Andy Meyrick (born 4 September 1985) is a British racing driver currently competing in the United SportsCar Championship and the Blancpain Endurance Series.

Racing career

Single seaters

Meyrick made his racing debut in the BRSCC Formula Ford 1600 North West championship at Oulton Park. He won the fifth race of his career and went on to win a total of ten races during the season, taking the Pre 90 class championship in a vintage Reynard 84FF. The following season he stepped up to the British Formula Ford Championship, driving for Cliff Dempsey Racing in the

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GR06 alongside Peter Dempsey. Later in 2006 Meyrick joined

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to drive in the

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, earning a pole position and a second-place finish in his third outing, at Thruxton Circuit. After the 2007 Formula Renault UK Wintercup Meyrick joined

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for two races in the British Formula Renault. The following season Meyrick stepped up to the

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with Carlin Motorsport in the National class. He drove in twelve races in the championship, earning seven class victories and a fifth place in the championship.

Endurance racing

Meyrick turned his attention to sports car racing, entering the

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with Kolles driving an

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. The team's best finish came at the

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, where Meyrick, Narain Karthikeyan and Charles Zwolsman Jr. finished fourth. Meyrick joined

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in the American Le Mans Series for the

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and the

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. Also in 2010, Meyrick entered his first

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, partnering with Soheil Ayari and

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in an AIM Team Oreca Matmut

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. The team finished the race as the first non- Audi, taking fourth overall. Following this success he was signed by Aston Martin Racing to join their LMP1 program. The team's best result came at the

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, when the No. 007 car finished sixth. Meyrick also raced in the vintage Group C Racing championship, winning two out of four races with four podium finishes and earning the C2 class title. Meyrick drove one race in an

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in the Group C Racing championship's C1 class, winning the race from pole. In 2012 Meyrick entered the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain for five events. At his debut at the Knockhill Racing Circuit he finished third behind Michael Meadows and Sam Tordoff and went on to finish 13th in the championship. Meyrick joined the DeltaWing program at beginning of the 2013 American Le Mans Series season, just before the

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joined the team at the second race of the season and the two drivers took the team to seventh in the P1 class standings. Meyrick and Legge each led eight laps at

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, the first race lead for the revolutionary prototype. Late in 2013, Meyrick signed on as a "Bentley Boy" and raced in the Blancpain Endurance Series for M-Sport in a factory-backed Bentley Continental GT. Meyrick was integral in the development of the car, which he drove to fourth place in its first outing at the Abu Dhabi Gulf 12 Hours. Meyrick returned to the works Bentley GT Team in 2014, winning at

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and

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, and with teammates Guy Smith and Steven Kane, finished second in both the drivers and team championship. Meyrick also continued driving the DeltaWing in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, with a season-high finish of fourth at the team's home race, Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. Meyrick was recognized for his achievements with the John Cobb Trophy from the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC). In 2015, Meyrick drove the endurance events only for the DeltaWing team, focusing on the Bentley factory Blancpain campaign. The team won two races (Paul Ricard and

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) and finished runner up in the championship.

Motorsports results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

(

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)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

References

External links

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Andy Meyrick on DriverDB.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meyrick, Andy 1985 births Living people British racing drivers Blancpain Endurance Series drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers Formula Ford drivers British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers American Le Mans Series drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers 12 Hours of Sebring drivers Formula Renault BARC drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers 24 Hours of Daytona drivers Porsche Carrera Cup GB drivers Carlin racing drivers Aston Martin Racing drivers Oreca drivers Kolles Racing drivers Team West-Tec drivers United Autosports drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers