Mario Andretti
Born: 1940-02-28 in Montona, Istria, Italy -now Motovun, Istria, Croatia
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Andretti licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- Bobby Rahal: True American Racer as Self
2025
- IndyCar: Anything to Win as Self
2022
- The Last Movie Stars ... (Co-Producer)
2020
- Race to Perfection as Self
2019
2017
- Mickey and the Roadster Racers as Mario Mousedretti (voice)
- Superswede: A film about Ronnie Peterson as Self
2016
- McLaren as Self
- The 24 Hour War as Self
- The Routes to Roots: Napa and Sonoma as Self
- 8 Meters as Self
2015
2014
- Lauda - The Untold Story as Self (archive footage)
2011
- Frankly... Jacky Ickx as Self
2006
- Cars as Mario Andretti (voice)
2005
- Dust to Glory as Self
2004
2002
- Top Gear as Self
2001
1997
- Super Speedway as Himself
1996
- The Pretender as Mario Andretti
1992
- Lap of the Gods as Self
1991
- Home Improvement as Mario Andretti
1987
- Driven to Excellence as Himself
1980
1978
- Formula 1 - Speed fever as Self
1972
1971
1969
- The Racing Scene as Self