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Mario Andretti

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Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an American former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from 1968 to 1982. Andretti won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1978 with Lotus, and won 12 Grands Prix across 14 seasons. In American open-wheel racing, Andretti won four IndyCar National Championship titles and the Indianapolis 500 in 1969; in stock car racing, he won the Daytona 500 in 1967. In endurance racing, Andretti is a three-time winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring.

Mario Andretti
Andretti in 2021
Born
Mario Gabriele Andretti

(1940-02-28) February 28, 1940 (age 84)
Montona, Istria, Kingdom of Italy
Spouse
Dee Ann Hoch
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(m. 1961; died 2018)​
Children3, including Michael and Jeff
Relatives
Championship titles
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityUnited States American
Active years1968–1972, 1974–1982
TeamsLotus, privateer March, Ferrari, Parnelli, Alfa Romeo, Williams
EnginesFord, Ferrari, Alfa Romeo
Entries131 (128 starts)
Championships1 (1978)
Wins12
Podiums19
Career points180
Pole positions18
Fastest laps10
First entry1968 United States Grand Prix
First win1971 South African Grand Prix
Last win1978 Dutch Grand Prix
Last entry1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix
Champ Car career
407 races run over 31 years
Best finish1st (1965, 1966, 1969, 1984)
First race1964 Trenton 100 (Trenton)
Last race1994 Monterey Grand Prix (Laguna Seca)
First win1965 Hoosier Grand Prix (IRP)
Last win1993 Valvoline 200 (Phoenix)
Wins Podiums Poles
52 141 65
NASCAR Cup Series career
14 races run over 4 years
First race1966 Motor Trend 500 (Riverside)
Last race1969 Motor Trend 500 (Riverside)
First win1967 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 3 0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1966–1967, 1982–1983, 1988, 1995–1997, 2000
TeamsFord, Mirage, Porsche, Courage, Panoz
Best finish2nd (1995)
Class wins1 (1995)

Born in the Kingdom of Italy, Andretti's family emigrated to the United States when he was 15. Andretti won the Formula One World Championship in 1978, four IndyCar titles, including three under USAC sanctioning, and one in CART. He is the only driver to win the Indianapolis 500 (1969), Daytona 500 (1967) and the Formula One World Championship, and, along with Juan Pablo Montoya, the only driver to have won a race in the NASCAR Cup Series, Formula One, and an Indianapolis 500. As of 2023, Andretti's victory at the 1978 Dutch Grand Prix is the most recent Formula One win by an American driver.[3] Andretti had 109 career wins on major circuits.[4] Andretti is one of only three drivers to have won races in Formula One, IndyCar, the World Sportscar Championship, and NASCAR. He has also won races in midget car racing and sprint car racing.

Andretti is the only person to be named United States Driver of the Year in three decades (1967, 1978, and 1984).[5] He was also one of only three drivers to have won major races on road courses, paved ovals, and dirt tracks in one season, a feat that he accomplished four times.[5] With his final IndyCar win in April 1993, Andretti became the first driver to have won IndyCar races in four different decades[6] and the first to win automobile races of any kind in five.[5]

In American popular culture, Andretti's name has become synonymous with speed, similar to Barney Oldfield in the early 20th century, as well as Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton in Europe.[7]

Early life

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Mario Gabriele Andretti was born on February 28, 1940 alongside his twin brother Aldo in Montona, Istria, Kingdom of Italy (present-day Motovun, Croatia).[8][9] He is the son of Alvise Andretti, a farm administrator, and his wife, Rina. Istria was then part of the Kingdom of Italy, but it became part of Yugoslavia at the end of World War II as product of the Treaty of Paris in 1947 and later the Treaty of Osimo in 1975. In 1948, the Andretti family, like many other Istrian Italians at the time, left during the Istrian–Dalmatian exodus. They initially ended up in a refugee camp in Lucca, Italy.[10]

In 2013, Andretti told author Paul Stenning:

My father left everything behind, we left our home and took what we could carry and went further into Italy. They had to swallow all of these families that were dispersed and they formed all different camps over Italy and we were shipped to a place in Tuscany. Life was a bit weird at the time but the one thing that my father always did, he always provided for us. As kids we were never cold, we were never hungry, we went to school, he always provided quite well.[11]

Racing career

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Childhood involvement in motorsports

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The twins' mother Rina said that when they were two years old, they would take pot lids out of the cupboards and run around the kitchen, going "Vroom, vroom," like they were driving cars before the twins had even yet seen a car.[5] In 1945, at age five, he and Aldo were racing their hand-crafted wooden cars through the steep streets of their hometown.[12] The brothers were later hired by a garage to park cars. In his autobiography, What's It Like Out There, published in 1970, Andretti described the experience, writing, "The first time I fired up a car, felt the engine shudder and the wheel come to life in my hands, I was hooked. It was a feeling I can't describe. I still get it every time I get into a race car."[13]

Andretti's first racing experience was in a new youth racing league called Formula Junior in Ancona, Italy, when he was thirteen years old.[8][14] Years later, in an interview during an RRDC Evening with Mario Andretti, Andretti implied that he and his brother made up the story of racing in the Formula Junior league when they moved to Pennsylvania to improve their chances of competing in dirt track racing because, having purchased racing suits in Italy, they looked the part.[15]

Marco De Cesari and Danilo Piccinini, the owners of the garage, noticed the Andretti brothers' passion for racing and brought them to the Abetone pass to watch a stretch of the Mille Miglia race in 1954 which caused him to become captivated by Italian two-time Formula One world champion Alberto Ascari, who won the race. Later in the same year, Piccinini brought the brothers to the Monza for the Italian Grand Prix, where Andretti saw Ascari and Juan Manuel Fangio race against each other.[14][16] "I remember being just mesmerized, overwhelmed by the sound, by the speed" Andretti recalled years later. "We didn't even have a grandstand seat, we were up on that bank before the Parabolica on the left. You know, we had a good view of things".[17]

Stock car racing

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Move to the U.S. and start in racing

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Andretti at the 1984 Pocono 500 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania in August 1984

Andretti's father had maintained contact with his brother-in-law who had lived in the U.S. for many years. It took the family three years to obtain a U.S. visa. Alvise Andretti initially told the family they would move to the U.S. for five years and then return to Italy. In 1955, the Andretti family emigrated to the U.S., settling in Nazareth in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania with just $125 to their name.[5]

In 2013, Andretti said:

When I looked at my life in many ways out of so many negatives here comes a positive and this was certainly one of them, here was an opportunity created for us, the kids, and my dad always cited that. He would say in a sense I am looking at your future, where I think would be the best solution for you kids to have opportunities and he was correct, he was right because if we had remained in Italy I don't know whether I could have pursued what my first passion was and the only passion I really had career wise.[11]

While getting acquainted with Pennsylvania, Mario and Aldo were surprised to find a half-mile dirt racing track Nazareth Speedway in Nazareth.[5] The twins worked on a 1948 Hudson and raced it in the Limited Sportsman Class, funded by money that they earned in their uncle's garage in 1959.[5] They took turns racing the old Hudson on oval dirt tracks near Nazareth. After finishing high school, Mario planned to become a welder, but he falsified a driver license so he could pass for 21 and enter an amateur race.[18] Mario and Aldo did not tell their parents that they were racing.[8] The twins each had two wins after their first four races.[19] Aldo was seriously hurt near the end of the season, and their parents were unhappy to find out that the twins were racing.[8] Mario had 21 modified stock car wins in 46 races in 1960 and 1961.[5]

USAC stock car

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Andretti became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1964. He competed in United States Auto Club (USAC) stock car events in 1965, and finished twelfth in the season points.[8] He won a USAC Stock Car race in 1967, and finished seventh in the season points.[8] He won three 1974 USAC stock car races on road courses, and won four road course races in 1975.[8]

NASCAR

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Andretti competed in fourteen NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup (now NASCAR Cup Series) events in his career. He competed in Holman Moody cars for his final ten events. Holman Moody was one of NASCAR's most successful teams at that time, as the team won NASCAR championships in 1968 and 1969 with driver David Pearson.[20] Andretti won the 1967 Daytona 500 for Holman Moody.[21][22]

