Adam Andretti
Adam Andretti (born March 24, 1979) is an American racing driver. He has raced in sports cars, Indy Pro Series, NASCAR, and Stadium Super Trucks. He has been competing in the Trans-Am Series since 2014.
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 Andretti driving his TA2 Trans-Am car at Road America in 2015 | |||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||
| Born | Adam P. Andretti March 24, 1979 Brownsburg, Indiana, U.S. | ||||||
| Related to | Aldo Andretti (father) John Andretti (brother) Mario Andretti (uncle) Michael Andretti (cousin) Jeff Andretti (cousin) Marco Andretti (cousin) Jarett Andretti (nephew) | ||||||
| Trans-Am Series TA2 career | |||||||
| Debut season | 2014 | ||||||
| Starts | 41 | ||||||
| Wins | 5 | ||||||
| Podiums | 16 | ||||||
| Poles | 7 | ||||||
| Best finish | 2nd in 2014 | ||||||
| Finished last season | 19th (2017) | ||||||
| Previous series | |||||||
| 2000 2001–2002 2003 2007 2016 2017–2018 | United States Formula 3 NASCAR Southwest Series SPEED World Challenge Indy Pro Series NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Stadium Super Trucks | ||||||
| NASCAR Pinty's Series career | |||||||
| 2 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 30th (2017) | ||||||
| First race | 2017 Pinty's Grand Prix of Toronto (Toronto) | ||||||
| Last race | 2017 Total Quartz 200 (Mosport) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of March 28, 2019. | |||||||
Family background
He is the younger brother of veteran NASCAR racer John Andretti, nephew of Indianapolis 500 winner Mario Andretti and first cousin to IndyCar champion Michael Andretti and Jeff Andretti. He is the first cousin once-removed to IndyCar driver Marco Andretti. His father Aldo 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 Skip Barber Racing School.
Racing career
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 Indianapolis. 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 karts. 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 Charlotte, North Carolina. He also ran in the 24 Hours of Daytona, an event sponsored by the Grand American Road Racing Association.
In 2000, Andretti drove the No. 12 car in the short-lived United States Formula 3 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 NASCAR's Featherlite Southwest Series. In 2003, Andretti drove a Corvette at Sebring Raceway in the SPEED World Challenge Series. He drove in the 2004 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.
Andretti made his Indy Pro Series debut at Chicagoland Speedway on September 9, 2007. His race ended with an altercation with IndyCar veteran Jimmy Kite. Andretti announced after the race that he would compete in a full Indy Pro Series season in 2008.[1] On December 17 he announced that he had signed a deal with the new FuZion Autosport team for the upcoming season.[2] However, the team and Andretti failed to participate in any league-sponsored test sessions or enter any races.
In 2014, he became the first member of the Andretti family to compete in the Trans Am Series, 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 Stadium Super Trucks debut at the Lake Elsinore Diamond in the No. 44 truck.[3] He failed to qualify for the first feature race after finishing sixth in his heat race,[4] and finished twelfth in the second feature after suffering a mechanical failure on lap eight.[5]
Andretti returned to SST in August 2018 at Road America, where he finished eleventh and ninth in the weekend's two rounds.[6]
He has also served as a racing instructor for Road & Track magazine and some driving schools, including the Richard Petty Driving Experience.
Motorsports career results
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
| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Bob Schacht | 75 | Toyota | NSM | MOB | GRE | BRI | VIR | DOM | STA | COL | NHA | IOW | GLN 8 |
GRE | NJM | DOV | 46th | 36 | [7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pinty's Series
| NASCAR Pinty's Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NPSC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Scott Steckly | 44 | Dodge | MSP | DEL | ACD | ICAR | TOR 3 |
SAS | SAS | EIR | CTR | RIS | MSP 10 |
ASE | HAM | 30th | 75 | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium Super Trucks
(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)
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| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | SSTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | ADE | ADE | ADE | STP | STP | LBH | LBH | BAR | BAR | BAR | DET | DET | TEX | TEX | HID | HID | HID | BEI | GLN | GLN | ELS DNQ |
ELS 12 |
21st | 34 | [9] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | ELS | ADE | ADE | ADE | LBH | LBH | BAR | BAR | DET | DET | TEX | TEX | ROA 11 |
ROA 9 |
SMP | SMP | HLN | HLN | MXC | MXC | 22nd | 23 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||
References
- Full ride for Andretti Archived November 18, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, indycar.com, September 10, 2007
- Andretti signs with new team, indycar.com, December 17, 2007
- Stadium Super Trucks [@SSuperTrucks] (December 7, 2017). "Adam Andretti will make his #stadiumsupertrucks debut December 15-16 at the Lake Elsinore Diamond Stadium in Lake Elsinore, CA" (Tweet). Retrieved March 4, 2018 – via Twitter.
- "2017 Lake Elsinore Race 1". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- "2017 Lake Elsinore Race 2". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- Campbell, Angela (August 26, 2018). "Robby Gordon And Matthew Brabham Dominate At Road America". Speedway Media. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- "2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- "2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- "2017 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- "2018 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
External links
- Adam Andretti driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Adam Andretti interview and racing background