John Andretti .. NASCAR

1993-1999

 Andretti made his Winston Cup debut in 1993 driving the #72 Tex Racing Chevy for Tex Powell, starting 31st and finishing 24th.

He began the 1994 season driving the #14 Financial World Chevy for Billy Hagan. On May 29, he became the first driver in history to race in both the Indy 500 and the Coke-Cola 600 in the same day. In the middle of the season he switched to the #43 STP Pontiac for Petty Enterprises.

In 1995, he began driving for Michael Kranefuss in the#37 Kmart/Little Caesars Ford Thunderbird. He won his 1st career pole at the Southern 500 and finished in the top-ten five times.

During the 1996 season, he switched to the #98 RCA Ford owned by Cale Yarborough. He finished in the top-ten twice.

In 1997, he scored his first career win at the Pepsi 400 and finished 23th in the points.`

He returned to the #43 Petty car in 1998 and despite not winning another race, he had ten top-tens and finished a career-best 11th in points.

 He won his second career race, in 1999, at Martinsville Speedway. Also that year he won a pole at Phoenix International Raceway.






2000-2005

Midway through the 2000 season, Cheerios became Andretti's primary sponsor.

Over the next two seasons, Andretti posted three top-ten finishes before he was released midway through the 2003 season. He ran a couple of races for Haas CNC Racing and Richard Childress Racing with the remainder of the season in the #1 Pennzoil Chevy for Dale Earnhardt Inc.

Andretti opened the 2004 season driving the#1 part-time for DEL but departed midway through the season. He ended the year driving the#14 Victory Brand Ford Taurus for ppc Racing.

Andretti started 2005 with ppc before the team was forced to dissolve due to lack of funding. That year he drove in four Craftsman Truck series and a handful of Cup races in the #4 Lucus Oil entry.





2006-2010

In 2006, John drove in the Busch Series, in No.10 Freedom Roads Ford Fusion. His best finish was a 5th at Watkins Glen. Other finishes 9th at Bristol, 15th at Darlington and 17th at Lowe's.

In 2007, Andretti's plans were to drive in the Busch Series for Braun Racing in a #10 FreemomRoads/camping World/RV.com. Andretti drove four races for Petty Enterprises in the #43 car, filling in for Kyle Petty. He finished the season in the #49 Dodge for BAM Racing.
In 2007, John entered in 15 events.. his best start was 7th (UAW-Ford 500) .. best finish 18th (USG Sheetrock 400).

Andretti drove for Front Row Motorsports in 2008 by driving car #34 Chevrolet Impala SS in the Sprint Cup Series. He drove in the first ten races of the season in the 34 before leaving to focus on his IndyCar team.

Andretti returned to the 34 in 2009 full-time, driving with a partnership between Front Row and Earnardt Ganassi Racing.The 34 had also sponsorship from Window World, myAutoloan.com and Taco Bell.
In 2009, John entered 35 events .. his best start was 10th (Lifelock 400) .. best finish 16th (Lenox Industrial Tools 301)







John did not have a full-time ride for 2010. Drove #34 Front Row Motorsports entry in the Budweiser Shootout, the Gatorade Duel1 and the Daytona 500.




August 2, 2009 at the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway marked Andretti's 500th professional start.

                                                                                 


NASCAR Sprint Cup -377

NASCAR Nationwide - 37

                                                                                     NASCAR Camping World - 6

                                                                                CART -73

                                                                        IndyCar 7










John Andretti 1993-2010 NASCAR
                                                        
                                                          * Earnings almost $23,000,000

                                                          * Starts - 393

                                                           * Wins - 2

                                                           * Poles - 4

                                                           * Top-Fives -13
                                                    
                                                           * Top-Tens - 37