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Michael Mario Andretti (born October 5, 1962) is a retired American CART and Formula One driver and owner of the Andretti Autosport team in the IndyCar Series. Andretti is the son of Mario Andretti and the father of Marco Andretti.
Andretti started racing in 1980, driving a Formula Vee car in Local SCCA events. In 1981 he won six of the 11 Super Vee races and won the championship. He moved on to drive in Formula Atlantic, and won the Championship in 1983. In the same year he joined his father and Philippe Alliot in the Porsche Kremer Racing Team, taking third place in the Le Mans 24 Hours, driving a Porsche 956.
He made his CART debut in 1984, racing for the Kraco team. He managed five third place finishes and ended the season in seventh overall. In the Indianapolis 500, he finished fifth and shared the Rookie of the Year award with Roberto Guerrero. He went on to win his first IndyCar race in 1986 at Long Beach, finishing that year as championship runner-up after collecting other wins at Milwaukee and Phoenix.
Michael Andretti on the Two Most Memorable Moments of His Career
F1 - Michael Andretti's Brief F1 Career (1992)
1998 CART Mid-Ohio Michael Andretti's Crash
Juan Montoya vs. Michael Andretti CART at Michigan 2000
Michael Andretti ORG Home Garage Makeover
CART Nazareth onboard Michael Andretti
Home Improvement with Mario & Michael Andretti
Indycar CART Long Beach 1991 - Andretti/Fittipaldi pit lane crash/pace car finds the wall
1991 CART Portland - Michael Andretti's Aggressive Move On The Opening Lap
Andretti & Hakkinen McLaren launch 1993
Actors: Greta Scacchi (actress), Anthony LaPaglia (actor), Graeme Blundell (actor), Jason Mack (miscellaneous crew), Victoria Mielewska (miscellaneous crew), Victoria Mielewska (miscellaneous crew), Kerry Walker (actress), Geoff Morrell (actor), Michael Wilkinson (costume designer), Peter Lawless (miscellaneous crew), Matthew Newton (actor), Leeanna Walsman (actress), Camille Hardman (miscellaneous crew), Salvatore Coco (actor), Martin Horlacher (actor),
Plot: A teenage Australian girl deals with the traumas of everyday life. These include her difficult relationship with her single mother, the unexpected return of her long-lost father, the disapproving nuns at her strict Catholic school, the acceptance of her schoolmates,and romantic dilemmas over two very different boys.
Keywords: 17-year-old, absent-father, australia, based-on-novel, beach, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, broken-nose, coming-of-age, death, directorial-debut