biography
| name: |
Andretti, Mario (Gabriele)
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pronunciation:
[andretee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1940– )
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| biography:
| Motor-racing driver, born in Montona, NE Italy (now part of Slovenia). After spending over three years in a displaced persons camp after World War 2, he went to the USA with his family at age 15, and became a US citizen in 1959. He started out in midget car racing, then progressed to the US Automobile Club circuit, winning the national driving championship in 1965–6, and emerging as one of motor racing's most versatile drivers. In a Formula One career stretching from 1968 to 1982, he competed in 128 Grand Prix, winning 16. He was the only person to have won the Daytona 500 (1967), the Indianapolis 500 (1969, 1981), and the Grand Prix world driving championship (1978). His son, Michael Andretti, also became a championship motor racer. |
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