Pete Lovely

Gerard Carlton "Pete" Lovely (April 11 1926 Livingston, Montana - May 15 2011 - Tacoma, Washington) was a United States driver and businessman. He owned a very successful Volkswagen dealership in the Pacific Northwest, and entered a total of 11 Formula One races through the years, always as a privateer and usually running cars. After retiring from Formula One, he continued to be active in local racing and historical events. He also owned "Pete Lovely Racing", a restoration shop that specialized in older Formula One and prototype cars. He continued to drive some of his historic cars into the 2000s.
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==Formula One Statistical Overview==
===Formula One Career===
Year 	Entrant 	Team 	WDC Pts. 	WDC Pos. 	Report
 	Team Lotus 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Fred Armbruster 	 	0 	NC 	Report
–: Did not compete	–: Did not compete 	–: Did not compete	–: Did not compete	–: Did not compete	–: Did not compete
 	Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc.	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc.	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc.	 	0 	NC 	Report
===Career Statistics===
===Career Results===
==Gallery==
Lovely 1959 Monaco Grand Prix.jpg|Lovely's debut at Monaco during the beginning of the season.
1960 Lovely Riverside.jpg|Lovely drives Armbruster's blue Cooper T51 during the 1960 United States Grand Prix at Riverside, California.
Lovely 1969 RoC.jpg|Lovely returned to Formula One as he had driven a red private for the 1969 Race of Champions.
1969 Mexican GP Lovely and McLaren.jpg|Lovely behind Bruce McLaren at the 1969 Mexican Grand Prix.
Pete Lovely 1970 Silverstone International Trophy.png|Pete Lovely driving a Lotus 49B during the 1970 BRDC International Trophy.
Pete Lovely 1970 France.jpg|Lovely at the 1970 French Grand Prix in Clermont-Ferrand.
Pete-Lovely-1970-USA-GP-copyright-John-Kwasnowski.jpg|Lovely's blue and white Lotus 49B at the 1970 United States Grand Prix during practice, but failed to qualify before the race on Sunday.
Lovely 1971 Questor Grand Prix.jpg|Pete Lovely, listed as a reserved driver, driving at the 1971 Questor Grand Prix.
Lovely's last two races in 1971.jpg|Lovely drove a green and yellow F2 Lotus 69 for the last two races in , Canada and America.
==References==
References:
Category:1926 births
Category:2011 deaths
Category:1959 Début Drivers
Category:Team Lotus Drivers
Category:Cooper Drivers
Category:Team Owners
Category:United States Drivers
Category:Deceased Drivers