Jeff Andretti | |||||||
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Andretti at the 2012 Indianapolis 500 Legends Day
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Nationality | American | ||||||
Born |
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States |
April 14, 1964 ||||||
Awards | 1991 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 1991 PPG Indy Car World Series Rookie of the Year |
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Champ Car career | |||||||
21 races run over 5 years | |||||||
Years active | 1990–1994 | ||||||
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TEAMKAR International (1990) Bayside Motorsports (1991) A. J. Foyt Enterprises (1992) Pagan Racing (1993) Euromotorsports, Hemelgarn Racing (1994) |
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Best finish | 15th (1991) | ||||||
First race | 1990 Miller Genuine Draft 200 (Milwaukee) | ||||||
Last race | 1994 Slick 50 200 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
3 races run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 64th (1999) | ||||||
First race | 1999 Pronto Auto Parts 400K (Texas) | ||||||
Last race | 1999 (Nazareth) | ||||||
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Jeff Andretti (born April 14, 1964) is a former American race car driver. He competed in CART, and was the series' Rookie of the Year in 1991.
Jeff is the youngest son of the legendary Italian-born Mario Andretti, younger brother of Michael Andretti, and uncle of Marco Andretti. Jeff is the nephew of Mario's twin Aldo Andretti and cousin of Aldo's sons John Andretti and Adam Andretti. The Andretti family became the first family to have four relatives (Michael, Mario, Jeff, and John) compete in the same series (CART).
In 1983, Jeff was racing in Formula Fords, winning both the USCA Pro Ford Championship and the Skip Barber Formula Ford Eastern Series. After qualifying for his Sports Car Club of America national license in 1984, he won the Northeast Division title in Formula Ford. In the November, he made his Formula Super Vee debut at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.
He continued in Formula Super Vee the following season, with the Ralt America outfit, winning the third race of the season, on the Milwaukee Mile. In the CART race at the same event, Mario did the same, marking the first time a father and son had started from pole and won races on the same track, in the same weekend. Jeff would also win in Cleveland and Phoenix, on his way the fifth in the Robert Bosch/Valvoline Championship.