Martinsville Speedway. Martinsville was also his best qualifying effort of the season. There he started 18th. While working for Dale Earnhardt, Earnhardt allowed Petree to drive his Busch car at Martinsville (1994). After starting 27th, Petree bettered his career best with a 16th. It would be his final Busch Series start. While his Cup team was falling apart, Petree tried to get some momentum going in the Craftsman Truck Series. Petree made his debut in that series at Martinsville in 2002. Despite an impressive 3rd place qualifying effort, Petree crashed and finished in 31st. However, the race at IRP later that year was better. He finished 12th. In 2003, Petree made 4 Truck starts and finished in the top-20 in each. He was 14th at Mesa Marin, 10th at Martinsville (career best), 20th at IRP, and 18th at the second Martinsville race. Petree's final start of his NASCAR career came at his best track: Martinsville in 2004. He started that race 9th and finished a respectable 18th. Seven months later, his team was sold and Petree's career as a car owner and a car driver was finished. Broadcasting career On October 12, 2006, Petree was officially named a color commentator of the ESPN/ABC NASCAR broadcast team for their Nationwide and Cup Series coverage. Petree joined Rusty Wallace and Jerry Punch in the broadcast booth, with Jamie Little, Mike Massaro, Dave Burns, Vince Welch, and Allen Bestwick reporting from pit road. By 2011, Petree was the only member of the 2007 broadcast team still in the booth; until ESPN's final season of broadcasting NASCAR, he was joined by Bestwick and Dale Jarrett, with Wallace in the infield studio and Punch on pit road. On February 10, 2015, Petree was hired by Fox NASCAR as a rules analyst. However, Petree didn't return to FOX for 2016. Motorsports career results NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Busch Series Craftsman Truck Series References External links Andy Petree's ESPN Bio Andy Petree NASCAR.com Bio Living people 1958 births People from Hickory, North Carolina Motorsport announcers NASCAR crew chiefs NASCAR team owners Racing drivers from North Carolina NASCAR drivers ARCA Menards Series drivers American television sports announcers Dale Earnhardt Inc. drivers