Mario Andretti
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Andretti licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2024 · Rhythm Masters: A Mickey Hart Experience as
- 2020 · Race to Perfection as Self
- 2019 · Shelby American as
- 2019 · Rapid Response as Self
- 2019 · Drive Like Andretti as Self
- 2017 · Superswede: A film about Ronnie Peterson as Self
- 2017 · Mickey and the Roadster Racers as Mario Mousedretti (voice)
- 2016 · The 24 Hour War as Self
- 2016 · 8 Meters as Self
- 2016 · The Routes to Roots: Napa and Sonoma as Self
- 2016 · McLaren as Self
- 2015 · Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman as Self
- 2014 · Lauda - The Untold Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · 1 as Self
- 2013 · Turbo as Dos Bros Customer / Race Official (voice)
- 2012 · How to Go Faster and Influence People: The Gordon Murray F1 Story as Self
- 2011 · Frankly... Jacky Ickx as Self
- 2006 · Cars as Mario Andretti (voice)
- 2005 · Dust to Glory as Self
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2001 · Beyond the Glory as
- 1997 · Super Speedway as Himself
- 1996 · The Pretender as Mario Andretti
- 1995 · The Jeff Foxworthy Show as
- 1992 · Lap of the Gods as Self
- 1991 · Home Improvement as Mario Andretti
- 1981 · 1981 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review as Self
- 1980 · Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 1 as Self
- 1978 · Formula 1 - Speed fever as Self
- 1972 · The Speed Merchants as Self
- 1970 · 1970 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review as Self
- 1969 · The Racing Scene as Self