International Race of Champions

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Andretti was invited to race in six International Race of Champions (IROC) series in his career. His best years were his first three years. He finished second in the final points standings in IROC III (1975–1976) and IROC V (1977–1978). He won the IROC VI (1978–1979) points championship with finishes of third, first, and second. He won three races in twenty events.[21]

Open-wheel racing

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Early open-wheel racing

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Andretti's goal was to race in single-seater open-wheel cars. Andretti said "Aldo and I were winning in the modifieds. But my objective was to get into open-wheelers."[8]

Andretti raced midget cars from 1961 to 1963. He started racing 3/4 (sized) midget cars in the American Three Quarter Midget Racing Association in the winter to be seen by full-sized midget car owners.[8] He raced in over one hundred events in 1963.[23] Andretti won three feature races at two different tracks on Labor Day in 1963.[8] He won an afternoon feature at Flemington, New Jersey, and swept twin features at Hatfield, Pennsylvania.[8]

The next rung on the racing ladder on the East Coast of the United States was to race in sprint cars in the United Racing Club (URC).[8] Andretti was able to get a ride for individual races in the URC sprint car racing series, but was unable to secure a full-time ride.[8] He once drove from Canada to Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania hoping to find a ride in an event, but he went empty-handed. He bypassed the series when he was offered a full-time ride in a United States Automobile Club sprint car for 1964.[8]

USAC sprint cars

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Andretti won the 1964 Joe James-Pat O'Connor Memorial USAC sprint car race at Salem Speedway in Salem, Indiana. Andretti continued to race in USAC sprint cars after moving into champ cars. In 1965 he won once at Ascot Park, and finished tenth in the season points.[8] In 1966 he won five times (Cumberland, Maryland, Oswego, New York, Rossburg, Ohio, Phoenix, Arizona, and his second win at the Joe James-Pat O'Connor Memorial at Salem Speedway), but finished behind Roger McCluskey in the season championship.[8] In 1967 he won two of the three events that he entered.[8]

IndyCar career (1964–1974)

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A replica of the Brawner Hawk in which Andretti won the 1969 Indianapolis 500 now on display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum in Indianapolis

From 1956 to 1979, the top open-wheel racing series in North America was the USAC National Championship. It was often referred to as IndyCar racing, referring to the famous Indianapolis 500 race which was the centerpiece of the championship. The races were run on a mixture of paved and dirt ovals, and in later years also included some road courses.

Andretti made his IndyCar debut on April 19, 1964, at the New Jersey State fairgrounds in Trenton, New Jersey.[8] He started sixteenth and finished eleventh. Andretti was introduced by his USAC sprint car owner, Rufus Gray, to veteran mechanic Clint Brawner. Brawner was not impressed since sprint car drivers Stan Bowman and Donnie Davis had recently died, and Brawner's current driver, Chuck Hulse, had been critically injured.[8] Chris Economaki recommended Andretti to Brawner, so Brawner watched Andretti race at Terre Haute, Indiana.[8] Brawner was convinced that he had found the new driver for his team.[8] The two stayed together for six years.[8] Andretti finished eleventh in the USAC National Championship that season.[8] Andretti won his first championship car race at the Hoosier Grand Prix on a road course at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1965.[8] His third-place finish at the 1965 Indianapolis 500 in the Brawner Hawk (a mechanical copy of the then-current Brabham Formula 1 design) earned him the race's Rookie of the Year award, and contributed towards Andretti winning the series championship. He was the youngest national champion in series history at age 25.[23] He repeated as series champion in 1966,[14] winning eight of fifteen events.[8] He led every lap of the 1966 Langhorne 100. He also won the pole at the 1966 Indianapolis 500.[8] Andretti finished second in IndyCar in 1967 and 1968. He also won a single non-championship drag race in 1967 in a Ford Mustang. In both 1967 and 1968, Andretti lost the season USAC championship to A. J. Foyt and Bobby Unser, respectively, in the waning laps of the last race of the season at Riverside, California—each by the smallest points margin in history.

Andretti won nine races in 1969, the 1969 Indianapolis 500, and the season championship. He also won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, which was part of the USAC National Championship.[19] He was named ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year. Between 1966 and 1969 he won 29 of 85 USAC championship races.[5]

In 1973, USAC split its National Championship into dirt and pavement championships.[8] Andretti had one win on the pavement and finished fifth in the season points, and finished second in the dirt championship.[8] He competed in USAC's dirt track division in 1974, and won the dirt track championship while competing in both series.[5] Andretti also competed in the North American Formula 5000 series in 1973 and 1974, and finished second in the championship in both seasons.[5]

Formula One career

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Part-time status (1968–1972, 1974)
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Andretti driving his Lotus Type 63 at the 1969 German Grand Prix in Nürburgring
 
Andretti's Lotus 77 racecar
 
Andretti at 1978 Dutch Grand Prix
 
Andretti driving his Alfa Romeo 179C at the Dutch Grand Prix in 1981
 
Andretti and Colin Chapman at the 1978 Dutch Grand Prix

Formula One is the highest form of open-wheel racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's international governing body. Although originating in Europe, by the 1960s it included races worldwide. At Andretti's first Indianapolis 500, in 1965, he met Colin Chapman, owner of the Lotus Formula One team, who was running eventual race winner Jim Clark's car.[24] Andretti told Chapman of his ambition to compete in Formula One and was told "When you're ready, call me."[25] By 1968 Andretti felt he was ready. Chapman gave him a car, and the young American took the pole position on his debut at the 1968 United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen in his Lotus 49.[24][26]

Andretti drove sporadically in Formula One over the next four years for Lotus, March, and Ferrari, while continuing to focus on his racing career in America.[24] At the 1971 South African Grand Prix, on his debut for Ferrari, he won his first Grand Prix.[24] "That was a big moment, one of those I'll always cherish," recalled Andretti. "Kyalami was a fun circuit to drive with lots of elevation changes and Ferrari gave me equal equipment to my teammates. It was a good weekend."[27] Three weeks later, at the non-championship Questor Grand Prix in the U.S., he brought the Italian team a second victory.[28] The day before the Questor GP, he had finished 9th in the Indy car race at Phoenix International Raceway.[29] At the end of the season, Ferrari called Andretti and made him a pitch to be his No. 1 driver but Andretti declined. "F1 didn't pay much back then and my contracts and commitments were so lucrative over here I couldn't give that up for the security of my family. The timing wasn't right yet, so I had to turn him down; but I always figured I'd get another opportunity."

Full-time status (1975–1981)
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In 1975 Andretti drove a full Formula One season for the first time, for the American Parnelli team. The team was new to Formula One, although it had been successful in both Formula 5000 and IndyCar racing in America with Andretti driving. The team had run Andretti in the two North American end-of-season races in 1974 with promising results. Andretti qualified fourth and led the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix for nine laps before his suspension failed. He scored five championship points in the season. Andretti continued to compete in IndyCar, missing two Formula One races in the middle of the season to do so.[30] When the Parnelli team pulled out of Formula One after two races of the 1976 season, Andretti returned to Chapman's Lotus team, for whom he had already driven at the season-opening Brazilian Grand Prix. Lotus was then at a low point, having failed to produce a competitive car to replace 1970's Lotus 72. Andretti's ability at developing a racing car contributed to Lotus' return to the front of the Formula One grid, culminating in lapping the field in his victory at the season ending race at the Mount Fuji circuit in Japan.[24] Since mid-1975 Lotus had been developing the use of ground effect, shaping the underside of the car to generate downforce with little penalizing drag. For his part, Andretti worked at setting up his cars for the races, exploiting subtle differences in tire size ('stagger') and suspension set up ('cross weighting') on each side of the car to optimize it for each track, an approach imported from his extensive oval racing experience in the United States.[31] In 1977, at Long Beach, he became the only American to win the United States Grand Prix West, and the last American as of 2022 to win any US Grand Prix.[32][33] The Lotus 78 "wing car" proved to be the most competitive car of 1977,[34] but despite winning four races, more than any other driver, reliability problems and collisions with other drivers meant Andretti finished only third in the championship.[34]

At the end of 1977, Andretti was approached by Ferrari as a potential replacement for Niki Lauda.

