Michael Andretti

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Michael Mario Andretti (born October 5, 1962) is an American former racing driver, and current team owner. Statistically one of the most successful drivers in the history of American open-wheel car racing, Andretti won the 1991 CART championship, and amassed 42 race victories, the most in the CART era and fifth-most all time.<ref name="CCSATR">Template:Cite web</ref> Since his retirement, Andretti has owned Andretti Autosport, which has won four IndyCar Series championships and five Indianapolis 500 races. He is the son of Mario Andretti, a multi-time champion, and is the father of IndyCar Series driver Marco Andretti.

Early life and education

Andretti was born on October 5, 1962, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania to race car driver Mario Andretti, a four-time IndyCar champion and one-time Formula One champion and his wife, Dee Ann (née Hoch).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> His brother Jeff Andretti competed in IndyCar. His uncle, Aldo Andretti, was an open wheel racer until an accident ended his racing career. Aldo's son John Andretti, his first cousin, raced in IndyCar before he became a NASCAR regular. He returned to IndyCar in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, where he raced in the Indy 500. Aldo's other son, Adam, is also a racing driver. In 2006, his eldest son, Marco, made his debut in the IndyCar Series. The Andretti family became the first family to have five members (Michael, Mario, Marco, Jeff, and John) compete in the same series (CART/Champ Car/IndyCar).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Andretti graduated from Nazareth Area High School in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, and then attended Northampton Community College in Bethlehem.Template:Cn

Career

Following a successful career racing karts, winning fifty of his 75 races over eight years, Andretti moved into racing cars. He obtained his SCCA National License in 1980, then won six races to claim the SCCA's Northeast Division Formula Ford championship in 1981. He also drove in a number of Formula Vee races in regional SCCA events.

In 1982, Andretti won six of the eleven races on his way to winning the Robert Bosch US Formula Super Vee Championship. He also won the opening race of the 1983 Super Vee season before he moved up to drive in Formula Atlantic, and won his second title by winning the FIA Formula Mondial North American Cup the following season. Although he made his international sports car debut at the 1982 24 Hours of Le Mans, he was denied the opportunity to race, as the Mirage M12 he had chosen to race with his father was disqualified eighty minutes before the race was due to start. The father and son partnership returned to the Circuit de la Sarthe the following year, and were joined by Philippe Alliot in the Porsche Kremer Racing's Porsche 956, taking third place. Andretti also raced alongside his father in the Riverside 6 Hours where they were joined by A. J. Foyt and Preston Henn, but the Porsche 935 failed to finish. The father and son duo paired up again the 1984 24 Hours of Daytona, this time in a full-works Porsche 962, which made its race debut. They took pole position, but during the race, the engine broke.<ref name="teamdan.com">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="champcarstats.com">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Cotton">Martin Cotton, "Directory of World Sportscars GROUP C and IMSA Cars from 1982" (Aston Publications, Template:ISBN, 1988)</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

CART

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Andretti's first race winning IndyCar, now on display at National Motor Museum in Beaulieu, Hampshire, England

Andretti made his CART debut in 1983, racing for the Kraco Enterprises team. He re-signed for Kraco for the 1984 season, where he managed five third-place finishes and ended his rookie season in seventh overall. In the Indianapolis 500, he finished fifth and shared the Rookie of the Year award with Roberto Guerrero. He went on to win his first IndyCar race in 1986 in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. The season became a two-man battle for the championship title, between Andretti and Bobby Rahal. Andretti would take the points lead with his victory on the Milwaukee Mile. A week later, on Father's Day, Andretti was leading on the final lap at Portland, when his March-Cosworth 86C ran out of fuel, allowing his father Mario to beat him by just 0.07 seconds. It was one of the most shocking finishes in the history of IndyCar, and the closest finish until 1997. With Rahal continuing to win races, Andretti's consistent finishing only allowed Rahal a nine-point lead in the standing with two races remaining. Andretti won a key victory in at Phoenix. Going into the season finale at Tamiami Park, Andretti was just three points behind Rahal, but neither driver were a factor in the race, with Andretti retiring with a broken halfshaft.<ref name="niashf.org">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="racing-reference.info">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">Template:Cite web</ref>

