John Andretti

John Andretti

NASCAR Cup Series statistics
Best placement	11th - (1998)
Starts Victories Poles Top 10 393 2 4th 37
NASCAR Xfinity Series Statistics
Best placement	12th - (2006)
Starts Victories Poles Top 10 37 - - 4th
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series statistics
Best placement	46th - (2005)
Starts Victories Poles Top 10 6th - - 3

John Andretti (born March 12, 1963 in Bethlehem , Pennsylvania , † January 30, 2020 in Mooresville , North Carolina ) was an American racing driver . He started in the ICWS from 1987 to 1993 . From 1993 to 2010 he was active in various NASCAR racing series, mostly in the highest category, the Sprint Cup . Between 2007 and 2011 he took part in a total of ten races in the IndyCar Series .

family

John Andretti came from a well-known American racing family, the Andrettis. His father Aldo is the twin brother of Mario Andretti , his younger brother Adam is also a racing driver by profession. Mario's sons and John's cousins, Michael and Jeff , have now ended their racing careers. Three times, in 1990, 1991 and 1992, four Andrettis - John, Mario, Michael and Jeff - drove in the Indianapolis 500-mile race .

In 2017, John Andretti was diagnosed with colorectal cancer (colon cancer) . After therapy, he announced in March 2019 that he had cancer again. He died on January 30, 2020 of the consequences of the disease.

Monoposto

John Andretti made his debut in the CART series in a monoposto in 1987 . In 1988 he started the Indianapolis 500 mile race for the first time and finished 21st. Andretti contested 74 races in the CART series and made it into the top ten 61 times. He achieved his only victory in 1991 at the Gold Coast Grand Prix in Surfers Paradise . In the same year, with fifth place, he also achieved his best placement at the Indianapolis 500.

Historically, the entry at the Milwaukee Mile was in 1991. In the order Michael, John and Mario, three pilots from a family stood on the podium of the first three. In 1994, he became the first driver to contest the Indianapolis 500 mile race and the Coca-Cola 600 in one day. He finished tenth in Indianapolis and then flew to Charlotte to drive at Lowe's Motor Speedway , where he finished 36th after technical problems.

NASCAR

John Andretti in a Makoto-Chevrolet 2008

In 1993 he made his NASCAR debut at North Wilkesboro Speedway. After a few team changes, he joined Mike Kranefuss's team in 1995 . With a Ford Thunderbird , he achieved his first pole position at the Southern 500 and finished in the top ten five times in the championship. In the overall standings, he was 18th. After a fifth place in the Hanes 500 in 1996, he celebrated his first race victory in the 1997 Pepsi 400 in what was then the NASCAR Winston Cup , today's Sprint Cup. In the 1998 season he won his second race at Martinsville Speedway . In 2006, Andretti drove his first and only full season in the NASCAR Busch Series .

Return to the monoposto

John Andretti in qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 in 2008

In 2007, John Andretti returned to monoposto racing in the Indianapolis 500 mile race. He started for Panther Racing , but had to end the race early after an accident after 95 laps. In 2008 he moved to Roth Racing and drove regularly in the IndyCar Series . He also competed in Indianapolis in 2009 and finished the race for Richard Petty Motorsports in ninth place. In 2010 Andretti took part in two races of the IndyCar Series for Richard Petty / Andretti Autosport , including the Indianapolis 500, and finished 32nd overall at the end of the season. In 2011 , as in the previous year, he competed for Richard Petty / Andretti Autosport at the Indianapolis 500. He finished the race in 22nd place. In 2011 he ended his career.

