Biography

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In 2000, the Associated Press and RACER magazine named Mario Andretti "Driver of the Century." The same year, he was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the United States National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1996,[6] the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1990, and the Hoosier Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1970.[

Mario Andretti was the Driver of the Year (in the United States) in three years (1967, 1978, and 1984), and is the only driver to be Driver of the Year in three decades. Andretti was named the Driver of the Quarter Century (in the United States) in 1992.

On October 23, 2006, at the Columbus Citizens Foundation in New York, Andretti was awarded the highest civilian honor given by the Italian government, the Commendatore dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (known as the Commendatore), in honor of his racing career, public service, and enduring commitment to his Italian heritage.[39] Enzo Ferrari is the only other recipient of the Commendatore from the world of automobile racing.

During his career, Andretti won four IndyCar titles, the 1978 Formula One World Championship, and IROC VI (the 1978 - 1979 IROC). To date, he remains the only driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500 (1969), the 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 at the 1978 Dutch Grand Prix. Andretti had 109 career wins on major circuits.

Mario 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.[3] At his final IndyCar win in April 1993, Andretti became the first driver to win IndyCar races in four decades[4] and the first to win races in five decades.

The name Mario Andretti has become synonymous with speed in the United States, similar to Barney Oldfield in the early twentieth century and Stirling Moss in the United Kingdom.

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