Andrew Cushman, technician, fabricator

born: Aurora, Col., USA
current residence: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA .
unique note: Cushman had a tattoo of the No. 31 Petersen/White Lightning Porsche done on his calf immediately following the championship winning race at Laguna Seca in 2005. He added 2006 accolades following that season’s success...
duties: car maintenance, oversight of car graphics
race day duty: Left side tire changer, Maintenance
major accomplishments: Member of 2005 and 2006 ALMS GT2 Championship, nine ALMS class victories, 24 Hours of Le Mans runner-up (’05), 2005 Laughlin Rally winner (co-driver), Super Stock class. Member of the 2007 Utah Grand Prix GT2-winning effort.

bio brief
Andrew “Drew” Cushman arrived at Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing at Mosport in 2004 with no prior motorsports experience but an extensive background in exotic car maintenance. He immediately made a mark with his skill and detail-oriented approach to his job increasing his role in the team substantially in 2005 and 2006. Nicknamed “Bracket Boy” by the team for his talent at fabricating specialty pieces for the race car, Cushman is a technical school graduate. He has his Auto-Diesel degree with certification in HVAC maintenance. He is a certified BMW technician and has extensive experience working on multiple exotic cars. Since joining Petersen/ White Lightning, Cushman has only missed a podium finish twice in 14 attempts including victories at the 12 Hours of Sebring in his debut there. Other titles include the Petit Le Mans and Monterey Sports Car Championships. In all, Cushman has been a part of five ALMS GT2 victories, the runner-up position at the ‘05 24 Hours of Le Mans and won the ALMS GT2 Team, Driver and IMSA Cup championships in ’05. At the track, Cushman’s primary task is fabricating needed pieces for the Porsche. He is also directly responsible for the cosmetics of the car including needed bodywork and shares tire-changing duties on the pit wall side of the car with Joey Seely on race day. During the off-season, Cushman joined lead technician Dennis Chizma as his co-driver winning their class at the prestigious Laughlin Rally in a Porsche 911.

away from the track
Born in 1978, Cushman lives in Las Vegas working at the Petersen/White Lightning. When not at the track, the easy-going, hardworking crewman is an avid golfer. He also enjoys playing many sports including softball, tennis, basketball and both snow and water skiing. He impressed the team with his commitment when, following the Championship-winning race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, he had a tattoo of the Petersen/ White Lightning Porsche put onto his right calf. He is single.