![]() įollowing Porsche's defeat in the 1988 Daytona 24 Hours, Porsche entered a 962C at Le Mans for Mario, Michael and John. ![]() Back in June 1987, Michael joined Hendrick Motorsport to race a Chevrolet Corvette GTP in the Mid-Ohio 500 km, this time joined by his cousin, John Andretti, where they finished 11th. He would finish runner-up for the second season in a row. Andretti would also win the season finale, Tamiami Park. With him winning in dominating fashion at Nazareth Speedway, his championship hopes remained alive, although Rahal clinched the championship at the next race. Michael would win the Michigan 500, drawing within nine points of Rahal. Back in CART, he continued with Kraco in 1987, and like 1986, the championship was between Andretti and Rahal. Paired with Alessandro Nannini, they finished 16th overall, second in class. In a one-off race with Alfa Corse, he took part in the inaugural World Touring Car race, 500 km di Monza. Going into the season finale at Tamiami Park, Andretti was just three points behind Rahal, but neither driver were a factor in the race, with Andretti retiring with a broken halfshaft. Andretti won a key victory in at Phoenix. With Rahal continuing to win races, Andretti's consistent finishing only allowed Rahal a nine-point lead in the standing with two races remaining. It was one of the most shocking finishes in the history of Ind圜ar, and the closest finish until 1997. A week later, on Father's Day, Michael was leading on the final lap at Portland, when his March-Cosworth 86C ran out of fuel, allowing his father, Mario, to beat him by just 0.07 seconds. ![]() Andretti would take the points lead with his victory on the Milwaukee Mile. The season became a two-man battle for the championship title, between Michael and Bobby Rahal. He went on to win his first Ind圜ar race in 1986 in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. In the Indianapolis 500, he finished fifth and shared the Rookie of the Year award with Roberto Guerrero. He re-signed for Kraco for the 1984 season, where he managed five third-place finishes and ended his rookie season in seventh overall. Michael and Mario's 1989 Porsche 962 driven in the 24 Hours of DaytonaĪndretti made his CART debut in 1983, racing for the Kraco Enterprises team. They took pole position, but during the race, the engine broke. The father and son duo paired up again the 1984 24 Hours of Daytona, this time in a full-works Porsche 962, which made its race debut. Foyt and Preston Henn, but the Porsche 935 failed to finish. Andretti also raced alongside his father in the Riverside 6 Hours where they were joined by A. The father and son partnership returned to the Circuit de la Sarthe the following year, and were joined by Philippe Alliot in the Porsche Kremer Racing's Porsche 956, taking third place. Although he made his international sports car debut at the 1982 24 Hours of Le Mans, he was denied the opportunity to race, as the Mirage M12 he had chosen to race with his father was disqualified 80 minutes before the race was due to start. He also won the opening race of the 1983 Super Vee season before he moved up to drive in Formula Atlantic, and won his second title by winning the FIA Formula Mondial North American Cup the following season. In 1982, he won six of the 11 races on his way to winning the Robert Bosch US Formula Super Vee Championship. He also drove in a number of Formula Vee races in regional SCCA events. He obtained his SCCA National License in 1980, then won six races to claim the SCCA's Northeast Division Formula Ford championship in 1981. Michael Andretti was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania to race car driver Mario Andretti, a four-time Ind圜ar champion and one-time Formula One champion, and his wife Dee Ann (née Hoch) įollowing a successful career racing karts, winning 50 of his 75 races over eight years, Andretti moved into racing cars. He is the son of Formula One World Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner Mario Andretti, and the father of current Ind圜ar Series driver Marco Andretti. Since his retirement from active racing, Andretti has owned Andretti Autosport, which has won four Ind圜ar Series championships and five Indianapolis 500 races. Statistically one of the most successful drivers in the history of American open-wheel car racing, Andretti won the 1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series and amassed 42 race victories, the most in the CART era and fourth-most all time. Michael Mario Andretti (born October 5, 1962) is an American semi-retired auto racing driver and current team owner.
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