I had a handshake agreement with Colin and he'd already agreed to pay me what Ronnie Peterson was making, which was the highest salary in F1. So I asked Mr. Ferrari what was he willing to pay me. He said, 'You know, Mario, I can't put a price on your talent so you tell me.' That SOB threw it right back in my lap! Well, [Andretti's wife] Dee Ann was sitting next to me and I asked her what should I do and she said 'double it.' And Mr. Ferrari agreed. The next day I got a telex from him saying 'Let's just leave things alone' because he'd just had a visit from Colin (who'd) followed me to Maranello and raised hell with Mr. Ferrari. Can you imagine? So I told Colin he'd always been good to me but you don't want an unhappy driver. Then I told him I wanted $10,000 a point — you got nine points for a win back then — and he had to agree.'[27]

In 1978, the Lotus 79 designed by Chapman exploited ground effect even further. Andretti dominated the season and took the title with six wins.[34] He clinched the championship at the Italian Grand Prix.[5] There was no championship celebration though because his teammate Ronnie Peterson crashed heavily at the start of the race; he was hospitalised and died that night from complications resulting from his injuries.[5][35]

Andretti found little success after 1978 in Formula One – he failed to win another grand prix. He had a difficult year in 1979, as the new Lotus 80 was not competitive, and the team had to rely on the Lotus 79 which had been overtaken by the second generation of ground effect cars.[36] In 1980, he was paired with the young Italian Elio de Angelis, and briefly with test driver Nigel Mansell, but the team was again unsuccessful.[37]

For the 1981 season, Andretti decided to move to the Alfa Romeo team run by Carlo Chiti. Although the car was reasonably competitive (Andretti finished fourth on his debut with the team in Long Beach), a general lack of reliability resulted in yet another unsuccessful campaign. Like other drivers of the period, Andretti did not like the ground effect cars of the time: "the cars were getting absurd, really crude, with no suspension movement whatever. It was toggle switch driving with no need for any kind of delicacy...it made leaving Formula One a lot easier than it would have been."[38]

Brief returns with Williams and Ferrari (1982)
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The next year, Andretti raced once for the Williams team, after their driver Carlos Reutemann suddenly quit, before replacing the seriously injured Didier Pironi at Ferrari for the last two races of the year. Suspension failure dropped him out of the last race of the season, but at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza he took the pole position and finished third in the race.[24][39][40]

There was almost a return to F1 for Andretti at the 1984 Detroit Grand Prix when the Renault team put him on standby to replace regular driver Patrick Tambay if the Frenchman had been unable to race, as was the case at the previous race in Canada. However, in the event, Tambay was able to take part in the race.[41]

Andretti was also considered as a replacement, again for Tambay who had been injured in Canada, at the 1986 Detroit Grand Prix, this time for the Carl Haas-owned Haas Lola team. Andretti declined, but recommended his son Michael Andretti. When Michael was unable to obtain the FIA Superlicense required to allow him to race in Formula One, the drive went to Eddie Cheever.[42]

Return to IndyCar racing (1982–1994)

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The Penske PC-9 driven by Andretti during the 1980 CART season
 
Andretti in 1991
 
Andretti driving at Laguna Seca Raceway in 1991

Andretti had continued to race, and occasionally win, in the USAC National Championship during his time in the Formula One world championship. In 1979 a new organization, Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), had set up the IndyCar World Series as a rival to the USAC National Championships that Andretti had won three times in the 1960s. The new series had rapidly become the top open-wheel racing series in North America.[43]

Andretti joined CART full-time in 1982, driving for Patrick Racing. He started from row two in the Indianapolis 500 that year but was involved in a wreck on the approach to the start when rookie Kevin Cogan suddenly spun out. Three minutes after the wreck Andretti was heard saying "This is what happens when you have children doing a man's job up front," and he and Cogan were later involved in a shoving match.[44]

In 1983, he joined the new Newman/Haas Racing team, set up by Carl Haas and actor Paul Newman using cars built by British company Lola. Andretti took the team's first win at Elkhart Lake in 1983.[45] He won the pole for nine of sixteen events in 1984, and claimed his fourth Champ Car title at the age of 44. He edged out Tom Sneva by 13 points. It was the first series title for the second year team.

In August 1986, Andretti won the Pocono 500, in his 14th attempt to win at the track near his Pennsylvania home. It gave Andretti 500-mile Indy car wins at Indianapolis, Michigan, and Pocono.

Mario's son Michael joined Newman/Haas in 1989. Together, they made history as the first father/son team to compete in both IMSA GT and Champ Car racing.[14] With regard to the former, it was their fourth time in an endurance race together as co-drivers. Mario finished seventh in points for the 1991 season, the year that Michael won the championship. Mario's last victory in IndyCar racing came in 1993 at Phoenix International Raceway,[6] the year that Michael left Newman/Haas to race in Formula One. The win made Mario the oldest recorded winner in an IndyCar event (53 years, 34 days old).[6][46] Andretti qualified on the pole at the Michigan 500 later that year with a speed of 234.275 miles per hour (377.029 km/h). The speed was a new closed course world record.[23] Andretti's final season, in 1994, was dubbed "The Arrivederci Tour". He raced in the last of his 407 Indy car races that September.

Indianapolis 500

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Mario (left) and his brother Aldo (right) at pole day for the 2007 Indianapolis 500

Andretti won once at the Indianapolis 500 in 29 attempts. Andretti has had so many incidents and near victories at the track that critics have dubbed the family's performance after Mario's 1969 Indianapolis 500 victory the "Andretti Curse".[47][48]

Andretti finished all 500 miles (800 km) just five times, including his 1969 Indianapolis 500 victory. Andretti was the first driver to exceed 200 miles per hour (320 km/h) while practicing for the 1977 Indianapolis 500.[18] In 1969, after 4 years of bad luck and 4 non-finishes, Andretti dominated the Indianapolis 500 en route to his only victory in the race.[49] The race is notable as it is the only Indy 500 in history where the winning driver ran the whole race on only 1 set of tires.

Between his 1969 victory in the race and 1981, Andretti dropped out of the races due to part failures or crashes. His luck seemed to turn around in 1981. Andretti finished second in the 1981 Indianapolis 500 by eight seconds behind Bobby Unser. The following day Unser was penalized one lap for passing cars under a caution flag, and Andretti was declared the winner. Unser and his car owner Roger Penske appealed the race stewards' decision. USAC overturned the one lap penalty four months later, and penalized Unser with a $40,000 fine.

At the start of the 1982 Indianapolis 500, second-year driver Kevin Cogan, teammate to polesitter Rick Mears, suddenly spun right when accelerating for the green flag. Cogan bounced off A. J. Foyt, slamming Foyt's steering rod. That contact turned Cogan's car left at a 90-degree angle to the field, where he was promptly T-boned by Mario. Andretti was livid and engaged in a shoving match with Cogan before walking off. In an interview, three minutes after the wreck, an irked Andretti was heard saying "This is what happens when you have children doing a man's job up front." Andretti's Patrick Racing teammate that year was the eventual race winner, Gordon Johncock, who started next to Andretti in the middle of row two. In later years, Johncock pointed out that Andretti had jumped the start, and could have avoided the spinning car of Cogan had he been lined up properly in the second row next to Gordy.[50]

In the 1985 Indianapolis 500, he was passed for the lead by Danny Sullivan in Turn One on lap 20. Immediately after completing the pass, Sullivan spun in front of Andretti. A caution flag for the spin minimized the time Sullivan would lose to Andretti by pitting to replace his tires. Sullivan took the lead for good 20 laps later when he passed Andretti without incident. Andretti dominated the 1987 Indianapolis 500, leading 170 of the first 177 laps of the race. His lead was so large, that he was advised to slow his pace to preserve his equipment. In a cruel twist of fate, when Andretti started running slower, his reduced engine rpm's created a harmonic imbalance in his turbocharged Ilmor/Chevrolet V8 that led to a broken valve spring with 20 laps to go.[51]

The 1992 Indianapolis 500 was run in extremely cold weather which resulted in a large number of wrecks by cars on cold tires. Andretti accelerated off of turn three for the restart at the end of the 83rd lap. Under acceleration, Mario's car got loose in the middle of turn four and rotated 270 degrees to smash nose first into the wall. Andretti was taken to the hospital with six of his toes broken and would shortly be joined by his son Jeff Andretti who smashed both legs after a wheel came loose on his race car on the 109th lap of the race. Mario would only miss one race due to his injuries, and returned to run 6th in a race just four weeks after his crash.

