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| Name | Mario Andretti | | Active years | 1968 � 1972, 1974 � 1982 | | Teams | Lotus, March, Ferrari, Parnelli, Alfa Romeo, Williams | | Races | 131 (128 starts) | | Championships | 1 (1978) | | Wins | 12 | | Podiums | 19 | | Career points | 180 | | Pole positions | 18 | | Fastest laps | 10 | | First race | 1968 United States Grand Prix | | First win | 1971 South African Grand Prix | | Last win | 1978 Dutch Grand Prix | | Last race | 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix | | Name | Mario Andretti |
| Caption | Mario Andretti at Barber Motorsports Park in 2010. |
| Nationality | US American (naturalized 1964) |
| Birth Date | February 28, 1940(age 76) |
| Years | 1968 � 1972, 1974 � 1982 |
| Team(s) | Lotus, March, Ferrari, Parnelli, Alfa Romeo, Williams |
| Races | 131 (128 starts) |
| Championships | 1 (1978) |
| Wins | 12 |
| Podiums | 19 |
| Points | 180 |
| Poles | 18 |
| Fastest Laps | 10 |
| First Race | 1968 United States Grand Prix |
| First Win | 1971 South African Grand Prix |
| Last Win | 1978 Dutch Grand Prix |
| Last Race | 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix |
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| Teams | Holman Moody
Grand Touring Cars Inc.
Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche AG
Courage Compétition
Panoz Motorsports |
| Best Finish | 2nd ( ) |
| Class Wins | 1 ( ) |
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| | Name | Mario Andretti | | Total Cup Races | 14 | | Years In Cup | 4 | | Best cup position | unranked | | First race | 1967 Motor Trend 500 (Riverside) | | Last race | 1969 Motor Trend 500 (Riverside) | | First win | 1967 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | | Last win | 1967 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | | Cup Wins | 1 | | Top tens | 3 |
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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.
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