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Mario Andretti

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is a retired Italian American world champion racing driver, one of the most successful Americans in the history of the sport. He is one of only two drivers to win races in Formula One, IndyCar, World Sportscar Championship and NASCAR (the other being Dan Gurney). He also won races in midget cars, sprint cars, and drag racing. During his career, Andretti won four IndyCar titles (three under USAC-sanctioning, one under CART), the 1978 Formula One World Championship, and IROC VI. To date, he remains the only driver ever 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 Sprint Cup Series, Formula One, and an Indianapolis 500. No American has won a Formula One race since Andretti's victory at the 1978 Dutch Grand Prix. Andretti had 109 career wins on major circuits. Andretti had a long career in racing. He was 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 win 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 win IndyCar races in four different decades and the first to win automobile races of any kind in five. In American popular culture, his name has become synonymous with speed, similar to Barney Oldfield in the early twentieth century and Stirling Moss in the United Kingdom. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Andretti licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Feb 28, 1940 In Montona, Istria, Italy -now Motovun, Istria, Croatia
Movie/TV Credits:
14
First Appeared:
In the movie The Racing Scene 1969-01-01
Latest Project:
Movie The 24 Hour War 2016-11-20
Known For
Poster of The Routes to Roots: Napa and Sonoma
Poster of McLaren
Poster of The Racing Scene
Filmography
Movie The 24 Hour War Himself 2016-11-20
Movie McLaren Self 2016-02-14
Movie The Routes to Roots: Napa and Sonoma Himself 2016-04-30
Movie Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman Self 2015-05-08
Movie Turbo Dos Bros Customer / Race Official (voice) 2013-07-11
Movie 1 Self 2013-09-30
Movie Cars Mario Andretti (voice) 2006-06-08
Movie Dust to Glory Self 2005-04-01
Movie Super Speedway Himself 1997-01-01
Series The Pretender Unknown 1996-09-19
Movie Lap of the Gods Self 1992-01-01
Series Home Improvement Himself 1991-09-17
Movie The Speed Merchants Self 1972-01-01
Movie The Racing Scene Himself 1969-01-01
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