The 1993 Indianapolis 500 was Andretti's last notable run, and he had just come off a victory at Phoenix. On pole day, Andretti was the first car to complete a qualifying run, and sat on the provisional pole position. Andretti's speed held up all afternoon, but with less than an hour to go, Arie Luyendyk topped his speed, and took the pole. On race day, Andretti was a factor most of the afternoon, leading the most laps (72). While leading on lap 134, Andretti was penalized for entering the pits while they were closed. A stop-and-go penalty dropped him only down to second place. In the final 50 laps, he began developing handling problems because of his tires, and slid down the standings to finish 5th. Andretti's last race at Indy was the 1994 Indianapolis 500.[47]

On April 23, 2003, in the lead up to the 2003 Indianapolis 500, Andretti took to the track for the first time in ten years in a major open-wheel car at the age of 63. He participated in a test session for son Michael's AGR IndyCar team. One of the team's regular drivers, Tony Kanaan, suffered a radial fracture of his arm a week earlier in an April 15 crash at Twin Ring Motegi. If Kanaan was not cleared to drive in enough time, tentative plans were being prepared for Andretti to qualify the car for him. He would turn the car over to Kanaan on race day, though no plans had been made for Andretti to actually drive in the race. During the test, Andretti ran at competitive speeds, but running over debris saw his car becoming airborne and the attempt ended with a spectacular crash. Andretti was able to walk away from the wreck with just a minor cut on his chin. This was Andretti's last significant on-track activity at Indianapolis.

Sports cars

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Andretti's 1989 Porsche 962 co-driven with son Michael

His first race start with a Ferrari was in 1965 with a Ferrari 275 P during the Bridgehampton 500 km at Bridgehampton Race Circuit; he did not finish the race. Andretti won three 12 Hours of Sebring endurance races (1967, 1970, 1972),[5][52] and a 6-hour race at Daytona in 1972.[53] In early sportscar races he competed for the Holman Moody team, but later often drove for Ferrari. He signed with Ferrari in 1971, and won several races with co-driver Jacky Ickx.[24] In 1972 he shared wins in the three North American rounds of the championship and at Brands Hatch in the UK, contributing to Ferrari's dominant victory in that year's World Championship for Makes.[54] He also competed in the popular North American Can-Am series in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Le Mans

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Andretti competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in four decades. In 1966 he shared a Holman Moody Ford Mk II with Lucien Bianchi. They retired after their car dropped a valve at 10:30 pm.[55] In 1967, during a 3:30 am pit stop, a mechanic inadvertently installed a front brake pad backward on his Ford MkIV. As Andretti passed under the Dunlop Bridge before the Esses, he touched his brake pedal for the first time since leaving the pits. The front wheel instantly locked, turning the car hard into the dirt embankment at 150 mph (240 km/h). The wreckage slid to a stop with Andretti badly shaken, the car sideways to oncoming traffic and the track nearly blocked. His teammates, Jo Schlesser and Roger McCluskey, crashed trying to avoid Andretti's car. McCluskey pulled Andretti to safety, and Andretti was taken to hospital for x-rays.[56][57]

Andretti did not return to Le Mans until his full-time Formula One career was over. In 1982, he partnered with son Michael in a Mirage M12 Ford. They qualified in ninth place, but the pair found their car being removed from the starting grid 80 minutes before the start of the race,[58] as an official discovered an oil cooler that was mounted behind the gearbox, which was against the rules. The car had passed initial inspection four days before the race.[58] Despite protests and complaints, Andretti's entry was removed altogether, replaced by a Porsche 924 Carrera GTR. Their return in the following year was more successful as they finished third. The father/son team returned in 1988 with Mario's nephew John. They finished sixth in a factory Porsche 962. Following Mario's retirement from full-time racing, he decided on a return to the circuit to add a Le Mans victory to his achievements. He returned in 1995 with a second-place finish. He said in a 2006 interview that he feels that the Courage Compétition team "lost [the 1995] race five times over" through poor organization. He had unsuccessful efforts in the following years with a thirteenth place in 1996, and then a DNF (Did Not Finish) for 1997. Andretti's final appearance at Le Mans was at the 2000 race, six years after his retirement from full-time racing, when he drove the Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S at the age of 60, finishing 15th.[59]

Awards and honors

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In 1986, he was inducted into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame. In 2000, the Associated Press and RACER magazine named him Driver of the Century.[60] He was the Driver of the Year (in the United States) for three years (1967, 1978, and 1984),[61] and is the only driver to be Driver of the Year in three decades.[19] Andretti was named the U.S. Driver of the Quarter Century in 1992.[4] He was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2001,[4] the United States National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1996,[8] the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America[62] in 1990, the Hoosier Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1970,[8] the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2005,[63] and the Diecast Hall of Fame in 2012.[64]

On October 23, 2006, Andretti was awarded the highest civilian honor given by the Italian government, the Commendatore dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (known as the Commendatore), in honor of his racing career, public service, and enduring commitment to his Italian heritage.[60] In 2007, Andretti was honored with the "Lombardi Award of Excellence" from the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation for making "a "Hall of Fame" contribution to a sport, profession, or business in a manner that exemplifies appreciation of God, country, society, family and self."[64] That same year, he was also named the "Mayor" (Sindaco) of the "Free Commune of Motovun in Exile" (Libero Comune di Montona in esilio), an association of Italian exiles from Motovun.[65][66] In 2008, Andretti was awarded with the Simeone Foundation Spirit of Competition Award.[67]

In 2016, Andretti was made an honorary citizen of Lucca.[68] In 2019, the city of Indianapolis renamed a street "Mario Andretti Drive", as part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of his first Indianapolis 500 win.[69]

Mario Andretti Grand Prix of Road America

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Mario was instrumental in keeping championship car racing at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The Champ Car World Series severed its ties with the track as a legal resolution of payment issues from the 2002 and 2003 series events at the track. Andretti was the middle man between CART President Chris Pook and Road America President George Bruggenthies. After six weeks both sides came to terms and signed a two-year contract. The event was renamed the "Mario Andretti Grand Prix of Road America".[12]

Elder of Andretti racing family

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Further information: John Andretti, Marco Andretti, and Michael Andretti
 
Mario (left) with nephew John (right) at the 2007 Indianapolis 500

Both of Mario Andretti's sons, Michael and Jeff, were auto racers. Michael followed in his father's footsteps by winning the IndyCar title, with Mario's nephew John Andretti joining the series in 1988. This meant that the Andrettis became the first family to have four relatives compete in the same series.[19] With Mario sharing driving duties with sons Michael and Jeff at the 1991 Rolex 24 at Daytona, driving a Porsche 962, the Andretti clan finished 5th.[70]

Mario's grandson Marco completed his first full season in the Indy Racing League (IRL) in 2006, driving for his father Michael's Andretti Green Racing team. Marco finished second in the 2006 Indianapolis 500 and so became the first third-generation recipient of the race's Rookie of the Year Award.

