Mario Andretti
Andretti at Barber Motorsports Park in 2010
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| Born | Mario Gabriele Andretti February 28, 1940 Montona, Istria, Kingdom of Italy, (today Motovun, Istria County, Croatia) |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |||||||||||
| Nationality |
 American |
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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| Participating years | 1966–1967, 1982–1983, 1988, 1995–1997, 2000 |
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Holman Moody Grand Touring Cars Inc. Porsche Kremer Racing Porsche AG Courage Compétition Panoz Motorsports |
| Best finish | 2nd (1995) |
| Class wins | 1 (1995) |
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| Awards | Named the "Driver of the Century" by the Associated Press and RACER magazine 2000 International Motorsports Hall of Fame Inductee 1996 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductee (U.S.) 1992 Driver of the Quarter Century Motorsports Hall of Fame of America]] inductee (1990) 1978, 1979 (IROC VI) International Race of Champions series champion 1978 Formula One World Champion 1974 USAC national dirt track champion (U.S.) 1972 6 Hours of Daytona Winner 1969 Indianapolis 500 winner 1967 Daytona 500 winner 1967, 1970, 1972 12 Hours of Sebring winner 1965, 1966, 1969, 1984 IndyCar champion 1969 ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year |
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| Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 14 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| Best finish | unranked | ||||||
| First race | 1966 Motor Trend 500 (Riverside) | ||||||
| Last race | 1969 Motor Trend 500 (Riverside) | ||||||
| First win | 1967 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | ||||||
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Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an Italian American former racing driver, one of the most successful Americans in the history of the sport. He is one of only two drivers to have won races in Formula One, IndyCar, World Sportscar Championship and NASCAR (the other being Dan Gurney). He also won races in midget cars, and sprint cars. During his career, Andretti won the 1978 Formula One World Championship, four IndyCar titles (three under USAC-sanctioning, one under CART), 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.
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