He finished fifth in two races, at Cleveland and Vancouver, and for the first time, he was among top 10 drivers. In 1990, John Andretti joined Porsche North America team to drive the #41 car in the CART Indy Car World Series.
In the Indy Car Series, he was driving Lola-Buick for Vince Granatelli, but without notable results. For the rest of the IMSA GTP season, John competed with Busby Racing's Porsche 962 and finished fifth in the points. He partnered Bob Wollek and Derek Bell in the Miller High Life/BF Goodrich-sponsored #67 Porsche 962 and they won ahead of the Castrol Jaguar Racing's XJR-12. One of John's greatest victories followed in February 1989, at the Daytona 24-hour race. Together with cousin Michael, he had a one-off appearance in the IMSA GTP race at Mid-Ohio, driving the Chevrolet Corvette GTP for Hendrick Motorsports.ġ989 Daytona 24h winning Porsche Victory at the 1989 Daytona 24h He was driving for Curb Racingin the last five rounds of the championship, finishing four times in the Top 10. In 1987, John Andretti entered the first league of the American open-wheel racing, the CART Indy Car World Series. In the next two years, he was driving the March-BMW prototypes, claiming the biggest success at 1985 Watkins Glen 500-km race, winning the race together with Davy Jones. He competed in the Formula Vee, Can-Am Series, USAC Sprint Car Series, but his main focus laid in the IMSA GTP Championship in which he debuted in 1984, driving the A-B Engineering's Argo JM16-Ford. John showed diversity since the beginningĮven in his early days, John Andretti showed that diversity is going to be his main characteristic. He became the rookie of the year and won the regional midget championship. John's first competition with big cars was the 1983 USAC National Midget Series. One of the main rivals in the go-karts was his cousin Michael. Under the influence of his father and uncle, but also Godfather AJ Foyt, John Andretti entered his first race at the age of 9. Michael's son Marco (born 1987) and John's son Jarett (born 1992) are also racers. John's brother Adam is much younger, having been born in 1979. John was born on March 12, 1963, in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, a year after Mario's son Michael (1962) and a year before Mario's other son Jeff (1964).
John is the son of Aldo Andretti, Mario's twin brother. John Andretti Three generations of Andretti racing dynasty
0 kommentar(er)