Later life

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Andretti in 2009
 
Andretti (second from right) in October 2011, at a promotional event announcing the return of Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, to the IndyCar Series schedule for the 2013 season

Andretti lives near his grandson Marco in Bushkill Township, Pennsylvania. His late wife Dee Ann (née Hoch)[71] was a native of Nazareth, Pennsylvania, who taught Andretti English in 1961.[18][72] They were married on November 25, 1961.[73] She died on July 2, 2018, following a heart attack.[74]

Andretti has remained active after his retirement from full-time racing, making numerous speaking engagements to audiences and serving as a spokesman for Texaco/Havoline, Firestone, and Magnaflow performance exhaust. He was occasionally a spokesman for the now defunct Champ Car World Series, though he frequently attended IRL races to watch Marco compete. Andretti is vice chairman of a winery named Andretti Winery in Napa Valley, California. He owns a chain of gasoline stations, a Toyota dealership in Moon Township, Pennsylvania (just outside Pittsburgh), car washes, car-care products, go-kart tracks, a clothing line, video games and replica cars. He also test drives cars for Road & Track and Car and Driver magazines.[7]

In 2006, he was named by Carnegie Corporation to the inaugural class of winners of the Great Immigrants Award.[75]

In July 2006, Andretti took part in the Bullrun race across the United States.[7] The first pitstop was at the Pocono Raceway in Andretti's home state of Pennsylvania with Gate No. 5 aptly named Andretti Road.[76]

Since 2012, Andretti has been the official ambassador for the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) and the United States Grand Prix promoting awareness of Formula 1 in the United States and all forms of motorsports at COTA.[77]

In 2015, he received the America Award from the Italy–USA Foundation.[78]

Film and television appearances

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Andretti played himself on three episodes of the United States television show Home Improvement.[79] Along with his son Michael, he appeared in the 1996 IMAX film Super Speedway, which details the process of rebuilding one of his past cars.[79] He is a major character and sometime narrator of the 1972 film The Speed Merchants.[80] In the 2006 Pixar Animation Studios film Cars, Andretti makes a cameo appearance as himself, but because all of the characters in the film are sentient cars, his appearance is that of the Ford Fairlane in which he won the 1967 Daytona 500.[81] He later had another voice role in the 2013 DreamWorks Animation film Turbo, as the traffic director at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.[82]

Andretti appeared in the Sylvester Stallone film Driven in a cameo. He served as the grand marshal of the 2004 Baja 1000 off-road race, as seen in the documentary film Dust to Glory.[83] Andretti was featured in the 2007 documentary A State of Vine, where he commented on his winemaking activities. In November 2015, he guest starred on an episode of Jay Leno's Garage, driving Leno in multiple fast cars and talking about his racing career.[84]

Andretti wrote a column for the Indianapolis Star, where he wrote about other drivers, equipment and cars.[73]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
1964 USAC Championship Car Dean Van Lines Racing Division 8 0 0 0 1 530 11th
Lee S Glessner 1 0 0 0 0
Doug Stearly 1 0 0 0 0
1965 USAC Championship Car Dean Van Lines Racing Division 16 1 3 ? 10 3110 1st
1966 USAC Championship Car Dean Van Lines Racing Division 14 8 9 ? 9 3070 1st
Jim Robbins 1 0 0 0 0
NASCAR Grand National Series Owens Racing 4 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
24 Hours of Le Mans Holman & Moody 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
1967 USAC Championship Car Dean Van Lines Racing Division 19 8 4 ? 13 3360 2nd
NASCAR Grand National Series Holman & Moody 6 1 0 ? 1 N/A 51st
World Sportscar Championship Ford Motor Co. 2 1 ? 1 1 N/A NC
1968 USAC Championship Car Andretti Racing Enterprises 27 4 8 ? 16 4319 2nd
NASCAR Grand National Series Holman & Moody 3 0 0 ? 0 N/A 51st
Formula One Gold Leaf Team Lotus 1 0 1 0 0 0 NC
World Sportscar Championship Autodelta SpA 1 0 0 0 0 0 6th
1969 USAC Championship Car STP Corporation 24 9 5 ? 13 5055 1st
Can-Am Holman & Moody 4 0 0 0 1 22 11th
Formula One Gold Leaf Team Lotus 3 0 0 0 0 NC 0
NASCAR Grand National Series Holman & Moody 1 0 0 0 0 NC 0
1970 USAC Championship Car STP Corporation 18 1 4 ? 4 1890 5th
Formula One STP Corporation 5 0 0 0 1 4 15th
Can-Am SpA Ferrari SEFAC 1 0 0 0 0 8 23rd
1971 USAC Championship Car STP Corporation 10 0 0 ? 1 1370 9th
Formula One Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 5 1 0 1 1 12 8th
Can-Am SpA Ferrari SEFAC 1 0 0 0 0 10 19th
1972 USAC Championship Car Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing 10 0 1 ? 2 1135 11th
Formula One Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 5 0 0 0 0 4 12th
1973 USAC Championship Car Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing 15 1 1 ? 3 2400 5th
1974 USAC Championship Car Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing 11 0 1 ? 1 655 15th
SCCA Continental Championship 7 3 6 2 5 97 2nd
Formula One 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
World Sportscar Championship Autodelta 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1975 Formula One Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing 12 0 0 1 0 5 14th
SCCA Continental Championship 9 4 8 2 5 165 2nd
USAC Championship Car 3 0 0 0 0 210 23rd
Sugaripe Prune Racing Team 1 0 0 0 1
1976 Formula One John Player Team Lotus 13 1 1 1 3 22 6th
Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing 2 0 0 0 0
USAC Championship Car Penske Racing 4 0 0 ? 1 1200 9th
1977 Formula One John Player Team Lotus 17 4 7 4 5 47 3rd
USAC Championship Car Penske Racing 6 0 0 ? 1 1580 7th
1978 Formula One John Player Team Lotus 16 6 8 3 7 64 1st
USAC Championship Car Penske Racing 8 1 0 ? 1 681 17th
1979 Formula One Martini Racing Team Lotus 14 0 0 0 1 14 12th
BMW M1 Procar Championship BMW Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 2 27th
PPG Indy Car World Series Penske Racing 1 0 0 ? 1 700 11th
1980 Formula One Team Essex Lotus 14 0 0 0 0 1 20th
PPG Indy Car World Series Penske Racing 4 1 2 ? 2 580 16th
USAC Championship Car Penske Racing 2 0 0 ? 0 40 37th
BMW M1 Procar Championship BMW Motorsport 1 0 0 ? 0 0 NC
1981 Formula One Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo 15 0 0 0 0 3 17th
PPG Indy Car World Series Patrick Racing 7 0 1 ? 4 81 11th
1981-82 USAC Championship Car Patrick Racing 2 0 0 ? 1 805 6th
1982 PPG Indy Car World Series Patrick Racing 11 0 0 ? 6 188 3rd
Formula One Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 2 0 1 0 1 4 19th
TAG Williams Team 1 0 0 0 0
24 Hours of Le Mans Grand Touring Cars Inc. 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNS
1982-83 USAC Championship Car Newman/Haas Racing 1 0 0 ? 0 15 32nd
1983 PPG Indy Car World Series Newman/Haas Racing 13 2 2 2 6 133 3rd
24 Hours of Le Mans Porsche Kremer Racing 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
1983-84 USAC Championship Car Newman/Haas Racing 1 0 0 ? 0 20 20th
1984 PPG Indy Car World Series Newman/Haas Racing 16 6 8 6 8 176 1st
IMSA GT Championship Porsche AG 1 0 1 0 0 N/A NC
1985 PPG Indy Car World Series Newman/Haas Racing 14 3 3 3 5 114 5th
1986 PPG Indy Car World Series Newman/Haas Racing 17 2 3 2 4 136 5th
1987 PPG Indy Car World Series Newman/Haas Racing 15 2 7 2 3 100 6th
1988 PPG Indy Car World Series Newman/Haas Racing 15 2 0 2 7 126 5th
24 Hours of Le Mans Porsche AG 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
1989 PPG Indy Car World Series Newman/Haas Racing 15 0 0 0 4 110 6th
IMSA GT Championship Busby Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
1990 PPG Indy Car World Series Newman/Haas Racing 16 0 0 0 4 136 7th
1991 PPG Indy Car World Series Newman/Haas Racing 17 0 0 0 4 132 7th
IMSA GT Championship Jochen Dauer Racing 1 0 0 0 0 18 29th
1992 PPG Indy Car World Series Newman/Haas Racing 15 0 1 0 1 105 6th
1993 PPG Indy Car World Series Newman/Haas Racing 16 1 1 1 3 117 6th
1994 PPG Indy Car World Series Newman/Haas Racing 16 0 0 0 1 45 14th
1995 24 Hours of Le Mans Courage Compétition 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
1996 24 Hours of Le Mans Courage Compétition 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 13th
1997 24 Hours of Le Mans Courage Compétition 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2000 24 Hours of Le Mans Panoz Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 15th

