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Andretti in 2021
Born	Mario Gabriele Andretti (1940-02-28) February 28, 1940 (age 85) Montona, Istria, Kingdom of Italy
Spouse(s)	Dee Ann Hoch ​ ​ (m. 1961; died 2018)​
Children	3, including Michael and Jeff
Relatives	Aldo Andretti (brother) Marco Andretti (grandson) John Andretti (nephew) Adam Andretti (nephew)
Championship titles
IndyCar National Championship (1965, 1966, 1969, 1984) USAC Silver Crown (1974) Formula One World Drivers' Championship (1978) IROC VI Champion Major victories Daytona 500 (1967) 12 Hours of Sebring (1967, 1970, 1972) Indianapolis 500 (1969) Pikes Peak Hill Climb (1969) 24 Hours of Daytona (1972) Long Beach Grand Prix (1977, 1984, 1985, 1987) Michigan 500 (1984) Pocono 500 (1986)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	American
Active years	1968–1972, 1974–1982
Teams	Lotus, privateer March, Ferrari, Parnelli, Alfa Romeo, Williams
Entries	131 (128 starts)
Championships	1 (1978)
Wins	12
Podiums	19
Career points	180
Pole positions	18
Fastest laps	10
First entry	1968 United States Grand Prix
First win	1971 South African Grand Prix
Last win	1978 Dutch Grand Prix
Last entry	1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix
Champ Car career
407 races run over 31 years
Best finish	1st (1965, 1966, 1969, 1984)
First race	1964 Trenton 100 (Trenton)
Last race	1994 Monterey Grand Prix (Laguna Seca)
First win	1965 Hoosier Grand Prix (IRP)
Last win	1993 Valvoline 200 (Phoenix)
Wins Podiums Poles 52 141 65
NASCAR Cup Series career
14 races run over 4 years
First race	1966 Motor Trend 500 (Riverside)
Last race	1969 Motor Trend 500 (Riverside)
First win	1967 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 3 0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1966–1967, 1982–1983, 1988, 1995–1997, 2000
Teams	Ford, Mirage, Porsche, Courage, Panoz
Best finish	2nd (1995)
Class wins	1 (1995)

Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an American former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from 1968 to 1982, and IndyCar from 1964 to 1994. 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.

Born in the Kingdom of Italy, Andretti and his family emigrated to Nazareth, Pennsylvania during the Istrian–Dalmatian exodus in 1955. He began dirt track racing with his twin brother Aldo four years later, with Andretti progressing to USAC Championship Car in 1964. In open-wheel racing, he won back-to-back USAC titles in 1965 and 1966, also finishing runner-up in 1967 and 1968. He also contested stock car racing in his early career, winning the 1967 Daytona 500 with Holman-Moody. He took his first major sportscar racing victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring that year with Ford. Andretti debuted in Formula One at the United States Grand Prix in 1968 with Lotus, where he qualified on pole position. He contested several further Grands Prix with Lotus in 1969, during which he won his third USAC title and the Indianapolis 500. In 1970, Andretti took his maiden podium finish at the Spanish Grand Prix with STP, driving a privateer March 701. He signed for Ferrari that year, winning at Sebring again.

Andretti took his maiden victory in Formula One at the season-opening South African Grand Prix in 1971, on debut for Ferrari. He took his third Sebring victory the following year. After part-time roles for Ferrari and Parnelli in 1972 and 1974, respectively, Andretti joined the latter full-time for 1975 after finishing runner-up in the SCCA Continental Championship. He moved back to Lotus in 1976, winning the season-ending Japanese Grand Prix. Andretti won four Grands Prix in 1977, finishing third in the World Drivers' Championship. He won the title in 1978 after achieving six victories, becoming the second World Drivers' Champion from the United States. After winless 1979 and 1980 campaigns with Lotus, he moved to Alfa Romeo in 1981. Following his one-off appearances for Williams and Ferrari in 1982, Andretti retired from Formula One with 12 wins, 18 pole positions, 10 fastest laps and 19 podiums.

