Adam Andretti (born March 24, 1979) is an American

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. He has raced in sports cars,

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, and

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. He has been competing in the

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since 2014.

Family background

He is the younger brother of the late veteran

racer

John Andretti John Andrew Andretti (March 12, 1963January 30, 2020) was an American professional race car driver. He won individual races in CART, IMSA GTP, Rolex Sports Car Series, and NASCAR during his career. A member of the Andretti racing family, he was ...

, nephew of

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winner

Mario Andretti Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an American former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from to , and American open-wheel racing, IndyCar from 1964 USAC Championship Car season, 1964 to 1994 IndyCar se ...

and first cousin to

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champion

Michael Andretti Michael Mario Andretti (born October 5, 1962) is an American former racing driver, and current team owner. Statistically one of the most successful drivers in the history of American open-wheel car racing, Andretti won the 1991 CART champions ...

and

Jeff Andretti Jeff Andretti (born April 14, 1964) is a former American professional race car driver. He competed in the Champ Car World Series and was the series' Rookie of the Year in 1991. Early life and education Andretti was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvani ...

. He is the first

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once-removed to

driver

Marco Andretti Marco Michael Andretti (born March 13, 1987) is an American professional auto racing driver. He last competed part-time in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 98 Dallara- Chevrolet for Andretti Global. He formerly drove in the IndyCar Series fo ...

. His late father

Aldo Andretti Aldo Andretti (February 28, 1940 – December 30, 2020) was an American racing driver and entrepreneur, the twin brother of Mario Andretti and the father of John Andretti and Adam Andretti. He was the uncle of Michael Andretti and Jeff Andretti, ...

, Mario's twin brother, retired from driving race cars after nearly dying in an accident. Adam married Tabitha Eve on November 3, 2007. As of 2017, they reside in Brownsburg, Indiana. Andretti is a graduate of the

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Racing career

44 Adam Andretti TA2 2014 TransAm Road America

Andretti's racing career started in 1994 at the age of 15 with the help of his brother John, who helped Adam obtain a ride in the new half-scale Mini Cup Stock Car series, driving for Terry Lingner of Lingner Group Productions at the Velodrome in

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. He showed promise by winning four races in 1995 and finishing fourth in the series championship. After his stint in the Mini Stocks, Andretti raced

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. His brother Mark bought him a 125cc shifter kart and they raced for the next two years in the SKUSA series. In 1998, he finished second at the Formula C World Karting Championship held in

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. He also ran in the

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, an event sponsored by the

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. In 2000, Andretti drove the No. 12 car in the short-lived United States

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Championship for Duesenberg Brothers Racing. He won a race and finished third in the series points championship. Then in 2001 and 2002, he drove in

's Featherlite Southwest Series. In 2003, Andretti drove a

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in the

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Series. He drove in the 2004 Rolex

. Andretti made his

debut at

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on September 9, 2007. His race ended with an altercation with IndyCar veteran

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. Andretti announced after the race that he would compete in a full Indy Pro Series season in 2008. On December 17 he announced that he had signed a deal with the new FuZion Autosport team for the upcoming season. However, the team and Andretti failed to participate in any league-sponsored test sessions or enter any races. 1 Adam Andretti 2018 Road America SST

In 2014, he became the first member of the Andretti family to compete in the

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, doing so regularly in the TA2 class. He has raced a Camaro, a Mustang, and a Challenger, picking up 6 wins and finishing second in points twice. In December 2017, Andretti joined UFD Racing for his

debut at the

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in the No. 44 truck. He failed to qualify for the first feature race after finishing sixth in his heat race, and finished twelfth in the second feature after suffering a mechanical failure on lap eight. Andretti returned to SST in August 2018 at

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, where he finished eleventh and ninth in the weekend's two rounds. He has also served as a racing instructor for ''

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'' magazine and some driving schools, including the

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Driving Experience.

Motorsports career results

American open-wheel racing

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Indy Lights

NASCAR

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

K&N Pro Series East

Pinty's Series

Stadium Super Trucks

( key) (Bold – Pole position. ''Italics'' – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

References

External links

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Adam Andretti interview and racing background
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American people of Italian descent