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The Andretti family's 962C, 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1988

In a one-off race with Alfa Corse, he took part in the inaugural World Touring Car race, 500 km di Monza. Paired with Alessandro Nannini, they finished sixteenth overall, second in class. Back in CART, he continued with Kraco in 1987, and like 1986, the championship was between Andretti and Rahal. Andretti would win the 1987 Marlboro 500, drawing within nine points of Rahal. With him winning in dominating fashion at Nazareth Speedway, his championship hopes remained alive, although Rahal clinched the championship at the next race. Andretti would also win the season finale, Tamiami Park. He would finish runner-up for the second season in a row. Back in June 1987, Andretti joined Hendrick Motorsport to race a Chevrolet Corvette GTP in the Mid-Ohio 500 km, this time joined by his cousin, John Andretti, where they finished eleventh.<ref name="niashf.org"/><ref name="racing-reference.info"/><ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Following Porsche's defeat in the 1988 Daytona 24 Hours, Porsche entered a 962C at Le Mans for Michael, Mario, and John. They were competitive in the first half of the race until the Andretti family's car needed minor repairs before lapsing on to five cylinders, finishing sixth overall. Michael and Mario join Busby Racing for 1989 Daytona 24 Hours, only for their 962 to retire with brakes problems.<ref name="Cotton" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Michael and Mario's 1989 Porsche 962, driven in the 24 Hours of Daytona

The 1988 CART season was a lean year for Andretti. He remained with Kraco and won only a single race, the Marlboro Challenge, for which no championship points were awarded. For the 1989 season, Andretti signed with Newman/Haas Racing, partnering him with his father. He won two races that season, Molson Indy Toronto and the 1989 Marlboro 500 at the Michigan International Speedway, placing third in points. For 1990, Al Unser Jr. would become champion, Andretti was his nearest competitor, winning five races and four poles. In the second-to-last race of the season at Nazareth, Unser crashed out, giving Andretti a huge opportunity to close the gap. Andretti managed only a sixth-place finish, and could not capitalize on Unser's misfortune. Unser left Nazareth with a 27-point lead, enough to clinch the championship. Andretti would finish runner-up once again.<ref name="racing-reference.info" /><ref name="ReferenceA" /> For the 1991 24 Hours of Daytona, Andretti was joined by his brother, Jeff Andretti. Piloting a Jochen Dauer Racing entered Porsche 962, they were classified fifth overall, despite not finishing the race.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Andretti racing at Monterey, California in October 1991

Andretti was the drivers' champion of the 1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series. He won a total eight of seventeen races, eight poles and led more than half of the laps during the season, but Rahal still took the championship battle down to the final race of the season. Andretti's season started slowly, recording DNFs in the opening two events, then the heartbreaking second place at the Indy 500. He recovered from this, winning four of the last five races of the season and with Rahal retiring during the title decider at Laguna Seca, he cruised to the title. The day before, he won the non-championship, Marlboro Challenge for a second time.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Remaining with Newman/Haas for 1992, Andretti's season started slowly, but then won three races out of four during the mid-season. Despite taking two more wins later in the year, including the season finale at Laguna Seca, Rahal beat him again to the title by just four points. He would leave for Formula One at the end of the year, with his seat going to the reigning Formula One World Champion Nigel Mansell, who would win the 1993 CART title in his rookie season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> For four seasons between 1989 and 1992, Andretti had his father as his teammate at Newman/Haas. Together, they established a number of firsts, including the first father-son front row, for the 1986 Dana 200 for Special Olympics at Phoenix, and the first of 15 father-son podiums in the 1984 Cribari Wines 300K at Laguna Seca, with the last coming nearly a decade later in the 1992 Daikyo IndyCar Grand Prix, around the street of Surfers Paradise.<ref name="mshf.com">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="islandconnections.com">Template:Cite web</ref>

