That success helped launch Andretti into INDYCAR competition with Curb Racing in 1987, joining his uncle, Mario, and cousin Michael.
He found Victory Lane almost immediately in IMSA sports car racing, winning a race with co-driver and eventual fellow Indy 500 veteran Davy Jones in September 1986 at Watkins Glen. He began his professional full-time driving career after graduating from Moravian College in his hometown in 1985. John Andretti started his racing career in karting and won the USAC Speedrome Regional Midget series title in 1983, at age 20. His career included 12 starts in the Indianapolis 500 and 11 starts in the Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.īut his tireless, selfless work on behalf of various charities, even after his cancer diagnosis became public in April 2017, earned him even more respect and loyalty from a legion of worldwide admirers than his significant talent behind the wheel.Īndretti was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the son of race driver Aldo Andretti and nephew of 1969 Indianapolis 500 and two-time Formula One World Champion Mario Andretti. He also competed in top-level drag racing and short-track open-wheel racing. He was 56.Īndretti, a member of the famed Andretti racing family, drove and won at the highest levels of North American motorsports in Indy cars, stock cars and sports cars. 30 after a long, courageous battle with colon cancer. John Andretti, one of the most popular and versatile American race drivers of his generation, died Thursday, Jan.
In lieu of flowers, gifts can be made to: Mark Catholic Church in Huntersville, N.C.Ī Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday, February 6, at 1 p.m., at Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral Catholic Church in Indianapolis. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. followed by Eulogy and Prayer Service beginning at 7 p.m. John Andretti's family will receive friends on Monday, February 3, from 4 p.m.
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