Sports car racing

Since the late 1980s, John Andretti also drove regularly in sports car races. He competed in the IMSA GTP series and drove the BMW M12 there. In 1988 he shared a works Porsche 962 with his uncle Mario and cousin Michael at the Le Mans 24-hour race and finished sixth in the overall standings. His greatest success was the overall victory at the Daytona 24-hour race in 1989. Again he drove a Porsche 962 and his team partners were Derek Bell and Bob Wollek .

statistics

Career stations

1983: Midget 1983: Formula Super Vee (32nd place) 1984: Can-Am (29th place) 1985: USAC National Silver Crown 1987 : ICWS (17th place) 1988 : ICWS (31st place) 1988: Sports Car World Championship (44th place) 1989 : ICWS (33rd place) 1989: IMSA GTP Championship (5th place) 1990 : ICWS (10th place) 1991 : ICWS (8th place) 1992 : ICWS (7th place) 1993 : ICWS (28th place) 1993: NASCAR Winston Cup (50th place)

1994 : ICWS (29th place) 1994: NASCAR Winston Cup (32nd place) 1995: NASCAR Winston Cup (18th place) 1996: NASCAR Winston Cup (31st place) 1997: NASCAR Winston Cup (23rd place) 1998: NASCAR Winston Cup (11th place) 1998: NASCAR Busch Series (93rd place) 1999: NASCAR Winston Cup (17th place) 2000: NASCAR Winston Cup (23rd place) 2001: NASCAR Winston Cup (31st place) 2002: NASCAR Winston Cup (28th place) 2003: NASCAR Winston Cup (38th place) 2004: NASCAR Nextel Cup (45th place) 2005: NASCAR Nextel Cup (55th place)

2005: NASCAR Truck Series (46th place) 2006: NASCAR Busch Series (12th place) 2007: NASCAR Nextel Cup (49th place) 2007: NASCAR Busch Series (147th place) 2007 : IndyCar Series (35th place) 2008: NASCAR Sprint Cup (62nd place) 2008: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (53rd place) 2008 : IndyCar Series (30th place) 2008: Grand-Am Sports Car Series , DP (54th place) 2009: NASCAR Sprint Cup (36th place) 2009 : IndyCar Series (37th place) 2010: NASCAR Sprint Cup (71st place) 2010 : IndyCar Series (32nd place) 2011 : IndyCar Series (42nd place)

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

season	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	Points	rank
2007	Panther Racing	HMS	STP	MOT	KAN	INDY 30	Mil	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	MIS	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI			10	35.
2008	Roth Racing	HMS	STP	MOT 1	LBH 1	KAN	INDY 16	MIL 19	TXS 16	IOW 11	RIR 21	WGL	NSH	MDO	EDM	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	SRF 2	71	30th
2009	Richard Petty Motorsports	STP	LBH	KAN	INDY 19th	Mil	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	GOAL	EDM	KTY	MDO	SNM	CHI	MOT	HMS			12	37.
2010	Richard Petty / Andretti Autosport	SAO	STP	ALA	LBH	CAN 9	INDY 30	TXS	IOW	WGL	GOAL	EDM	MDO	SNM	CHI	KTY	MOT	HMS			35	32.
2011	Richard Petty / Andretti Autosport	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY 22	TXS1	TXS2	Mil	IOW	GOAL	EDM	MDO	NHA	SNM	BAL	MOT	KTY	LSV		16	42.

( Legend )

¹ The races took place on the same day.

² No points were awarded.

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1988	Porsche KG	Porsche 962C	Michael Andretti	Mario Andretti	Rank 6

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1989	Busby Racing	Porsche 962	Bob Wollek	Derek Bell	failure	suspension

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11
1988	Porsche	Porsche 962	JER	JAR	MON	SIL	LEM	BRÜ	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ	SAN
							6th

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .
• Rick Popely, L. Spencer Riggs: Indianapolis 500 Chronicle. Publications International Ltd., Lincolnwood IL 1998, ISBN 0-7853-2798-3 .

Web links

Commons : John Andretti  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• John Andretti at Racing Reference

Individual evidence

1. ↑ John Andretti's Fight Against Cancer
2. ↑ John Andretti deceased (English)
3. ^ "Indy 500: Five times Andretti" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 11, 2011)