Jeff Andretti

Jeff Andretti
Born	April 14, 1964 (1964-04-14) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Awards	1991 CART Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
3 races run over 1 years
First race	1999 Pronto Auto Parts 400K (Texas)
Last race	1999 NAPA Autocare 200 (Nazareth)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0

Jeff Andretti (born April 14, 1964) is an American race car driver. He competed in CART, and was the series' Rookie of the Year in 1991.

Racing career

From 1990 until 1994 he drove in the CART IndyCar series. He has driven in the Indianapolis 500 three times, with a best finish of 15th in 1991 in his first start at the track. In his second attempt at the "500" a year later in 1992, he became yet another victim of the infamous Andretti Curse at the famed race track when a right rear wheel came loose off his car at Turn 2 and he crashed violently head-on into the wall, smashing both his legs. The accident pretty much hampered if not all together ended Jeff's career at least in terms of his competitiveness, since he was never the same again afterwards. He later managed however, to come back and race IndyLights for Canaska in 1995 and North American Supertouring Cars for Ford in 1996.

Jeff made 3 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series starts in 1999 in the #94 EML Rockfort Entertainment Chevrolet.

Andretti family

Jeff is the youngest son of the legendary Italian-born Mario Andretti, younger brother of Michael Andretti, and uncle of Marco Andretti. Jeff is the nephew of Mario's twin Aldo Andretti and cousin of Aldo's sons John Andretti and Adam Andretti. The Andretti family became the first family to have four relatives (Michael, Mario, Jeff, and John) compete in the same series (CART).

Racing record

American Open Wheel

(key)

CART

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
1990	Amoco	PHX	LBH	INDY DNQ	MIL Ret	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MIS	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LS		37th	0
1991	Bayside	SRF 7	LBH 9	PHX 10	INDY Ret	MIL 11	DET 16	POR 12	CLE 16	MEA Ret	TOR 9	MIS Ret	DEN 12	VAN 11	MDO Ret	ROA Ret	NAZ 11	LS 13	15th	26
1992	Foyt	SRF	PHX	LBH	IND Ret	DET	POR	MIL	NHA	TOR	MIC	CLE	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LS		49th	0
1993	Pagan	SRF	PHX	LBH	IND Ret	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIC	NHA	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LS		53rd	0
1994	Euromotorsports	SRF	PHX 17	LBH															44th	0
	Hemelgarn				IND DNQ	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIC	MDO	NHA	VAN	ROA	NAZ	LS

Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
1990	Lola	Cosworth	Failed to Qualify
1991	Lola	Cosworth	11th	15th
1992	Lola	Chevrolet	20th	18th
1993	Lola	Buick	16th	29th
1994	Lola	Buick	Failed to Qualify

External links

• Jeff Andretti at Racing Reference
• Jeff Andretti at Champ Car Stats
• Official website for the Andretti family
• Jeff Andretti Interview

Sporting positions
Preceded by Eddie Cheever	Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 1991	Succeeded by Lyn St. James
Preceded by Eddie Cheever	CART Rookie of the Year 1991	Succeeded by Stefan Johansson