Futility at Indianapolis

The Andretti family's bad luck at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is known as the Andretti curse. He shared Rookie of the Year honours with Guerrero in 1984, when he finished fifth. In 1991, he led with 12 laps remaining, but finished second to Rick Mears after battling the multiple Indy 500 winner. The pair of them traded memorable late-lap outside passes for the lead in Turn One. The next year, 1992, he dominated the race, leading four-fifths of the laps, but, with 11 laps remaining after holding a two-lap lead, his fuel pump failed, and his car coasted to a stop. He was classified in 13th place. He also dropped out while leading the Indy 500 in 1989, 1995 and 2003. Andretti holds the record for most laps led in the Indy 500 without having achieved a victory.<ref name="mshf.com"/>

Formula One

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Andretti driving for McLaren at the 1993 European Grand Prix in Donington Park

Michael Andretti's first prospects for a Formula One drive came about in mid-Template:F1. The American owned and sponsored, but English based, Haas Lola team, competing in their first (and only) full season of F1, needed a driver for the 1986 Detroit Grand Prix as one of their regular drivers, Frenchman Patrick Tambay, had a broken foot from the previous race in Canada and could not drive. Team owner Carl Haas had originally wanted his CART driver and Template:F1 World Drivers' Champion Mario Andretti to drive in Detroit in Tambay's place. However, Mario was not interested in a return to F1, but instead pushed for his son Michael to get the drive, to which Haas agreed. Unfortunately however, at the time the sports governing body FISA somewhat controversially refused to grant the younger Andretti the Super Licence required to drive in Formula One. As a result, the drive went to the only other American in Formula One during the 1980s, Eddie Cheever who was spending 1986 driving Jaguar sportscars in the World Sports Prototype Championship.

For the 1993 season, Andretti signed for Marlboro McLaren to partner with the triple World Drivers' Champion Ayrton Senna in their Ford HBD V8-powered MP4/8. He signed during the summer of 1992 and the deal was announced at Monza over the weekend of the 1992 Italian Grand Prix. Ron Dennis, McLaren's team principal, said: "I think he can win Grands Prix and become the World Champion. It's not a question of which country you come from. It's how you demonstrate your desire to win."<ref name="mclaren.com">Template:Cite web</ref> There were practical factors that mitigated against Andretti being able to show competitive form in his debut season in Formula One. The rule changes introduced that season destroyed his hopes of unrestricted laps in free practice during which he could learn the tracks, as most were unfamiliar to him. From the start of 1993, just 23 laps were allowed in the morning's untimed session and only twelve in the qualifying session.<ref name="mclaren.com" />

With the pressure intensifying, Andretti began the year with crashes in at Kyalami and at Interlagos. In the latter of these two, he had a massive collision at the start with Gerhard Berger in a Ferrari. He then qualified sixth for the Sega European Grand Prix at Donington Park but collided with Karl Wendlinger's Sauber on the opening lap. Next time out at Imola, he again fell foul of Wendlinger after a drive that might have ended with a visit to the podium, and many critics cited this as the key turning point for the American.<ref name="mclaren.com" /><ref name="atlasf1.autosport.com">Template:Cite web</ref> In the 1993 Spanish Grand Prix, Andretti finally completed a race, finishing fifth amongst the established front runners.<ref name="atlasf1.autosport.com" /> His showing was criticized by former McLaren World Champion James Hunt because Andretti was lapped by his teammate Senna, though Andretti countered by saying that he had been under a lot of pressure to not just finish a Grand Prix, but to also finish in the points so he basically drove within himself in order to finish.

