The 1994 Indy 500 was his last appearance in that race until 2007. He finished a career-best fifth in the 1991 Indianapolis 500. In 1991 he won the only race of his CART career, the Gold Coast Indy 300 in Surfer's Paradise, Australia. In his debut at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1988, he reached as high as seventh place before mechanical problems forced him to finish 21st. CART Īndretti joined the PPG Indy Car World Series (CART) in 1987. He won that year at Watkins Glen, paired with Davy Jones. Andretti joined the BMW North America team for a full IMSA GTP season in 1986. He started racing actual sports cars in 1984.

Īndretti graduated from Moravian College with a degree in business management and later reflected he would have been an investment banker or stock broker if he had not started racing. Starting with karts at a young age, he graduated in time to junior stock cars and USAC midgets.

As a member of the famous Andretti racing family he was predestined for a racing career. John Andretti was born on March 12, 1963, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to 'Corky' and Aldo Andretti. A member of the Andretti racing family, he was the son of Aldo Andretti, older brother of racer Adam Andretti, nephew of Mario Andretti, and first cousin to Ind圜ar champion Michael and Jeff Andretti. He won individual races in CART, IMSA GTP, Rolex Sports Car Series, and NASCAR during his career. John Andrew Andretti (March 12, 1963 – January 30, 2020) was an American race car driver. After listening to the listener-driven interview after his loss on January 30, 2020, I wanted to take another shot at editing the episode to fix some technical glitches and to trim the show down to the best parts where John spoke on his amazing, multi-faceted career.Andretti at Carb Day 2015 at Indianapolis Motor Speedwayįirst driver to compete in the Indianapolis-Charlotte doubleġ993 Tyson/Holly Farms 400 ( North Wilkesboro)ġ999 Goody's Body Pain 500 ( Martinsville)Ģ008 Mountain Dew 250 Fueled by Winn-Dixie ( Talladega)ġ991 Gold Coast Indy Car Grand Prix ( Surfers Paradise) John Andretti's visit to The Week In Ind圜ar show in January of 2018, not long after his colon cancer diagnosis was revealed, was my favorite episode back then and remains so today.

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