He was the 1974 USAC dirt track champion in 1974. He won nine Ind圜ar races in 1969, including the 1969 Indianapolis 500. Andretti finished second in the Ind圜ars in 19 before his second championship in 1969. He juggled Can-Am, Formula 5000, Formula One, Indy car, drag racing, sprint cars, and many others.

]Īndretti raced in numerous different series between 19.His third place finish at the 1965 Indianapolis 500 won him the Rookie of the Year award, and won the series championship. Andretti won his first championship car race at the Hoosier Grand Prix in 1965. Mario made his championship car debut in the USAC series in 1964 at Trenton, New Jersey, starting sixteenth and finishing eleventh. Mario had 20 modified stockcar wins in his first two seasons. The twins each had two wins after their first four races. They took turns racing the car on oval dirt tracks near Nazareth in 1959 in the old Hudson. Mario and Aldo worked on a 1948 Hudson Hornet Sportsman stock car in an uncle's garage in 1959. The five members of the Andretti family resettled in Nazareth, Pennsylvania in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley in June 1955.Īndretti's first exposure to auto racing was watching part of the Mille Miglia race in 1954, where he became captivated by Alberto Ascari. They lived in a refugee camp from 1948 to 1955. His family, like many other Italian Istrians, fled in 1948. After World War II Istria (which is now part of Croatia) was occupied and annexed by Yugoslavia. He was born with a twin brother, Aldo Andretti. Mario Andretti was born in the town of Montona d'Istria in the then Italian province of Istria.

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