HOMEGROWN racing star Scott Andrews has got the nod for the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans car race.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve dreamt of doing this race since I was a child. After a successful race at Portimao (Portugal) with this team, I was extremely excited and honoured to be included in the Le Mans 24 driver line up,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n
Andrews is sponsored by CarGuy and Kessel Racing and will be competing in a Ferrari 488 GTE.<\/p>\n
24 hours of Le Mans is the biggest endurance race in the world and the 89th edition will take place from August 21 to 22.<\/p>\n
The race has been held annually since 1923 near the town of Le Mans in France and is the setting for James Mangold\u2019s 2019 film Ford v Ferrari, where American car designer Carroll Shelby (played by Matt Damon) and driver Ken Miles (played by Christian Bale) battle to defeat Ferrari in 1966.<\/p>\n
In January, the Surf Coast native and his team won their class at the prestigious Rolex 24 at DAYTONA.<\/p>\n
Scott raced for the Riley Motorsport \u2013 Robinson Racing team and took out the LMP3 category in a Ligier JS P320-Nissan.<\/p>\n
The team of three drivers completed 757 laps over 24 hours to take out the win in what was Scott\u2019s debut at the event. It was Scott\u2019s first 24-hour event.<\/p>\n
Fast-forward six months and Scott says being selected for Le Mans 24 hours is a dream come true.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe atmosphere is amazing at this race, there\u2019s not a lot like it. We had a productive low downforce test at Paul Ricard a few days ago so we hope that can translate into some good speed at Le Mans,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Paul Ricard Circuit is a French motorsport race track in Le Castellet, Var, near Marseille.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not Andrews\u2019 first time at the track, in 2018 he set the official LMP3 race lap record.<\/p>\n
His teammates will be Takeshi Kimura (CarGuy) and Mikkel Jensen (a factory Peugeot HyperCar driver).<\/p>\n
\u201cA massive thanks to CarGuy and Kessel Racing for believing in me. I look forward to doing our best job and seeing how we end up.\u201d<\/p>\n
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HOMEGROWN racing star Scott Andrews has got the nod for the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans car race. \u201cI\u2019ve dreamt of doing this race since I was a child. After a successful race at Portimao (Portugal) with this team, I was extremely excited and honoured to be included in the Le Mans 24 driver […]<\/p>\n