Andretti returned to full-time IndyCar racing in 1982, placing third in the standings with Patrick, amongst winning the Michigan 500. After finishing third again with Newman/Haas in 1983, he won his fourth IndyCar title in 1984, 15 years after the previous and his first sanctioned by CART. He won the Pocono 500 in 1986 and remained with Newman/Haas until 1994; his victory at Phoenix in 1993 made him the oldest winner in IndyCar history, aged 53, as well as the first driver to win a race in four different decades. Andretti retired with 52 wins, 65 pole positions and 141 podiums in IndyCar. His 109 official victories on major circuits across several motorsport disciplines saw his name become synonymous with speed in American popular culture. His sons, Michael and Jeff, were both racing drivers, the former winning the CART title in 1991. Andretti is set to serve on the board of directors of Cadillac in Formula One from its debut 2026 season onwards. Andretti was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2000.

Early life

Mario Gabriele Andretti was born on February 28, 1940 alongside his twin brother Aldo in Montona, Istria, Kingdom of Italy (present-day Motovun, Croatia). 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.

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.

Racing career

Childhood involvement in motorsports

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. In 1945, at age five, he and Aldo were racing their hand-crafted wooden cars through the steep streets of their hometown. 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."

Andretti's first racing experience was in a new youth racing league called Formula Junior in Ancona, Italy, when he was thirteen years old. 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.

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. "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".

Stock car racing

Move to the U.S. and start in racing

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.

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.

While getting acquainted with Pennsylvania, Mario and Aldo were surprised to find a half-mile dirt racing track Nazareth Speedway in Nazareth. 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. 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. Mario and Aldo did not tell their parents that they were racing. The twins each had two wins after their first four races. Aldo was seriously hurt near the end of the season, and their parents were unhappy to find out that the twins were racing. Mario had 21 modified stock car wins in 46 races in 1960 and 1961.

USAC stock car

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. He won a USAC Stock Car race in 1967, and finished seventh in the season points. He won three 1974 USAC stock car races on road courses, and won four road course races in 1975.

NASCAR

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. Andretti won the 1967 Daytona 500 for Holman Moody.

International Race of Champions

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.

Open-wheel racing

Early open-wheel racing

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."

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. He raced in over one hundred events in 1963. Andretti won three feature races at two different tracks on Labor Day in 1963. He won an afternoon feature at Flemington, New Jersey, and swept twin features at Hatfield, Pennsylvania.

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). 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. 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.

USAC sprint cars

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. 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. In 1967 he won two of the three events that he entered.

IndyCar career (1964–1974)

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. 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. Chris Economaki recommended Andretti to Brawner, so Brawner watched Andretti race at Terre Haute, Indiana. Brawner was convinced that he had found the new driver for his team. The two stayed together for six years. Andretti finished eleventh in the USAC National Championship that season. Andretti won his first championship car race at the Hoosier Grand Prix on a road course at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1965. 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. He repeated as series champion in 1966, winning eight of fifteen events. He led every lap of the 1966 Langhorne 100. He also won the pole at the 1966 Indianapolis 500. 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. 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.

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

Formula One career

Part-time status (1968–1972, 1974)

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. Andretti told Chapman of his ambition to compete in Formula One and was told "When you're ready, call me." 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.

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. At the 1971 South African Grand Prix, on his debut for Ferrari, he won his first Grand Prix. "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." Three weeks later, at the non-championship Questor Grand Prix in the U.S., he brought the Italian team a second victory. The day before the Questor GP, he had finished 9th in the Indy car race at Phoenix International Raceway. 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)

In 1975 Andretti drove a full Formula One season for the first time, for the American Parnelli team. The team had been successful, with Andretti driving, in Formula 5000 and IndyCar, but was new to Formula One. 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. 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. 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. 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. The Lotus 78 "wing car" proved to be the most competitive car of 1977, 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.

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.'

In 1978, the Lotus 79 designed by Chapman exploited ground effect even further. Andretti dominated the season and took the title with six wins. He clinched the championship at the Italian Grand Prix. 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.

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. 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.

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."

Brief returns with Williams and Ferrari (1982)

In 1982 Williams driver Carlos Reutemann suddenly quit, and Andretti drove one race for the Williams Team. Then, Ferrari driver Didier Pironi was seriously injured, and Andretti was offered his place for the last two races of the year. At the Italian Grand Prix at Monza he took the pole position and finished third. In the final race of the season he suffered a suspension failure and had to drop out.

Andretti almost returned to F1 at the 1984 Detroit Grand Prix when the Renault team put him on reserve for regular driver Patrick Tambay. The Frenchman had been unable to race in the previous race in Canada, but eventually did race in Detroit.

