Assessing his legacy is easy…. He drove the careers of three men. He drove with a passion and joy that few have equaled… and he won. Mario Andretti took the checkered flag 111 times during his career – a career that stretched five decades. And he was competitive for all of those years: He was named Driver of the Year in three different decades (the 60s, 70s, 80s), Driver of the Quarter Century (in the 90s) and Driver of the Century in January, 2000. In 2008, the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. added him to its list of “Living Legends”.

Often referred to as the greatest race car driver of all time, it wasn’t just the winning that made him a champion. It was the way he did it. Filled with a lifelong passion for the sport, he had an incredible drive to win and competitive spirit. Off the track, he is admired for his great warmth, dignity and class. He is well-traveled, articulate, inquisitive, principled and extremely hard working. He has an “old school” upbringing with an emphasis on respect, humility and a strong work ethic. Those attributes, too, are part of what makes him such an engaging superstar. Mario’s esteem covers the globe like a blanket.

He retired from active driving at the end of 1994. Now a successful businessman off the track, Mario serves as spokesman, associate and friend to top executives around the world and he is committed to the same high standard of excellence that won him his driving championships.
Mario Andretti
He won just about everything: The Indy 500, the Daytona 500, the Formula One World Championship and the Pikes Peak Hill climb. He won the Champ Car National Championship four times and was a three-time winner at Sebring. He won races in sports cars, sprint cars and stock cars – on ovals, road courses, drag strips, on dirt
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and on pavement. He won at virtually every level of racing since he arrived in America from his native Italy at age 15.