American open-wheel racing

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

USAC Championship Car

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USAC Championship Car results
Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Pos. Pts
1964 Doug Stearly Elder 61 FE Offenhauser PHX TRE
11 		INDY MIL 11th 530
Lee S Glessner Meskowski 58 D LAN
9
Dean Van Lines Racing Division Blum 64 FE TRE
11 		MIL
3 		TRE
22 		PHX
18
Kuzma 60 D ISF
6 		DSF
15 		INF
10 		SAC
8
1965 Dean Van Lines Racing Division Blum 64 FE Offenhauser PHX
6 		TRE
2 		ATL
2 		LAN
4 		1st 3110
Hawk I Ford 255 ci V8 INDY
3 		MIL
4 		LAN
2 		PPR TRE
Wth 		IRP
1 		MIL
2 		MIL
16 		TRE
13 		PHX
2
Kuzma 60 D Offenhauser ISF
3 		DSF
15 		INF
2 		SAC
3
1966 Dean Van Lines Racing Division Hawk I Ford 255 ci V8 PHX
15 		TRE
4 		INDY
18 		MIL
1 		LAN
1 		ATL
1 		PPR IRP
1 		MIL
1 		TRE
1 		PHX
1 		1st 3070
Jim Robbins Vollstedt 65 LAN
21
Dean Van Lines Racing Division Kuzma 60 D Offenhauser ISF
2 		DSF
15 		INF
1 		SAC
10
1967 Dean Van Lines Racing Division Hawk I Ford 255 ci V8 PHX
DNS 		2nd 3360
Hawk II TRE
1 		INDY
30 		MIL
Wth 		LAN
3 		IRP
1 		LAN
1 		MTR
1 		MTR
1 		MIL
1 		TRE
25 		HAN
24 		PHX
1 		RSD
3
Bobby Unser Lotus 18/21 Chevrolet V8 PPR
14
Dean Van Lines Racing Division Hawk II MOS
21 		MOS
11
Kuzma 60 D Offenhauser ISF
2 		DSF
2 		INF
1 		SAC
2
1968 Andretti Racing Enterprises Hawk II Ford 255 ci V8 HAN
23 		LVS
2 		PHX
15 		TRE
2 		PPR
4 		MIL
2 		2nd 4319
Hawk III Ford 159ci V8 t INDY
33
Ford 255 ci V8 MIL
2 		MOS
2 		MOS
2 		LAN
17 		CDR
15 		IRP
2 		IRP
2 		MTR
1 		MTR
1 		RSD
18
Kuzma 60 D Offenhauser NAZ
2 		ISF
18 		DSF
1 		INF
2 		SAC
4
Leader Card Racers Watson 68 Offy 159 ci t LAN
23 		LAN
Andretti Racing Enterprises Hawk II TRE
1 		MCH
2 		HAN
3 		PHX
24
1969 STP Corporation Hawk III Ford 159ci V8 t PHX
16 		HAN
1 		INDY
1 		MIL
7 		TRE
1 		MIL
4 		DOV
11 		TRE
1 		PHX
21 		1st 5055
Ford 255 ci V8 LAN
5 		CDR
10 		IRP
9 		IRP
2 		BRN
4 		BRN
3 		SIR
1 		SIR
2 		RSD
1
Kingfish D Chevrolet V8 PPR
1
Kuzma 60 D Offenhauser NAZ
1 		ISF
1 		DSF
2 		INF
6 		SAC
15
1970 STP Corporation Hawk III Ford 159ci V8 t PHX
13 		TRE
2 		LAN
8 		MCH
21 		MIL
24 		PHX
8 		5th 1890
Ford 255 ci V8 SON
2
McNamara T-500 Ford 159ci V8 t INDY
6 		MIL
5 		ONT
10 		TRE
21
Ford 255 ci V8 CDR
1 		IRP
18
Kingfish 70 D Ford Weslake Mk.IV ISF
24 		DSF
17 		INF
11 		SED
2 		SAC
14
1971 STP Corporation McNamara T-501 Ford 159ci V8 t RAF RAF PHX
9 		TRE
18 		INDY
30 		MIL
11 		POC
4 		MCH
12 		MIL
19 		ONT
33 		TRE
2 		PHX
4 		9th 1370
1972 Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing Colt 70/72 Offy 159 ci t PHX
2 		11th 1135
Parnelli VPJ1 TRE
22 		INDY
8 		MIL
8 		MCH
12 		POC
7 		MIL
11 		ONT
27 		TRE
28 		PHX
3
1973 Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing Parnelli VPJ2 Offy 159 ci t TWS
25 		TRE
4 		TRE
1 		INDY
30 		MIL
8 		POC
7 		MCH
5 		MIL
19 		ONT ONT
12 		ONT
2 		MCH
5 		MCH
2 		TRE
7 		TWS
17 		PHX
7 		5th 2400
1974 Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing Parnelli VPJ2 Offy 159 ci t ONT ONT
9 		ONT
25 		15th 655
Eagle 74 PHX
5 		INDY
31 		POC
17 		MCH
18 		MIL
8 		MCH
10 		TRE TRE PHX
3
Parnelli VPJ3 TRE
9 		MIL
17
1975 Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing Eagle 74 Offy 159 ci t ONT ONT ONT
28 		PHX TRE INDY
28 		MIL POC
25 		MCH MIL MCH TRE 23rd 210
Sugaripe Prune Racing Team PHX
3
1976 Penske Racing McLaren M16C Offy 159 ci t PHX TRE INDY
8 		MIL POC
5 		MCH TWS TRE MIL ONT MCH TWS
4 		PHX
3 		9th 1200
1977 Penske Racing McLaren M24 Cosworth DFX V8 t ONT PHX
DNS 		TWS TRE
16 		INDY
26 		MIL POC
2 		MOS MCH TWS MIL ONT
4 		PHX
4 		7th 1580
Penske PC-5 MCH
20
1978 Penske Racing Penske PC-6 Cosworth DFX V8 t PHX ONT
15 		TWS
5 		TRE
13 		INDY
12 		MOS MIL POC
23 		MCH ATL TWS MIL ONT MCH
20 		TRE
1 		SIL BRH PHX
7 		17th 681
1980 Penske Racing Penske PC-9 Cosworth DFX V8 t ONT INDY
20 		MIL POC
17 		MDO 37th 40
1981-82 Patrick Racing Wildcat MK8 Cosworth DFX V8 t INDY
2 		POC ISF DSF INF 6th 805
Wildcat MK8B INDY
31
1982-83 Newman/Haas Racing Lola T700 Cosworth DFX V8 t ISF DSF NAZ INDY
23 		32nd 15
1983-84 Newman/Haas Racing Lola T800 Cosworth DFX V8 t DSF INDY
17 		20th 20
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Andretti Racing Enterprises IndyCar wins

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These are the wins of Andretti Racing Enterprises, the team headed by legendary mechanic Clint Brawner. Andretti Racing Enterprises (the former Dean Van Lines team) was formed after Al Dean's death in 1967 and was financed during the 1968 season by Firestone.[86]

# Season Date Sanction Track / Race No. Winning Driver Chassis Engine Tire Grid Laps Led
1 1968 August 4 USAC Circuit Mont-Tremblant Heat 1 (R) 2   Mario Andretti Hawk III Ford Indy DOHC V8 Firestone Pole 26
2 August 4 USAC Circuit Mont-Tremblant Heat 2 (R) 2   Mario Andretti (2) Hawk III Ford Indy DOHC V8 Firestone Pole 38
3 September 2 USAC DuQuoin (DO) 2   Mario Andretti (3) Kuzma 60 D Offenhauser L4 252 cu Firestone 6 94
4 September 22 USAC Trenton International Speedway (O) 2   Mario Andretti (4) Hawk II Offenhauser L4 TC 168 cu Firestone 2 172

