Family
Born: March 12, 1963
Wife: Nancy
Children: Jarett, Olivia, Amelia
John Andretti's father, Aldo Andretti, had his racing career cut short due to two racing accidents. John has two brothers Adam and Mark who also competed in several racing series but are not as well known as John.
John, Mark and Adam are nephews of racing legend Mario Andretti (Aldo's twin), cousin of Mario's sons Michael and Jeff
John is the godson of four-time Indy 500 winner A.J. Foyt
The Andretti family became the first family to have four relatives (Mario, Michael, Jeff, John) compete in the same series (CART) in 1990, 1991 and 1992. They also had four family members competing in the Indy 500 in those years.
I attended the 1991 Toronto Molson Indy .. the following are from the Official Program
Versatile
and NASCAR stock car racing.
In addition has raced motorcycles and snowmobiles.
It seems that only the Formula One series has evaded John.
CART
Andretti has one win (Australia '91) and 61 top-tens in 74 career races in CART.
He joined the PPG Indy Car World Series (CART) in 1987, winning Rookie of the Year award.
In 1988, Andretti made his debut at the Indy 500, racing as high as seventh before mechanical problems forced him to finish 21st.
In 1991 he won the Gold Coast Grand Prix in Surfer's Paradise, Australia. That same year he finished a career-best fifth in the Indy 500.The next week at the Milwaukee Mile, Michael, John and Mario became the the only known family in motorsports history to finish first, second and third respectively in a major auto race.
In 1994, he became the first driver to attempt the "double" racing in the Indy 500 and NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte, N.C. on the same day
No comments:
Post a Comment