Andretti finished in the points on three occasions but not consistently. He never fully got to grips with the McLaren MP4/8. Highly technical aspects which he was not used to in the technologically simpler Indy cars such as active suspension and traction control hampered Andretti's chances as did the standing starts used in F1. Some in the industry, including former F1 driver and multiple Le Mans winner Derek Bell who mentioned it while doing guest commentary at the Italian Grand Prix for American television broadcaster ESPN, also felt that since he commuted to races and test sessions from the United States, rather than relocating full-time to Europe, this was also a contributing factor to his lack of success in Formula One.<ref>1993 Italian Grand Prix - ESPN broadcast</ref> At the time, McLaren's Special Projects Manager and long-time Andretti family friend Tyler Alexander, who had been involved in Formula One since the mid-1960s, had urged him to relocate to England as he knew times had changed from when his father had raced to the 1978 World Championship. He finished third at Monza, which would prove to be his last Formula One race; with three races remaining, he left the team and the championship by mutual agreement after the race.<ref name="mclaren.com" /><ref name="atlasf1.autosport.com" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

According to Andretti's son Marco, the McLaren team "sabotaged" his father's chances at being competitive in order to replace him with the team's test driver Mika Häkkinen, who would require a smaller salary.Template:Citation needed In 2008, Marco said: "The reality of it was, they had Mika Häkkinen ready to come in for a lot less than what my dad was getting paid, and that's all it was. Right then and there, they had to make him look [bad]. They would make the car do weird things in the corner electronically, stuff out of his control." Andretti still had problems in practice for the Italian Grand Prix, and both he and Senna spun off with brake balance problems early in the race. Andretti was able to continue and fought back up to third, holding off Wendlinger. Throughout the season, Senna experienced similar reliability problems to Andretti, mainly electronic gremlins, particularly in San Marino, Canada, Hungary, and Belgium, although Häkkinen equalled Andretti's third place Monza finish in Japan, while Senna won both the Japanese Grand Prix and the season ending Australian Grand Prix, his final race for McLaren.<ref name="mclaren.com" /><ref name="atlasf1.autosport.com" /><ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:CbignoreTemplate:Dead link</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

According to Häkkinen in a much later interview, Andretti's commuting to Europe from the United States meant he was not in Europe enough when testing needed to be done, allowing Häkkinen to consistently show his speed and build a relationship with the team. Häkkinen had also said that Andretti's mental approach was wrong, and he did not realize the kind of sacrifices one needed to make in order to succeed in Formula One.<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref> It has also been reportedTemplate:By who that at the start of the 1993 season, Dennis signed Häkkinen as a backup to Senna, who was initially reluctant to commit to the team for the whole season; Senna's move to Williams had to wait until the next season because his rival Alain Prost was having his retirement season there and had it written into his contract that they could not sign Senna as his teammate. This created a difficult atmosphere for Andretti, who would be in the shadow of Senna, and also faced the threat of being replaced by Häkkinen.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

There is a school of thought that had Andretti stayed on at McLaren for Template:F1 when all the electronic aids except the semi-automatic transmissions would be banned, the cars would have been closer in specification to what he had been used to in CART and that with now also having knowledge of most circuits on the F1 calendar, he might have been able to show the racing form that had gotten him to F1 in the first place. Even Mario Andretti lamented his son chasing money in America rather than staying in Formula One for longer.<ref>Michael Andretti's 1993 McLaren F1 nightmare</ref>

Return to CART

Andretti returned to the IndyCar racing after his unsuccessful season in Formula One with Target Chip Ganassi Racing, where he once again proved successful. He went on to win in his very first race back in the series at the 1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix, around the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Queensland, Australia, having led every lap along the way. That win also got Reynard's first win in CART in their debut. He also won again in the Molson Indy Toronto, taking a record fourth win. By the time he retired, he had won seven times at Exhibition Place.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 1995, Andretti returned to Newman/Haas Racing. Taking only one win in Toronto, he had a consistent season, scoring points in every round which resulted in Andretti claiming fourth overall in the points standing. The following season, he would finish as runner-up to Jimmy Vasser, in a season marred by the death of Jeff Krosnoff and split with Indy Racing League, visiting victory lane on five occasions. Newman/Haas began a new relationship with Swift which did not prove to be very successful in 1997–1999. In 2000 the team used Lola chassis and Andretti won the Firestone Firehawk 300 held at Twin Ring Motegi in Japan, and again in Toronto.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="grandprix.com">Template:Cite web</ref>