PPG Indy Car World Series

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PPG Indy Car World Series results
Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos. Pts Ref
1979 Penske Racing Penske PC-7 Cosworth DFX V8 t PHX ATL ATL INDY TRE TRE MCH MCH WGL TRE ONT
3 		MCH
DNS 		ATL PHX 11th 700 [87]
1980 Penske Racing Penske PC-8 Cosworth DFX V8 t ONT INDY
20 		MIL POC
17 		MDO MCH WGL MIL ONT MCH
1 		MEX PHX
2 		16th 580 [88]
1981 Patrick Racing Wildcat MK8 Cosworth DFX V8 t PHX
11 		MIL
3 		ATL
3 		ATL
2 		MCH RIV MIL MCH
2 		WGL
16 		MEX PHX
4 		11th 81 [89]
1982 Patrick Racing Wildcat MK8B Cosworth DFX V8 t PHX
2 		ATL
11 		MIL
9 		CLE
2 		MCH
2 		MIL
3 		POC
14 		RIV
23 		ROA
14 		MCH
2 		PHX
3 		3rd 188 [90]
1983 Newman/Haas Racing Lola T700 Cosworth DFX V8 t ATL
5 		INDY
23 		MIL
18 		CLE
14 		MCH
3 		ROA
1 		POC
7 		RIV
16 		MDO
2 		MCH
4 		CPL
1 		LAG
2 		PHX
2 		3rd 133 [91]
1984 Newman/Haas Racing Lola T800 Cosworth DFX V8 t LBH
1 		PHX
20 		INDY
17 		MIL
8 		POR
26 		MEA
1 		CLE
21 		MCH
1 		ROA
1 		POC
19 		MDO
1 		SAN
7 		MCH
1 		PHX
12 		LAG
2 		CPL
2 		1st 176 [92]
1985 Newman/Haas Racing Lola T900 Cosworth DFX V8 t LBH
1 		INDY
2 		MIL
1 		POR
1 		MEA
26 		CLE
14 		MCH
10 		ROA POC
7 		MDO
7 		SAN
15 		MCH
21 		LAG
11 		PHX
3 		MIA
27 		5th 114 [93]
1986 Newman/Haas Racing Lola T86/00 Cosworth DFX V8 t PHX
7 		LBH
5 		INDY
32 		MIL
5 		POR
1 		MEA
24 		CLE
3 		TOR
3 		MCH
21 		POC
1 		MDO
24 		SAN
8 		MCH
10 		ROA
9 		LAG
4 		PHX
4 		MIA
11 		5th 136 [94]
1987 Newman/Haas Racing Lola T87/00 Chevrolet 265A V8 t LBH
1 		PHX
5 		INDY
9 		MIL
17 		POR
10 		MEA
2 		CLE
10 		TOR
15 		MCH
19 		POC
19 		ROA
1 		MDO
17 		NAZ
19 		LAG
17 		MIA
4 		6th 100 [95]
1988 Newman/Haas Racing Lola T88/00 Chevrolet 265A V8 t PHX
1 		LBH
15 		MIL
17 		POR
5 		CLE
1 		TOR
25 		MEA
2 		MCH
12 		POC
17 		MDO
2 		ROA
3 		NAZ
3 		LAG
3 		MIA
15 		5th 126 [96]
Lola T87/00 INDY
20
1989 Newman/Haas Racing Lola T89/00 Chevrolet 265A V8 t PHX
8 		LBH
18 		INDY
4 		MIL
7 		DET
3 		POR
25 		CLE
2 		MEA
20 		TOR
26 		MCH
3 		POC
5 		MDO
7 		ROA
7 		NAZ
8 		LAG
2 		6th 110 [97]
1990 Newman/Haas Racing Lola T90/00 Chevrolet 265A V8 t PHX
4 		LBH
5 		INDY
27 		MIL
21 		DET
25 		POR
2 		CLE
4 		MEA
24 		TOR
6 		MCH
3 		DEN
4 		VAN
3 		MDO
2 		ROA
5 		NAZ
4 		LAG
26 		7th 136 [98]
1991 Newman/Haas Racing Lola T91/00 Chevrolet 265A V8 t SRF
17 		LBH
19 		PHX
9 		INDY
7 		MIL
3 		DET
7 		POR
5 		CLE
6 		MEA
15 		TOR
2 		MCH
4 		DEN
15 		VAN
4 		MDO
7 		ROA
3 		NAZ
5 		LAG
3 		7th 132 [99]
1992 Newman/Haas Racing Lola T91/00 Ford XB V8 t SRF
7 		6th 105 [100]
Lola T92/00 PHX
17 		LBH
23 		INDY
23 		DET POR
6 		MIL
6 		NHA
7 		TOR
4 		MCH
15 		CLE
5 		ROA
5 		VAN
6 		MDO
5 		NAZ
5 		LAG
2
1993 Newman/Haas Racing Lola T93/00 Ford XB V8 t SRF
4 		PHX
1 		LBH
18 		INDY
5 		MIL
18 		DET
3 		POR
6 		CLE
5 		TOR
8 		MCH
2 		NHA
20 		ROA
15 		VAN
5 		MDO
7 		NAZ
13 		LAG
9 		6th 117 [101]
1994 Newman/Haas Racing Lola T94/00 Ford XB V8 t SRF
3 		PHX
21 		LBH
5 		INDY
32 		MIL
14 		DET
18 		POR
9 		CLE
27 		TOR
4 		MCH
18 		MDO
10 		NHA
19 		VAN
11 		ROA
16 		NAZ
25 		LAG
19 		14th 45 [102]
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Indianapolis 500
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Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
1965 Hawk Ford 4 3 Dean Van Lines Racing Division
1966 Hawk Ford 1 18 Dean Van Lines Racing Division
1967 Hawk Ford 1 30 Dean Van Lines Racing Division
1968 Hawk Ford 4 33 Andretti Racing Enterprises
1969 Hawk Ford 2 1 STP Corporation
1970 McNamara Ford 8 6 STP Corporation
1971 McNamara Ford 9 30 STP Corporation
1972 Parnelli Offenhauser 5 8 Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
1973 Parnelli Offenhauser 6 30 Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
1974 Eagle Offenhauser 5 31 Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
1975 Eagle Offenhauser 27 28 Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
1976 McLaren Offenhauser 19 8 Penske Racing
1977 McLaren Cosworth 6 26 Penske Racing
1978 Penske Cosworth 33 12 Penske Racing
1980 Penske Cosworth 2 20 Penske Racing
1981 Wildcat Cosworth 32 2 Patrick Racing
1982 Wildcat Cosworth 4 31 Patrick Racing
1983 Lola Cosworth 11 23 Newman/Haas Racing
1984 Lola Cosworth 6 17 Newman/Haas Racing
1985 Lola Cosworth 4 2 Newman/Haas Racing
1986 Lola Cosworth 30 32 Newman/Haas Racing
1987 Lola Chevrolet 1 9 Newman/Haas Racing
1988 Lola Chevrolet 4 20 Newman/Haas Racing
1989 Lola Chevrolet 5 4 Newman/Haas Racing
1990 Lola Chevrolet 6 27 Newman/Haas Racing
1991 Lola Chevrolet 3 7 Newman/Haas Racing
1992 Lola Ford-Cosworth 3 23 Newman/Haas Racing
1993 Lola Ford-Cosworth 2 5 Newman/Haas Racing
1994 Lola Ford-Cosworth 9 32 Newman/Haas Racing
Sources:[85]

