Lance Andrews
| Lance Andrews | |
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| Age | 61 |
| Nationality | English |
| Car # | Retired |
| Years Competed | {{{career}}} |
| Current Team | Retired |
| Championships | None |
| Pole Positions | 18 |
| Wins | 1 |
| First Race | 1990 Round of Watkins Glen |
| First Win | 2010 Round of Michigan |
| Last Win | 2010 Round of Michigan |
| Last Race | 2010 Round of Michigan |
| TM Master Cup Series Driver | |
Lance Andrews, MBE, (born in Warwick, England), is a former TM Master Cup series driver and current commentator for Channel 44. He has been associated with Carl Walter Racing, having driven for the team from 1994 until 2006, when he retired from full-time competition.
Andrews is widely considered to be the most unlucky TM Master Cup Series driver in history. He was the runaway favorite to be the first non-American to win a TM Master Cup Series race for most of the 1990s, but that honor went to Welshman Alan Hodges.
He infamously lost the 2004 Karjala Grand Prix by a few inches to Danny Savin, while most available camera angles showed Andrews's car was ahead of Savin's, electronic timing showed Savin ahead of Andrews. Despite a vigorous protest against the result of the race, the result was not overturned.
He previously held the record for the most second place finishes without a win (39) until he finally won in Midland Michigan, at the West Midland Bullring. Most of Andrews's second place finishes came in the early 1990s, when he was running some of the dominant but unreliable Lenards. Although there was much speculation that Andrews was instructed not to race Alan Foster to help Foster's many championship efforts, Andrews denied that was the case, saying only that Foster was always faster than he was.
Andrews now is a full time broadcaster for Channel 44 alongside Dan Mullen, but occasionally participates in GT and touring car races when his broadcasting duties don't call him away. He has previously won at Bathurst (1993 and 2007) and has also won the British national touring car championship twice (1989 and 1990).
Despite sharing a surname with Mike Andrews, the two are not related.
He made his debut at Watkins Glen International Raceway in 1990 and later at Lime Rock Park, he lead the race.
Lance also raced in the ARLA Elite Series in 2009, and he was as unlucky as his Master Cup career, so unlucky in fact that he came only one lap away from winning the 2009 Grand Prix of Decatur presented by Zap! Electronic Devices before his engine gave up.