In 1986 Andretti drove a BMW M12 March, along with co-driver Davy Jones, in the 1986 IMSA GT Championship season. The 1994 Indy 500 was his last appearance in that race until 2007. He finished a career-best fifth in the 1991 Indianapolis 500. In 1991 he won the only race of his CART career, the Gold Coast Grand Prix in Surfer's Paradise, Australia. In his debut at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1988, he reached as high as seventh place before mechanical problems forced him to finish 21st. CART Īndretti joined the PPG Indy Car World Series (CART) in 1987, winning the Rookie of the Year award. He won that year at Watkins Glen, paired with Davy Jones. Andretti joined the BMW North America team for a full IMSA GTP season in 1986. He started racing actual sports cars in 1984.
Īndretti graduated from Moravian College with a degree in business management and later reflected he would have been an investment banker or stock broker if he had not started racing.
Starting with karts at a young age, he graduated in time to junior stock cars and USAC midgets. As a member of the famous Andretti racing family he was predestined for a racing career. John Andretti was born on March 12, 1963, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to "Corky" and Aldo Andretti.
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