Andretti tried again to win Le Mans in 1997, again alongside his father, but joined on this occasion by Olivier Grouillard. Following an accident during the night, the trio were forced to retire their Courage C36. He would not return to la Sarthe as a driver.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> For 2001, Andretti made the decision to move to Team Green as he wanted to try to win the Indianapolis 500 and Newman/Haas refused to enter the Indy Racing League event. Andretti ran in a third Team Green car with Motorola sponsorship and ran at Indianapolis. He led 16 laps, and was leading the race during a rain delay just beyond the halfway point. Had the race been halted due to the rain, he could have been declared the winner. The red flag, however, did not come out at the time and the race resumed. A punctured tyre, and a minor collision in the pits with eventual winner Hélio Castroneves, driving for car owner Roger Penske, slowed him down, and at the end of the day, Andretti settled for 3rd place. In July, it was announced that he had bought the team and intended to shift the entire operation (which was renamed Andretti Green Racing) to the IRL.<ref name="grandprix.com" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Andretti's career in CART ended in 2002, in which he took his 42nd and final career victory at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. placing him in third place for all-time victories in championship car racing behind his father (52 wins) and A. J. Foyt (67 wins). Andretti is also tied with Al Unser Jr. for the most wins in a CART/IndyCar season with eight victories. He achieved this during his championship-winning season of 1991. Throughout his time in IndyCar, he retained a consistent and impressive record, finishing in the top ten of the championship on seventeen occasions.<ref name="islandconnections.com" />

Semi-retirement and team owner

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Andretti practicing for the 2007 Indianapolis 500

Andretti entered in the first four IRL events in 2003, culminating with the 2003 Indianapolis 500, after which he retired from full-time IndyCar racing. He led the race for 28 of the opening 94 laps before a throttle linkage failure put him out of contention once again. That year he bought into the "Team Green" squad run by brothers Kim and Barry Green in CART. It became Andretti Green Racing and for 2003, the team moved to the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series.<ref name="grandprix.com"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The team claimed consecutive IndyCar Series titles in 2004 and 2005, with Tony Kanaan and Dan Wheldon respectively, winning eleven of the seventeen races, including the Indianapolis 500. The 2007 season enhanced the Andretti legacy, when Dario Franchitti captured a third Series title for Andretti Green Racing in four seasons, and its second Indianapolis 500 win.<ref name="andrettiautosport.com">Template:Cite web</ref>

Andretti returned to the driver's seat for the 2006 Indianapolis 500 in a one-time effort to assist the development of his son, Marco, an IndyCar rookie for the 2006 season. Andretti led the race with four laps to go, before falling to second behind his son a lap later. He went on to finish third, while Marco only just missed out on the 500 victory after he was passed just before the start/finish line on the last lap by three-time IndyCar champion, Sam Hornish Jr. After qualifying his car in eleventh place for the 2007 Indianapolis 500, Andretti went on to finish thirteenth. He then announced that this would be his last Indy 500 as a driver. Andretti leaves driving competition at Indy with a frustrating distinction: the driver who led the most laps (431) without winning the race. He competed in 16 Indy 500s, with a top finish of second in 1991, but led the race nine times.

By 2012, Andretti's team was racing under the name of Andretti Autosport. He served as the team owners and strategist on Ryan Hunter-Reay's four race victories. Hunter-Reay captured the 2014 Indianapolis 500, with a close victory over Hélio Castroneves.<ref name="andrettiautosport.com" /> At the beginning of 2018, Andretti partnered with Ryan Walkinshaw's Walkinshaw Racing and Zak Brown's United Autosports to create Walkinshaw Andretti United which competes in the Australian Supercars Championship. Andretti United expanded into Extreme E in 2021.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On February 18, 2022, it was announced that Andretti had submitted a request with the FIA to enter Formula 1 under "Andretti Global". Formula One announced on January 31, 2024, that it had rejected Andretti's latest bid to join the sport by 2026, but that it was leaving the door open for an admission from 2028.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In October 2024, Andretti stepped down as CEO of Andretti Global, with the company announcing that he will remain involved in a strategic advisory capacity while the search for a new CEO begins.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Other activities

