Mario Andretti

Mario Andretti
Mario Andretti
	Andretti in 2021
Born	Mario Gabriele Andretti; February 28, 1940; Montona, Istria, Italy ; (current day Motovun, Croatia)
Championship titles
	USAC / CART Championship Car ; (1965, 1966, 1969, 1984) ; USAC Silver Crown (1974) ; FIA World Drivers' Championship (1978) ; 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)
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)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	American
Active years	1968 – 1972, 1974 – 1982
Teams	Lotus, 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
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)
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1966 – 1967, 1982 – 1983, 1988, 1995 – 1997, 2000
Teams	Holman-Moody, Grand Touring, Porsche-Kremer, Porsche AG, Courage, Panoz
Best finish	2nd (1995)
Class wins	1 (1995)

Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an Italian-born American former racing driver. One of the most successful drivers in the history of motorsports, 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 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. Andretti had 109 career wins on major circuits.

Andretti had a long career in motorsports. He is the only person to be named United States Driver of the Year in three decades (1967, 1978, and 1984). 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. 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 American popular culture, Andretti's name has become synonymous with speed ("You think you're Mario Andretti?"), similar to Barney Oldfield in the early twentieth century and Stirling Moss in the United Kingdom.

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