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12-629: Andretti may refer to: Andretti family [ edit ] The Andretti family of American racing drivers Aldo Andretti (1940–2020), twin brother of Mario Mario Andretti (born 1940), Italian-born American racing driver Michael Andretti (born 1962), son of Mario John Andretti (1963–2020), son of Aldo Jeff Andretti (born 1964), son of Mario Adam Andretti (born 1979), son of Aldo Marco Andretti (born 1987), son of Michael Jarett Andretti (born 1992), son of John Andretti Autosport , an auto racing team, of which Michael Andretti

24-757: A McLaren for Andretti Autosport in their first foray into the series. On April 12, 2019, it was announced that he would make his first Indy Lights start at the 2019 Freedom 100 , also driving for Andretti Autosport. In 2021, Jarett announced plans to race full-time in the IMSA Prototype Challenge in the LMP3 class, alongside teammate Tristan Herbert. He will race the No. 18 Ligier JS P320 , with sponsors for his inaugural season including Gallant, Schaeffer Oil , and Unite Health Share Ministries . On May 5, Andretti Autosport announced they were moving

36-710: A 2,300-acre (930 ha) farm. After World War II Istria became a part of Yugoslavia . His family, like many other Istrian Italians , fled in 1948 during the Istrian–Dalmatian exodus . They lived in a refugee camp in Lucca from 1948 to 1955 until they were able to move to a two-room flat with the help of their uncle Quirino, who was a priest. Quirino would use a motorbike to visit his parishioners and Aldo and Mario would occasionally ride their bike with his tacit approval. In 1954 Aldo and Mario befriended Sergio Seggiolini and Beppe Biagini, who ran an auto-repair shop across

48-559: A serious crash near the end of the season. He recovered from his coma, and he returned the following season. Aldo continued racing on the USAC and IMCA circuits; in 1967, a race at Oswego Speedway saw the only occasion where Mario and Aldo raced head to head. Mario won; Aldo, suffering brake failure, finished tenth. Aldo competed in 16 USAC national sprint car races between 1967 and 1969, finishing 51st in points in 1967. In 1969, Aldo suffered severe damage to his face after crashing during

60-631: A sprint car race in Des Moines . Flipping end over end and striking the fence, Aldo suffered 14 fractures to his facial bones, and his right eye socket had been shattered. Following his recovery and extensive reconstructive surgery, Aldo quit racing at the request of Mario. In 1973, Andretti opened a retail business, Andretti Firestone, in Speedway, Indiana . In 1986 he established a precision machine shop for hospital beds and tool manufacturers called Aldo Andretti Machine & Engineering. Andretti

72-822: Is an owner Walkinshaw Andretti United , an Australian motor racing team, of which Michael Andretti is a shareholder Andretti curse , a folk belief in a string of bad luck of the Andretti racing family Andretti Racing , a video game Michael Andretti's World GP , a 1990 video game also called Satoru Nakajima F-1 Hero Michael Andretti's Indy Car Challenge , a 1994 video game Other people [ edit ] Andretti Bain (born 1985), Bahamian sprinter Action Andretti , stage name of Tyler Andretti, American professional wrestler See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] The dictionary definition of Mario Andretti at Wiktionary [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share

84-623: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Aldo Andretti Aldo Andretti (February 28, 1940 – December 30, 2020) was an American racing driver and entrepreneur, the twin brother of Mario Andretti and the father of John Andretti and Adam Andretti . He was the uncle of Michael Andretti and Jeff Andretti , great-uncle of Marco Andretti , and grandfather of Jarett Andretti . Aldo and Mario were identical twins. Aldo and Mario were born in Montona , Kingdom of Italy , now Motovun , Croatia , where their father, Gigi, managed

96-634: The USAC National Sprint Car, Silver Crown, and Midget scene in 2013, competing in those series through 2017. Andretti won the USAC National Sprint Car Rookie of the Year title in 2014. He returned to sports car racing full-time in 2018, making 10 starts in the 2018 Pirelli World Challenge , while still competing in 24 USAC National Sprint Car races. In 2019, he raced in the 2019 GT4 America Series , driving

108-445: The brothers were able to rekindle their interest in motorsports, when they discovered an oval track in their home town. Aldo and Mario rebuilt a 1948 Hudson Commodore into a stock car in 1959, and began racing it without telling their parents. They flipped a coin to see who would race in the first race. Aldo won the coin toss, the heat race and the feature. They each had two wins after the first four weeks. Aldo fractured his skull in

120-542: The same given name or the same family name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andretti&oldid=1243472155 " Categories : Given names Surnames Surnames of Italian origin Italian patronymic surnames Surnames from given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

132-586: The street. The boys would soon perform menial jobs for them, including parking customer cars although they were both underage and did not have a driving license. In 1954 Seggiolini and Biagini expressed their gratitude by taking Aldo and Mario to a trip to the Monza , where they saw Alberto Ascari racing. In 1956, the family decided to move to the United States and settled in Nazareth, Pennsylvania , where

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144-628: Was married, had five children and eleven grandchildren. He died from COVID-19 in Indianapolis, on December 30, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana . Jarett Andretti Andretti began his career in sprint car racing in 2010, and moved onto Supermodified racing in 2012. Andretti won the 2016 Lawrenceburg Speedway track championship in his sprint car. He made one Rolex Sports Car Series start in 2012. He made his debuts in

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