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Andretti at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May 2015

In 1996, Andretti invested in a Toyota dealership in his home state of Pennsylvania.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Among his personal appearances, Andretti appeared as a contestant on season 5 of the reality TV series The Celebrity Apprentice, which debuted in February 2012. Andretti joined the show as a last-minute replacement for his son Marco, who dropped out when Marco's friend Dan Wheldon was killed in the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship hours before Apprentice filming was scheduled to begin. Andretti was fired in the fourth episode, after a presentation for Buick executives of the Buick Verano.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>The Washington Post</ref> In March 2012, Andretti Sports Marketing took over as promoter of the Milwaukee Mile IndyCar race. The company also promoted the Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana, the Miami ePrix and the Global RallyCross Championship events at Washington and New York.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal life

Andretti was married to Sandra "Sandy" Spinozzi from November 1985 to 1996 and they had two children, son Marco (born March 13, 1987) and daughter Marissa (born October 31, 1990). He remarried on December 24, 1997, to Leslie Wood. They had a son, Lucca, born September 16, 1999. Andretti officially separated from Wood in 2003, and filed for divorce on September 7, 2004. Two years later, on July 15, 2006, Andretti announced his engagement to former Miss Oregon Teen USA 1994, Playboy Playmate of the Year 1999, model and actress Jodi Ann Paterson. The couple were married on October 7, 2006, at the Andretti Winery in Napa Valley, California. They have twin children, Mario and Miati (Mia), born February 13, 2014. The couple currently resides in Fishers, Indiana.

Awards

Andretti was inducted into National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in 2002, the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2008,<ref name=MSHoF>Michael Andretti at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America</ref> the Long Beach Grand Prix Walk of Fame in 2010, the Canadian Motorsports (International Division) Hall of Fame in 2012, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame in 2012.<ref name="andrettiautosport.com"/>

