Pete Lovely
American racing driver (1926–2011)
Gerard Carlton "Pete " Lovely (April 11, 1926 – May 15, 2011) was a racecar driver and businessman from the United States . He was born in Livingston, Montana .
Racing career
On November 9, 1957, Lovely won the first ever race held at Laguna Seca , driving a Ferrari.[ 1] [ 2] Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on May 10, 1959. He scored no championship points. He won the S3.0 class and achieved a podium overall at the 1960 12 Hours of Sebring with a Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa . He was best known in his Formula One career for racing various private Lotus cars in World Championship events (usually entered under the banner of 'Pete Lovely Volkswagen') including a hybrid made from a Lotus 69 Formula Two car fitted with a Formula One-specification, 3.0L Cosworth DFV V8 engine . After his retirement from Formula One he was an entrant in various kinds of racing in the USA until the 1980s. Lovely's racing career spanned more than 50 years, and he continued to participate in Vintage and Historic events into the 2000s.
Business career
Lovely opened "Pete Lovely Volkswagen", a Volkswagen dealership in Fife , Washington, in 1954 and ran it for 34 years. He also owned "Pete Lovely Racing" which restored vintage race cars.[ 3]
Pete's only son, Chris, began working on Pete's cars at a young age and went on to become a highly respected mechanic in Can-Am, CART, Champ Car and IndyCar, working for championship-winning teams.
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Complete World Sportscar Championship results
12 Hours of Sebring
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Walt Ader , Emil Andres , Bill Cantrell , Joie Chitwood , Myron Fohr & Bayliss Levrett (all 1950 )Walt Brown , Cecil Green , Mack Hellings , Mauri Rose & Lee Wallard (all 1950 –1951 )Jimmy Davies & Walt Faulkner (1950 –1951 , 1953 –1955 )Duke Dinsmore (1950 –1951 , 1953 , 1956 )Henry Banks , George Connor , Johnny McDowell & Bill Schindler (all 1950 –1952 )Jack McGrath (1950 –1955 )Duane Carter (1950 –1955 , 1959 –1960 )Fred Agabashian & Sam Hanks (1950 –1957 )Johnnie Parsons (1950 –1958 )Troy Ruttman (1950 –1958 , 1960 )Tony Bettenhausen , Paul Russo & Harry Schell (all 1950 –1960 )Spider Webb (1950 , 1952 –1954 )Gene Hartley & Jim Rathmann (1950 , 1952 –1960 )Bill Holland & Jackie Holmes (1950 , 1953 )Jerry Hoyt (1950 , 1953 –1955 )Pat Flaherty (1950 , 1953 –1956 , 1959 )Jimmy Jackson (1950 , 1954 )Dick Rathmann (1950 , 1956 , 1958 –1960 )Carl Forberg & Bill Mackey (1951 )Bobby Ball , Joe James & Chet Miller (1951 –1952 )Cliff Griffith (1951 –1952 , 1956 )Duke Nalon (1951 –1953 )Manny Ayulo (1951 –1954 )Chuck Stevenson (1951 –1954 , 1960 )Bill Vukovich (1951 –1955 )Andy Linden (1951 –1957 )Rodger Ward (1951 –1960 , 1963 )Carl Scarborough (1951 , 1953 )Mike Nazaruk (1951 , 1953 –1954 )Gene Force (1951 , 1960 )Robert O'Brien & Jim Rigsby (1952 )Bob Scott (1952 –1954 )Art Cross (1952 –1955 )Bob Sweikert (1952 –1956 )Jimmy Bryan & Eddie Johnson (1952 –1960 )George Fonder (1952 , 1954 )Jimmy Reece (1952 , 1954 –1958 )Johnny Mantz (1953 )Ernie McCoy & Fred Wacker (1953 –1954 )Marshall Teague (1953 –1954 , 1957 )Cal Niday (1953 –1955 )Jimmy Daywalt (1953 –1957 , 1959 )Don Freeland & Johnny Thomson (1953 –1960 )John Fitch (1953 , 1955 )Frank Armi , Larry Crockett & Len Duncan (all 1954 )Bill Homeier (1954 –1955 , 1960 )Ed Elisian & Pat O'Connor (1954 –1958 )Keith Andrews (1955 –1956 )Ray Crawford (1955 –1956 , 1959 )Al Herman (1955 –1957 , 1959 –1960 )Eddie Russo (1955 –1957 , 1960 )Al Keller (1955 –1959 )Johnny Boyd (1955 –1960 )Chuck Weyant (1955 , 1957 –1959 )Shorty Templeman (1955 , 1958 , 1960 )Johnnie Tolan (1956 –1958 )Jack Turner (1956 –1959 )Bob Christie & Bob Veith (1956 –1960 )Billy Garrett (1956 , 1958 )Don Edmunds , Elmer George & Herbert MacKay-Fraser (all 1957 )Bill Cheesbourg & Mike Magill (1957 –1959 )Eddie Sachs (1957 –1960 )Masten Gregory (1957 –1963 , 1965 )George Amick , Art Bisch , Bruce Kessler & Jerry Unser Jr. (all 1958 )Jud Larson & Carroll Shelby (1958 –1959 )A. J. Foyt , Paul Goldsmith & Len Sutton (1958 –1960 )Phil Hill 1958 –1964 , 1966 )Dempsey Wilson (1958 , 1960 )Chuck Arnold , Harry Blanchard , Phil Cade , George Constantine & Bob Said (all 1959 )Red Amick , Don Branson , Bobby Grim & Jim McWithey (all 1959 –1960 )Pete Lovely (1959 –1960 , 1969 –1971 )Dan Gurney (1959 –1968 , 1970 )Chuck Daigh , Bob Drake , Fred Gamble , Jim Hurtubise , Lance Reventlow , Alfonso Thiele , Bud Tingelstad & Wayne Weiler (all 1960 )Lloyd Ruby (1960 –1961 )Jim Hall (1960 –1963 )Richie Ginther (1960 –1967 )Roger Penske (1961 –1962 )Hap Sharp (1961 –1964 )Walt Hansgen (1961 , 1964 )Jay Chamberlain , Timmy Mayer & Rob Schroeder (all 1962 )Tony Settember (1962 –1963 )Frank Dochnal & Thomas Monarch (1963 )Ronnie Bucknum (1964 –1966 )Peter Revson (1964 , 1971 –1974 )Bob Bondurant (1965 –1966 )Mike Fisher & Tom Jones (1967 )Bobby Unser (1968 )Mario Andretti 1968 –1972 , 1974 –1982 )Gus Hutchison (1970 )Skip Barber & Sam Posey (1971 –1972 )Mark Donohue (1971 , 1974 –1975 )George Follmer (1973 )Brett Lunger (1975 –1978 )Danny Ongais (1977 –1978 )Bobby Rahal (1978 )Eddie Cheever (1978 , 1980 –1989 )Kevin Cogan (1980 –1981 )Danny Sullivan (1983 )Michael Andretti (1993 )Scott Speed (2006 –2007 )Alexander Rossi (2015 )Logan Sargeant (2023 –2024 )
