Gaston Andrey

Described as having curly and unruly hair, quick bright blue eyes and a movie star smile, Gaston Andrey (circa 1957) was also a very serious, capable and versatile racing driver. Credit Fred Vytal www.gastonandreymotorsports.com

Story by Jeff Allison
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Gus Andrey, The Team Manager

After his accident, Andrey turned his attention to managing Gaston Andrey Motorsports. The team prepared Tiga and Alba chassis, including engine prep or supplying the engines, for customers in the Camel Lights category. In 1986, Gaston Andrey Motorsports combined resources with Martino Finotto’s CARMA team racing a Ferrari-Alba. The Ferrari part was the two-valve, fuel-injected V8 engine from the Ferrari 308 that made around 460hp. Ferrari provided no support or assistance, so Andrey’s Oskar Feldman and CARMA’s Carlo Facetti developed a new cylinder head for the Ferrari V8, made a number of changes to the Alba chassis and won the Camel Lights category at West Palm Beach and Road America in 1986.

It was in the Maserati T61 (2455) that Gaston Andrey is most recognized and remembered, running in 16 races from 1959-1961 and finishing in the top four 13 times and not finishing only once. Road America Archives

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Andrey began 1961 with an excellent result in a GT car at the Sebring 12 Hours, combining with Allen Newman and Bob Publicker, finishing 12th overall and 2nd in class in a Ferrari 250 GT Spyder California (2015 GT).

The cars raced by Gaston Andrey were painted in the white and red national colors of his native Switzerland, which included his personal logo—a white cross on a red background. He’s pictured here in the Ferrari 500 Mondial (0430 MD) he raced in 1957.www.gastonandreymotorsports.com

By Jeff Allison

Few drivers are more representative of sports car racing in the U.S. than Gaston “Gus” Andrey, who won five SCCA national class championships and one SCCA Trans-American Series title.