Mario Andretti is an American racing driver born February 28, 1940, in Montona in what was then Italy and is now Motovun, Croatia, who won the Formula One World Drivers Championship in 1978 driving for Lotus, becoming only the second American to hold the title. He also won the 1969 Indianapolis 500, the 1967 Daytona 500, four IndyCar national championships in 1965, 1966, 1969 and 1984, and three runnings of the 12 Hours of Sebring, amassing 111 official race victories across Formula One, IndyCar and stock car racing and winning races in four different decades, a versatility across disciplines matched by almost no other driver in motorsport history.
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Career HighlightAndretti won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1978 with Lotus, the Indianapolis 500 in 1969, and the Daytona 500 in 1967. 1 Classification
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Why is Mario Andretti's 1993 Phoenix victory remembered?
It made him the oldest IndyCar winner, at 53, and the first driver to win a race in four different decades.
Mario Andretti won at Phoenix in 1993, aged 53. That victory made him the oldest winner in IndyCar history and the first driver to win a race in four different decades.
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Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an American former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1968 to 1982, and IndyCar from 1964 to 1994.
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Mario Gabriele Andretti was born on February 28, 1940
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Mario Gabriele Andretti was born on February 28, 1940
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is an American former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1968 to 1982, and IndyCar from 1964 to 1994.
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Andretti won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1978 with Lotus, and won 12 Grands Prix across 14 seasons. In American open-wheel racing, Andretti won four IndyCar National Championship titles and the Indianapolis 500 in 1969; in stock car racing, he won the Daytona 500 in 1967.
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In American open-wheel racing, Andretti won four IndyCar National Championship titles and the Indianapolis 500 in 1969; in stock car racing, he won the Daytona 500 in 1967.
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Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an American former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1968 to 1982, and IndyCar from 1964 to 1994.
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