NASCAR

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Grand National Series

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NASCAR Grand National Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 NGNC Pts Ref
1966 Bondy Long 71 Chevy AUG RSD
16 		DAY NA 0 [103]
Smokey Yunick 13 Chevy DAY
20 		DAY
37 		CAR BRI ATL HCY CLB GPS BGS NWS MAR DAR LGY MGR MON RCH CLT DTS ASH PIF SMR AWS BLV GPS
Owens Racing 5 Dodge DAY
31 		ODS BRR OXF FON ISP BRI SMR NSV ATL CLB AWS BLV BGS DAR HCY RCH HBO MAR NWS CLT CAR
1967 Holman Moody 114 Ford AUG RSD
9 		DAY NA 0 [104]
11 DAY
6 		DAY
1* 		AWS BRI GPS BGS ATL
19 		CLB HCY NWS MAR SVH RCH DAR BLV LGY CLT ASH MGR SMR BIR CAR GPS MGY DAY
27 		TRN OXF FDA ISP BRI SMR NSV ATL BGS CLB SVH DAR HCY RCH BLV HBO MAR NWS CLT
27 		CAR AWS
1968 MGR MGY RSD
27 		DAY
12 		ISP OXF FDA TRN BRI SMR NSV ATL CLB BGS AWS SBO LGY DAR HCY RCH BLV HBO MAR NWS AUG CLT CAR JFC NA 0 [105]
Mercury DAY
29 		BRI RCH ATL HCY GPS CLB NWS MAR AUG AWS DAR BLV LGY CLT ASH MGR SMR BIR CAR GPS
1969 97 Ford MGR MGY RSD
18 		DAY DAY DAY CAR AUG BRI ATL CLB HCY GPS RCH NWS MAR AWS DAR BLV LGY CLT MGR SMR MCH KPT GPS NCF DAY DOV TPN TRN BLV BRI NSV SMR ATL MCH SBO BGS AWS DAR HCY RCH TAL CLB MAR NWS CLT SVH AUG CAR JFC MGR TWS NA 0 [106]
Daytona 500
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Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1966 Smokey Yunick Chevrolet 39 37
1967 Holman Moody Ford 12 1*
1968 Mercury 20 29

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1966   Holman & Moody   Lucien Bianchi Ford GT40 Mk.II P
+5.0 		97 DNF DNF
1967   Holman & Moody   Lucien Bianchi Ford GT40 Mk.IV P
+5.0 		188 DNF DNF
1982   Grand Touring Cars Inc.   Michael Andretti Mirage M12-Ford Cosworth C - DNS DNS
1983   Porsche Kremer Racing   Michael Andretti
  Philippe Alliot 		Porsche 956 C 364 3rd 3rd
1988   Porsche AG   Michael Andretti
  John Andretti 		Porsche 962C C1 375 6th 6th
1995   Courage Compétition   Bob Wollek
  Éric Hélary 		Courage C34-Porsche WSC 297 2nd 1st
1996   Courage Compétition   Jan Lammers
  Derek Warwick 		Courage C36-Porsche LMP1 315 13th 3rd
1997   Courage Compétition   Michael Andretti
  Olivier Grouillard 		Courage C36-Porsche LMP 197 DNF DNF
2000   Panoz Motorsports   David Brabham
  Jan Magnussen 		Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S-Élan LMP900 315 15th 8th
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Complete Formula One World Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Pts
1968 Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 49B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 RSA ESP MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA
DNS 		CAN USA
Ret 		MEX NC 0
1969 Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 49B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 RSA
Ret 		ESP MON NED FRA GBR NC 0
Lotus 63 GER
Ret 		ITA CAN USA
Ret 		MEX
1970 STP Corporation March 701 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 RSA
Ret 		ESP
3 		MON BEL NED FRA GBR
Ret 		GER
Ret 		AUT
Ret 		ITA CAN USA MEX 16th 4
1971 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312B Ferrari 001 3.0 F12 RSA
1 		ESP
Ret 		MON
DNQ 		NED
Ret 		FRA GBR 8th 12
Ferrari 312B2 Ferrari 001/1 3.0 F12 GER
4 		AUT ITA CAN
13 		USA
DNS
1972 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312B2 Ferrari 001/1 3.0 F12 ARG
Ret 		RSA
4 		ESP
Ret 		MON BEL FRA GBR GER AUT ITA
7 		CAN USA
6 		12th 4
1974 Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing Parnelli VPJ4 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG BRA RSA ESP BEL MON SWE NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA CAN
7 		USA
DSQ 		NC 0
1975 Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing Parnelli VPJ4 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG
Ret 		BRA
7 		RSA
17 		ESP
Ret 		MON
Ret 		BEL SWE
4 		NED FRA
5 		GBR
12 		GER
10 		AUT
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		USA
Ret 		14th 5
1976 John Player Team Lotus Lotus 77 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 BRA
Ret 		ESP
Ret 		BEL
Ret 		MON SWE
Ret 		FRA
5 		GBR
Ret 		GER
12 		AUT
5 		NED
3 		ITA
Ret 		CAN
3 		USA
Ret 		JPN
1 		6th 22
Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing Parnelli VPJ4B RSA
6 		USW
Ret
1977 John Player Team Lotus Lotus 78 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG
5 		BRA
Ret 		RSA
Ret 		USW
1 		ESP
1 		MON
5 		BEL
Ret 		SWE
6 		FRA
1 		GBR
14 		GER
Ret 		AUT
Ret 		NED
Ret 		ITA
1 		USA
2 		CAN
9 		JPN
Ret 		3rd 47
1978 John Player Team Lotus Lotus 78 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG
1 		BRA
4 		RSA
7 		USW
2 		MON
11 		1st 64
Lotus 79 BEL
1 		ESP
1 		SWE
Ret 		FRA
1 		GBR
Ret 		GER
1 		AUT
Ret 		NED
1 		ITA
6 		USA
Ret 		CAN
10
1979 Martini Racing Team Lotus Lotus 79 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG
5 		BRA
Ret 		RSA
4 		USW
4 		BEL
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		GER
Ret 		AUT
Ret 		NED
Ret 		ITA
5 		CAN
10 		USA
Ret 		12th 14
Lotus 80 ESP
3 		MON
Ret 		FRA
Ret
1980 Team Essex Lotus Lotus 81 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG
Ret 		BRA
Ret 		RSA
12 		USW
Ret 		BEL
Ret 		MON
7 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		GER
7 		AUT
Ret 		NED
8 		ITA
Ret 		CAN
Ret 		USA
6 		20th 1
1981 Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 179C Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V12 USW
4 		BRA
Ret 		ARG
8 		SMR
Ret 		BEL
10 		MON
Ret 		ESP
8 		17th 3
Alfa Romeo 179B FRA
8 		GBR
Ret 		GER
9 		AUT
Ret
Alfa Romeo 179D NED
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		CAN
7 		CPL
Ret
1982 TAG Williams Team Williams FW07C Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 RSA BRA USW
Ret 		SMR BEL MON DET CAN NED GBR FRA GER AUT SUI 19th 4
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 126C2 Ferrari 021 1.5 V6 t ITA
3 		CPL
Ret
Sources:[108]

Complete Formula One Non-Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1971 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312B Ferrari 001 3.0 F12 ARG ROC QUE
1 		SPR INT RIN OUL VIC
1975 Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing Parnelli VPJ4 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC INT
3 		SUI
1976 Walter Wolf Racing Wolf–Williams FW05 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC INT
7
1977 John Player Team Lotus Lotus 78 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC
Ret
1978 John Player Team Lotus Lotus 79 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 INT
Ret
1979 Martini Racing Team Lotus Lotus 79 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC
3 		GNM
3 		DIN
1980 Team Essex Lotus Lotus 81 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ESP
Ret

Other race results

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Autobiographies

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  • What's It Like Out There, Mario Andretti and Bob Collins. Henry Regnery Company, 1970. ISBN 978-0-8092-9672-9.
  • Mario Andretti: World Champion, Mario Andretti and Nigel Roebuck. Hamlyn, 1979. ISBN 978-0-600-39469-3.
  • Andretti, Mario Andretti. HarperCollins, 1994. ISBN 978-0-00-638302-4.

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Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ^ The 24 Hours of Daytona was held as the 6 Hours of Daytona in 1972.[1][2]

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