access-date=February 21, 2018}} After racing for years at local short tracks (most notably Hickory Motor Speedway), Petree became part owner of the No. 32 Busch Series car for Dale Jarrett. By the age of 28, Petree was already a Winston Cup Series crew chief on the Leo Jackson racing team. That car was driven by the Bandit Harry Gant. Petree was a color commentator for ESPN and ABC's NASCAR coverage.

Broadcasting career

On October 12, 2006, Petree was officially named a color commentator of the ESPN/ABC NASCAR broadcast team for their Nationwide and Cup Series coverage. Petree joined Rusty Wallace and Jerry Punch in the broadcast booth, with Jamie Little, Mike Massaro, Dave Burns, Vince Welch, and Allen Bestwick reporting from pit road. By 2011, Petree was the only member of the 2007 broadcast team still in the booth; until ESPN's final season of broadcasting NASCAR, he was joined by Bestwick and Dale Jarrett, with Wallace in the infield studio and Punch on pit road.

On February 10, 2015, Petree was hired by Fox NASCAR as a rules analyst. However, Petree didn't return to FOX for 2016.

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.)

==Busch Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

!colspan=42| NASCAR Busch 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

! {{Tooltip|NBSC|NASCAR Busch Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=2| 1988

! rowspan=2| G&G Racing

! rowspan=2| 4

! Olds

| DAY

| HCY

| CAR

| MAR

| DAR

| BRI

| LNG

| NZH

| SBO

| NSV

| CLT

| DOV

| ROU

| LAN

| LVL

| MYB

| OXF

| SBO

| HCY

| LNG

| IRP

| ROU

| BRI

| DAR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
36

| DOV

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
17

| CLT

|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
30

! rowspan=2| 60th

! rowspan=2| 240

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/petrean01/1988/B|title=Andy Petree – 1988 NASCAR Busch Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=August 24, 2024}}

Buick

| colspan=28|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
22

|

1994

! Dale Earnhardt, Inc.

! 3

! Chevy

| DAY

| CAR

| RCH

| ATL

| MAR

| DAR

| HCY

| BRI

| ROU

| NHA

| NZH

| CLT

| DOV

| MYB

| GLN

| MLW

| SBO

| TAL

| HCY

| IRP

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| CLT

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
16

| CAR

| colspan=2|

! 79th

! 115

! {{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/petrean01/1994/B|title=Andy Petree – 1994 NASCAR Busch Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=August 24, 2024}}

==Craftsman Truck Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| NASCAR Craftsman 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

! {{Tooltip|NCTC|NASCAR Craftsman Truck classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2002

! rowspan=3| Andy Petree Racing

! rowspan=3| 33

! rowspan=3| Chevy

| DAY

| DAR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
31

| GTY

| PPR

| DOV

| TEX

| MEM

| MLW

| KAN

| KEN

| NHA

| MCH

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IRP
12

| NSH

| RCH

| TEX

| SBO

| LVS

| CAL

| PHO

| HOM

| colspan=3|

! 64th

! 202

! {{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/petrean01/2002/C|title=Andy Petree – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=August 24, 2024}}

2003

| DAY

| DAR

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MMR
14

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
10

| CLT

| DOV

| TEX

| MEM

| MLW

| KAN

| KEN

| GTW

| MCH

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IRP
20

| NSH

| BRI

| RCH

| NHA

| CAL

| LVS

| SBO

| TEX

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
18

| PHO

| HOM

! 50th

! 467

! {{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/petrean01/2003/C|title=Andy Petree – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=August 24, 2024}}

2004

| DAY

| ATL

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
18

| MFD

| CLT

| DOV

| TEX

| MEM

| MLW

| KAN

| KEN

| GTW

| MCH

| IRP

| NSH

| BRI

| RCH

| NHA

| LVS

| CAL

| TEX

| MAR

| PHO

| DAR

| HOM

! 87th

! 109

! {{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/petrean01/2004/C|title=Andy Petree – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=August 24, 2024}}

==Whelen Modified Tour==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

!colspan=38| NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results

Year

! Car owner

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! {{Tooltip|NWMTC|NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2011

! Andy Petree

! 5

! Chevy

| TMP

| STA

| STA

| MND

| TMP

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NHA
{{small|32}}

| RIV

| STA

| NHA

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
{{small|22}}

| DEL

| TMP

| LRP

| NHA

| STA

| TMP

! 39th

! 164

! {{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/petrean01/2011/N|title=Andy Petree – 2011 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=August 24, 2024}}

= ARCA Re/Max Series =

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan="34" |ARCA Re/Max 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

! {{Tooltip|ARMSC|ARCA Re/Max Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2001

! rowspan=2| Andy Petree Racing

! rowspan=2| 15

! rowspan=2| Chevy

| DAY

| NSH

| WIN

| SLM

| GTY

| KEN

| CLT

| KAN

| MCH

| POC

| MEM

| GLN

| KEN

| MCH

| POC

| NSH

| ISF

| CHI

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DSF
{{small|9}}

| SLM

| TOL

| BLN

| CLT

| TAL

| ATL

! 118th

! 195

! {{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/petrean01/2001/A|title=Andy Petree – 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=August 24, 2024}}

2002

| DAY

| ATL

| NSH

| SLM

| KEN

| CLT

| KAN

| POC

| MCH

| TOL

| SBO

| KEN

| BLN

| POC

| NSH

| ISF

| WIN

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DSF
{{small|33}}

| CHI

| SLM

| TAL

| CLT

| colspan=3|

! 165th

! 65

! {{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/petrean01/2002/A|title=Andy Petree – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=August 24, 2024}}

References

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External links

  • {{Racing-Reference driver|Andy_Petree}}
  • {{Racing-Reference owner|Andy_Petree}}
  • {{Racing-Reference crewchief|Andy_Petree}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100220221944/http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2009/11/petree_andy/ Andy Petree's ESPN Bio]
  • [http://www.nascar.com/2004/news/features/conversation/01/23/apetree_convo/ Andy Petree NASCAR.com Bio]

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Category:Living people

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