Mario Andretti

Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an American racing driver, arguably the most successful US citizen in auto racing. During his career, he has won four Champcar titles, and the 1978 Formula One World Championship. Andretti is the only person ever to win the Indy 500, the Daytona 500, and the Formula One World Championship.

Early life

He was born in the town called Montona in then Italian Istria, today Motovun in Croatia. After World War II Istria passed to Yugoslavia and his family, like many other Italian Istrians, fled in 1948 and spent the next seven years in a displaced persons camp. The Andretti family eventually resettled in Nazareth, Pennsylvania in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley.

Related Topics:
Italian - Istria - Motovun - Croatia - World War II - Yugoslavia - Istrians - 1948 - Nazareth, Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania - Lehigh Valley

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