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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.
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Filmography
all 36
self 29
Movies 23
TV Shows 13
Voice 2
Producer 1
Narrator 1
The Last Movie Stars (2022)
NOVA: Beyond the Elements (2021)
Auto Biography: Racing Legends (2021)
Race to Perfection (2020)
Shelby American (2019)
Rapid Response (2019)
Drive Like Andretti (2019)
Qualified (2019)
Superswede: A film about Ronnie Peterson (2017)
Mickey and the Roadster Racers (2017)
The 24 Hour War (2016)
8 Meters (2016)
The Routes to Roots: Napa and Sonoma (2016)
McLaren (2016)
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman (2015)
1 (2013)
Turbo (2013)
Legends of F1 (2012)
Great Grand Prix Racing Heroes (2010)
Cars (2006)
Dust to Glory (2005)
Beyond the Glory (2001)
Super Speedway (1997)
The Pretender (1996)
The Prince and the Pretender (1996)
The Jeff Foxworthy Show (1995)
Lap of the Gods (1992)
Home Improvement (1991)
1981 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review (1981)
Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 1 (1980)
Formula 1 - Speed fever (1978)
The Speed Merchants (1972)
1970 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review (1970)
The Racing Scene (1969)
Once Upon a Wheel
The Power and the Glory
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GenderMale
Birthday1940-02-28 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceMotovun, Croatia
ChildrenJeff Andretti, Michael Andretti
SiblingsAldo Andretti
CitizenshipsItaly, United States of America
AwardsGreat Immigrants, Library of Congress Living Legend
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