{"id":19338,"date":"2020-12-05T01:16:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T01:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/john-andretti\/"},"modified":"2023-12-11T14:52:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T14:52:31","slug":"john-andretti","status":"publish","type":"driver","link":"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/john-andretti\/","title":{"rendered":"John Andretti"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"hero hero--small-image\">\n    \n            \n<section class=\"c-site-breadcrumbs site-breadcrumbs proxima \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n    \n    <div class=\"hero__content\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                            <div class=\"circular-image\">\n                                            <picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"\" >\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" alt=\"andretti2_1\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/andretti2_1-200x200.jpg\" srcset=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n                                    <\/div>\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\"><\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"anchor-menu container-no-breakpoints proxima\">\n    <ul>\n                    <li><a href=\"#biography\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Biography<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#championship-seasons\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Championship Seasons<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#non-championship-races\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Non-Championship Races<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#teams\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Teams<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"biography\">\n            <div class=\"post__item\">\n                <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-data-box\" data-driver-id=\"19338\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <aside class=\"sidebar\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-3\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n\n        <\/aside>\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"full-biography\">\n    \n        \n        <section class=\"c-expanding-content expanding-content user-content expanding-content--expandable content-section toggle\">\n            <p>Being the son of Aldo Andretti \u2013 Mario\u2019s twin brother \u2013 gave John the advantages of a famous name and racing blood in his veins. He may not have enjoyed as much success as his cousin Michael, but he was a race winner in Champ Cars, NASCAR and IMSA \u2013 earning some $30m in prize money for his troubles.<\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Early racing career and IMSA win<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">With five years of karting experience behind him, John Andretti attended the Andr\u00e9 Pilette Racing School at\u00a0Zolder\u00a0with Michael in 1979. While the latter learnt in the public glare of America\u2019s open-wheel formulae, John drove in junior stock cars, then switched to USAC midgets in 1983.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">He won the rookie award that year and starred in sprint cars and IMSA prototypes over the next four years. Andretti partnered Davy Jones in a works-backed March 86G-BMW for IMSA\u2019s 1986 GTP season. A dominant victory at Watkins Glen was the highlight but a change of marketing strategy ended the\u00a0programme.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Switch to Champ Cars and Daytona success<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">I<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">nstead, Andretti made his Champ C<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ar debut at Elkhart Lake in 1987 driving Mike Curb\u2019s March 87C-Cosworth \u2013 joining both Michael and Mario on the grid. He finished sixth that day\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">although that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">proved to be\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">his<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0best result in 18 months with the\u00a0Skoal\u00a0Bandit-sponsored team. He also made his only start at Le Mans in 1988 when the three\u00a0Andrettis\u00a0shared the sixth<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8211;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">placed works Porsche 962.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Champ C<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ar success continued to prove elusive but it was a different story in IMSA. He drove Jim Busby\u2019s Miller High Life Porsche 962 in 19<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">89 and won both the Daytona 24 H<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ours and at West Palm Beach.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Inaugural Champ Car winner in Australia<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Those successes won Andretti the Porsche North America Cup and a works drive\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">in the marque\u2019s fledgling Champ C<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ar team for 1990. Fifth at Cleveland and Vancouver, Andretti was the championship\u2019s best placed non-Chevrolet driver. His move to Jim Hall\u2019s new Pennzoil-backed team after just one season proved inspired. Andretti\u2019s Lola T91\/00-Chevrolet won on his debut for the team\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">in the inaugural race on the streets of Surfers Paradise\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">on Australia\u2019s Gold Coast.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">It was his only Champ<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0C<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ar victory but he was also fifth at Indianapolis and second\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">on the Milwaukee Mile in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">what was\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">an all-Andretti podium. Eighth in the points both in 1991 and 1992, Andretti was\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">then\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">dropped from Hall\/VDS Racing in\u00a0favour\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">former Porsche team-mate\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Teo Fabi.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">A race winner in NASCAR<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">His NASCAR debut at North Wilkesboro in 1993 was hardly auspicious \u2013 spinning Billy Hagan\u2019s Chevrolet four times on the way to a lowly 24th at the finish. He made history in 1994 by becoming the first driver to race in the Indy 500 and Charlotte\u2019s Coca-Cola 600 on the same day. His 10th-place finish at the Brickyard (driving for his godfather\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">A<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.J.Foyt\u00a0Jr) was his final Champ<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0C<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ar start.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">But he continued as a fulltime NASCAR driver and switched to Petty Enterprises in August 1994 when Hagan ran short of sponsorship. On pole position for the 1995 Southern 500 at Darlington in the\u00a0Kranefuss-Haas Racing Ford, he switched to Cale Yarborough Motorsports\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">in the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">mid<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">dle of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">1996 and his RCA Ford Thunderbird won the 1997 Pepsi 400 at Daytona.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">He almost won again at Martinsville\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">before returning<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0to Petty Enterprises when his sponsor withdrew. Driving Petty\u2019s fabled STP number 43, Andretti was a career-best 11th in the 1998 standings and scored another victory at the start of 1999 after recovering from a lap down at Martinsville.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Petty switched from Pontiac to Dodge for 2001 and Andretti began to struggle. He left the team mid-2003 and continued to race in NASCAR until 2010 without threatening to add a third victory<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Andretti was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer in April 2017 but he was initially given the all-clear following chemotherapy. Unfortunately, the disease returned and he died in January 2020<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0when just 56 years old<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"expanding-content__buttons\">\n                                            <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-down expanding-content__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read full bio<\/a>\n                        <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-up expanding-content__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read Less<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/section>\n\n                                \n   <\/div>\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding-bottom database-table-collapsible toggle open\" 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