Mario Andretti - Wikipedia
Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an American former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from 1968 to 1982, and IndyCar from 1964 to 1994. Andretti won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1978 with Lotus, and won 12 Grands Prix across 14 seasons.
Mario Andretti | USAC Hall of Fame Inductee
Mario Andretti, winner of the 1969 Indianapolis 500, amassed a racing career of immense proportions. The Italian American Andretti won the 1978 Formula One World title, four Indy Car crowns (three under USAC sanction) and an IROC title.
The 1969 Indianapolis 500 winner — Mario Andretti
Jan 4, 2025 · Mario Andretti then led for 116 laps to take the checkered flag and win $206,727. Dan Gurney was second and Bobby Unser was third while A. J. Foyt finished eighth.
Mario Andretti - IMS Museum
Mario Andretti compiled an outstanding record on his way to becoming one of the sport’s best known drivers. He drove in 29 Indianapolis 500 races, winning in 1969 and placing second twice. He set new one-lap qualifying records five times and new four-lap records on four occasions.
Indy 500's most controversial finish ruined Mario Andretti
May 6, 2019 · The record books will forever say Andretti didn't win that race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 24, 1981. Andretti says, defiantly, he did. "I don’t care how you twist it or turn...
50-year anniversary: Mario Andretti savors his 1969 Indianapolis …
May 10, 2019 · Marco Andretti pays tribute to Mario with 1969 Indy 500 throwback livery; This time 50 years ago, Mario Andretti was having himself a regular one -- the kind of year that had, for him,...
Mario Andretti | Formula One, IndyCar, Champion | Britannica
Dec 3, 2024 · Andretti won the Indianapolis 500 race in 1969 with a then-record speed of 156.867 miles per hour (252.11 km/hr). His apparent victory in the 1981 race was ultimately given to Bobby Unser (Andretti was penalized one lap for passing cars during a yellow flag).
Mario Andretti Indy 500 Victory 1969 – STP Sponsorship - Car and Driver
May 23, 2019 · Mario Andretti, a 29-year-old two-time USAC national champion, had just won the 1969 Indianapolis 500 and pulled his turbocharged Ford-V-8-powered Hawk III onto Victory Lane.
Fifty years ago, Mario Andretti scored his first - Hemmings
Jan 11, 2019 · When Mario Andretti arrived in Indianapolis in early May 1969, the two-time USAC Champion was already considered a favorite to win that year’s Indy 500. He’d earned Rookie of the Year honors — and a podium finish — at the Brickyard in 1965, and qualified on pole for the 1966 and ’67 races.
Mario Andretti - International Motorsports Hall of Fame
In 1965, he won his first race at the Hoosier Grand Prix and placed third at the Indianapolis 500, earning him the coveted Rookie of the Year award. Additionally, he also won his first Indy Car Championship that year, finishing with 12 top-four finishes, becoming the youngest driver to win that title. Andretti was only 28 years old.