In 1986 a very similar situation occurred, when Tambay, now driving for the Carl Haas-owned Haas Lola team, was injured in Canada: Andretti was again considered as a replacement for the 1986 Detroit Grand Prix. Andretti declined, but recommended his son Michael. When Michael Andretti was unable to obtain the necessary FIA Superlicense, the drive went to Eddie Cheever.

Return to IndyCar racing (1982–1994)

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.

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.

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. 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. 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, 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). 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. 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

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".

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. 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. 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.

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.

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.

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

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), and a 6-hour race at Daytona in 1972. 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. 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. He also competed in the popular North American Can-Am series in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Le Mans

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. 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.

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 their car was removed from the starting grid 80 minutes before the start of the race, when an official discovered an oil cooler that had been mounted behind the gearbox, which was against the rules. The car had passed initial inspection four days before the race. 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 Andrettis returned in 1988 with Mario's nephew John added to the family team. 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.

Awards and honors

Andretti 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. His 109 official victories on major circuits saw his name become synonymous with speed in American popular culture.

As of 2024, Andretti's victory at the 1978 Dutch Grand Prix is the most recent Formula One win by an American driver. Andretti had 109 career wins on major circuits. 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.

He was 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. With his final IndyCar win in April 1993, Andretti became the first driver to have won IndyCar races in four different decades and the first to win automobile races of any kind in five.

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. He was the Driver of the Year (in the United States) for three years (1967, 1978, and 1984), and is the only driver to be Driver of the Year in three decades. Andretti was named the U.S. Driver of the Quarter Century in 1992. He was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2001, the United States National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1996, the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1990, the Hoosier Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1970, the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2005, and the Diecast Hall of Fame in 2012.

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. 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." 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. In 2008, Andretti was awarded with the Simeone Foundation Spirit of Competition Award.

In 2016, Andretti was made an honorary citizen of Lucca. 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.

Mario Andretti Grand Prix of Road America

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".

Elder of Andretti racing family

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. 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Andretti will be involved in the Cadillac Formula One team, being part of the board of directors, which will enter the Formula One World Championship in 2026.

Film and television appearances

Andretti has contributed to several racing films. He is a major character and sometime narrator of The Speed Merchants (1972). He also drove an IndyCar in the IMAX film Super Speedway (1996). The 2004 Baja 1000 off-road race, where he served as grand marshal, is recounted in the documentary Dust to Glory (2005). In November 2015, he appeared on the first season of TV series Jay Leno's Garage, driving Leno in multiple fast cars and talking about his racing career.

Andretti has also made cameo or guest appearances in other media, generally associated with racing. Andretti and his son Michael, along with various other IndyCar drivers, made guest appearances on the United States television show Home Improvement, which frequently referenced the Indianapolis 500. He cameoed in the Sylvester Stallone film Driven (2001); Pixar's Cars (2006) (an animated film where he was represented by a sentient version of the Ford Fairlane in which he won the 1967 Daytona 500); and DreamWorks' Turbo (2013) (where he voiced the traffic director at Indianapolis Motor Speedway).

Outside of racing, Andretti was interviewed about his winemaking activities for the documentary A State of Vine (2007).

In addition, Andretti wrote a column for the Indianapolis Star, where he wrote about other drivers, equipment and cars.

Racing record

Racing career summary

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

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

USAC Championship Car

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

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.

#	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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
		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
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
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
1992	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T91/00	Ford XB V8 t	SRF 7																	6th	105
		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
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
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Indianapolis 500

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:

NASCAR

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

Grand National Series

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
	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
		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
			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

Daytona 500

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

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
Source:

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(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:

Complete Formula One Non-Championship results

(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

• 12 hours of Sebring, 1st: 1967,1970,1972
• 1000 km of Brands Hatch, 1st: 1972
• 1000 km of Monza, 1st: 1974
• Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, 1st: 1969
• 6 Hours of Daytona, 1st: 1972
• 6 Hours of Watkins Glen, 1st: 1972

Autobiographies

• 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.

See also

In Spanish: Mario Andretti para niños

• Mario Andretti's Racing Challenge, a 1991 video game
• Mario Andretti Racing, a 1994 video game
• List of celebrities who own wineries and vineyards