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Pos Team Car
1981 SCCA National Championship Runoffs Formula F<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 8th Van Diemen RF81
1982 Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 1st Arciero Racing Ralt-Volkswagen RT5/81
Ralt-Volkswagen RT5/82
SCCA National Championship Runoffs Formula F<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 3rd Lola T640
1983 Formula Mondial North American Cup<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>http://www.champcarsstats.com/atlantic/drivers/AndrettiMichael.htmlTemplate:Dead link</ref> 1st Conte Racing Ralt-Ford RT4
24 Heures du Mans<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 3rd Kremer Racing Porsche 956
Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 18th Ralt-Volkswagen RT5/82
FIA World Endurance Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 25th Kremer Racing Porsche 956
PPG Indy Car World Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 27th Kraco Racing March-Cosworth 83C
European Endurance Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 28th Kremer Racing Porsche 956
1983/4 USAC Gold Crown Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 5th Kraco Racing March-Cosworth 84C
1984 PPG Indy Car World Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 7th Kraco Racing March-Cosworth 83C
1985 USAC Gold Crown Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 8th Kraco Racing March-Cosworth 84C
PPG Indy Car World Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 9th Kraco Racing March-Cosworth 85C
1986 PPG Indy Car World Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2nd Kraco Racing March-Cosworth 86C
USAC Gold Crown Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 6th Kraco Racing March-Cosworth 86C
1987 PPG Indy Car World Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="driverdb.com">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2nd Kraco Racing March-Cosworth 87C
International Race of Champions<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 7th Chevrolet Camaro
USAC Gold Crown Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 29th Kraco Racing March-Cosworth 87C
World Touring Car Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 38th Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo
Camel GTP Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 40th Conte Racing
Hendrick Motorsport
March-Buick 86G
Chevrolet Corvette GTP
1988 Marlboro Challenge<ref name="ReferenceB">Template:Cite web</ref> 1st Kraco Racing Lola-Cosworth T88/00
USAC Gold Crown Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 4th Kraco Racing March-Cosworth 88C
PPG Indy Car World Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="driverdb.com"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 6th Kraco Racing March-Cosworth 88C
Lola-Cosworth T88/00
World Sports Prototype Championship for Drivers<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 44th Porsche AG Porsche 962C
1989 PPG Indy Car World Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 3rd Newman/Haas Racing Lola-Chevrolet T89/00
USAC Gold Crown Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 17th Newman/Haas Racing Lola-Chevrolet T89/00
1990 PPG Indy Car World Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2nd Newman/Haas Racing Lola-Chevrolet T90/00
USAC Gold Crown Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 20th Newman/Haas Racing Lola-Chevrolet T90/00
1991 PPG Indy Car World Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 1st Newman/Haas Racing Lola-Chevrolet T91/00
Marlboro Challenge<ref name="ReferenceC">Template:Cite web</ref> 1st Newman/Haas Racing Lola-Chevrolet T91/00
USAC Gold Crown Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2nd Newman/Haas Racing Lola-Chevrolet T91/00
Camel GTP Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 29th Jochen Dauer Racing Porsche 962C
1992 PPG Indy Car World Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2nd Newman/Haas Racing Lola-Ford T91/00
Lola-Ford T92/00
Marlboro Challenge<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2nd Newman/Haas Racing Lola-Ford T92/00
USAC Gold Crown Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 13th Newman/Haas Racing Lola-Ford T92/00
1993 FIA Formula One World Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 11th Marlboro McLaren McLaren-Ford MP4/8
1994 PPG Indy Car World Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 4th Target Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard-Ford 94I
USAC Gold Crown Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 6th Target Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard-Ford 94I
1995 PPG Indy Car World Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 4th Newman/Haas Racing Lola-Ford T95/00
USAC Gold Crown Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 25th Newman/Haas Racing Lola-Ford T95/00
1996 PPG Indy Car World Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2nd Newman/Haas Racing Lola-Ford T96/00
1997 PPG CART World Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 8th Newman/Haas Racing Swift-Ford 007i
1998 FedEx Championship Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 7th Newman/Haas Racing Swift-Ford 009.c
1999 FedEx Championship Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 4th Newman/Haas Racing Swift-Ford 010.c
2000 FedEx Championship Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 8th Newman/Haas Racing Lola-Ford B2K/00
2001 FedEx Championship Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 3rd Team Green Reynard-Honda 01i
Indy Racing Northern Lights Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 34th Team Green Dallara-Oldsmobile IR1
2002 FedEx Championship Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 9th Team Motorola Reynard-Honda 02i
Lola-Honda B2/00
Firestone Indy Racing League<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 38th Team Green Dallara-Chevrolet IR2
2003 IndyCar Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 24th Andretti Green Racing Dallara-Honda IR2
2006 IndyCar Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 24th Andretti Green Racing Dallara-Honda IR4
2007 IndyCar Series<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 27th Andretti Green Racing Dallara-Honda IR4

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Year Track Car Engine Class Finish Start Status
1981 Road Atlanta Van Diemen RF81 Ford Formula Ford 8 Running
1982 Road Atlanta Lola T640 Ford Formula Ford 3 1 Running

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
1982 Template:Flagicon Grand Touring Cars Inc. Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti Mirage-Cosworth M12 C 0 DNS
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1983 Template:Flagicon Porsche Kremer Racing Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti
Template:Flagicon Philippe Alliot
Porsche 956 C 364 3rd 3rd
1988 Template:Flagicon Porsche A.G. Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti
Template:Flagicon John Andretti
Porsche 962C C1 375 6th 6th
1997 Template:Flagicon Courage Compétition Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti
Template:Flagicon Olivier Grouillard
Courage-Porsche C36 LMP 197 DNF DNF

Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
1984 Template:Flagicon Dr. Ing. H. C. F. Porsche Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti Porsche 962 GTP 127 66th
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25th
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1989 Template:Flagicon Busby Racing Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti Porsche 962 GTP 237 47th
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16th
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1991 Template:Flagicon Jochen Dauer Racing Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti
Template:Flagicon Jeff Andretti
Porsche 962C GTP 663 5th
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3rd
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Complete 12 Hours of Sebring results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
1983 Template:Flagicon Henn's Swap Shop Racing Template:Flagicon Derek Bell
Template:Flagicon John Paul, Jr.
Porsche 935L GTP 125 56th
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9th
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Formula One

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1993 Marlboro McLaren McLaren MP4/8 Ford V8 RSA
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American Open Wheel racing results

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Formula Super Vee

Formula Super Vee results
Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
1982 Arciero Racing Ralt RT5/82 VW Brabham PHX
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1983-84 Kraco Racing DQSF INDY
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CART

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1983 Kraco Racing 99 March 83C Cosworth DFX V8t ATL INDY MIL CLE MIS1 ROA POC RIV MDO MIS2 LVG
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1984 Kraco Racing March 84C Cosworth DFX V8t LBH
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1985 Kraco Racing March 85C Cosworth DFX V8t LBH
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1986 Kraco Racing 18 March 86C Cosworth DFX V8t PHX1
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1987 Kraco Racing March 87C Cosworth DFX V8t LBH
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1988 Kraco Racing March 88C Cosworth DFX V8t PHX
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1989 Newman/Haas Racing 6 Lola T89/00 Chevrolet 265A V8t PHX
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1990 Newman/Haas Racing 3 Lola T90/00 Chevrolet 265A V8t PHX
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1991 Newman/Haas Racing 2 Lola T91/00 Chevrolet 265A V8t SRF
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1992 Newman/Haas Racing 1 Lola T91/00 Ford XB V8t SRF
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1994 Chip Ganassi Racing 8 Reynard 94i Ford XB V8t SRF
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1995 Newman/Haas Racing 6 Lola T95/00 Ford XB V8t MIA
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1996 Newman/Haas Racing Lola T96/00 Ford XD V8t MIA
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1997 Newman/Haas Racing Swift 007.i Ford XD V8t MIA
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1998 Newman/Haas Racing Swift 009.c Ford XD V8t MIA
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1999 Newman/Haas Racing Swift 010.c Ford XD V8t MIA
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2000 Newman/Haas Racing Lola B2K/00 Ford XF V8t MIA
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2001 Team Motorola 39 Reynard 01i Honda HR-1 V8t MTY
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IndyCar Series

Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref
2001 Team Motorola Dallara IR-01 39 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 PHX HMS ATL INDY
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2002 Team Green Dallara IR-02 Chevrolet Indy V8 HMS PHX FON NAZ INDY
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2003 Andretti Green Racing Dallara IR-03 7 Honda HI3R V8 HMS
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2006 Dallara IR-05 1 Honda HI6R V8 HMS STP MOT INDY
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2007 39 Honda HI7R V8 HMS STP MOT KAN INDY
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Indianapolis 500 results

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
1984 March Cosworth 4 5 Kraco
1985 Lola Cosworth 15 8 Kraco
1986 March Cosworth 3 6 Kraco
1987 March Cosworth 9 29 Kraco
1988 March Cosworth 10 4 Kraco
1989 Lola Chevrolet 21 17 Newman/Haas
1990 Lola Chevrolet 5 20 Newman/Haas
1991 Lola Chevrolet 5 2 Newman/Haas
1992 Lola Ford-Cosworth 6 13 Newman/Haas
1994 Reynard Ford-Cosworth 5 6 Ganassi
1995 Lola Ford-Cosworth 4 25 Newman/Haas
2001 Dallara Oldsmobile 21 3 Team Green
2002 Dallara Chevrolet 25 7 Team Green
2003 Dallara Honda 13 27 Andretti Green
2006 Dallara Honda 13 3 Andretti Green
2007 Dallara Honda 11 13 Andretti Green

Further reading

  • Michael Andretti, Robert Carver & Douglas Carver. Michael Andretti at Indianapolis . Simon & Schuster. Template:ISBN

See also

References

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