Adam Andretti

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Adam Andretti

| image = TA2 44 Adam Andretti Road America Trans Am 2015.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = Andretti driving his TA2 Trans-Am car at Road America in 2015

| nationality = American

| birth_name = Adam P. Andretti

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|3|24}}

| birth_place = 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)

| current series = Trans-Am Series TA2

| first year = 2014

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| starts = 41

| championships =

| wins = 5

| podiums = 16

| poles = 7

| best finish = 2nd

| year = 2014

| last finish = 19th (2017)

| prev series = United States Formula 3
NASCAR Southwest Series
SPEED World Challenge
Indy Pro Series
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
Stadium Super Trucks

| prev series years = 2000
2001–2002
2003
2007
2016
2017–2018

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{{Infobox NASCAR driver|embed=yes

| Total_Canada_Races = 2

| Years_In_Canada = 1

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| Best_Canada_Pos = 30th (2017)

| First_Canada_Race = 2017 Pinty's Grand Prix of Toronto (Toronto)

| Last_Canada_Race = 2017 Total Quartz 200 (Mosport)

| First_Canada_Win =

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| Canada_Wins = 0

| Canada_Top_Tens = 2

| Canada_Poles = 0

| updated = March 28, 2019

}}

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.

Family background

He is the younger brother of the late 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 late 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

File:44 Adam Andretti TA2 2014 TransAm Road America.jpg car at Road America in 2014]]

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.[http://www.indycar.com/pro/news/story.php?story_id=9915 Full ride for Andretti] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118231034/http://www.indycar.com/pro/news/story.php?story_id=9915 |date=November 18, 2007 }}, indycar.com, September 10, 2007 On December 17 he announced that he had signed a deal with the new FuZion Autosport team for the upcoming season.[https://archive.today/20090226184303/http://www.indycar.com/news/story.php?story_id=10317 Andretti signs with new team], indycar.com, December 17, 2007 However, the team and Andretti failed to participate in any league-sponsored test sessions or enter any races.

File:1 Adam Andretti 2018 Road America SST.jpg at Road America in 2018]]

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.{{cite tweet|user=SSuperTrucks|author-link=Stadium Super Trucks|number=938815166443114497|title=Adam Andretti will make his #stadiumsupertrucks debut December 15–16 at the Lake Elsinore Diamond Stadium in Lake Elsinore, CA.|date=December 7, 2017|accessdate=March 4, 2018}} He failed to qualify for the first feature race after finishing sixth in his heat race,{{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2017-lake-elsinore-race-1/|title=2017 Lake Elsinore Race 1|work=Stadium Super Trucks|accessdate=February 7, 2018}} and finished twelfth in the second feature after suffering a mechanical failure on lap eight.{{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2017-lake-elsinore-race-2/|title=2017 Lake Elsinore Race 2|work=Stadium Super Trucks|accessdate=February 7, 2018}}

Andretti returned to SST in August 2018 at Road America, where he finished eleventh and ninth in the weekend's two rounds.{{cite web|last=Campbell|first=Angela|url=http://www.speedwaymedia.com/2018/08/26/robby-gordon-and-matthew-brabham-dominate-at-road-america/|title=Robby Gordon And Matthew Brabham Dominate At Road America|publisher=Speedway Media|date=August 26, 2018|accessdate=March 28, 2019}}

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

=American open-wheel racing=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

==Indy Lights==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
Year ! Team ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! Rank ! Points
2007 ! SpeedWorks \|HMS \|STP1 \|STP2 \|INDY \|MIL \|IMS1 \|IMS2 \|IOW \|WGL1 \|WGL2 \|NSH \|MDO \|KTY \|SNM1 \|SNM2 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\|CHI {{small\|18}} !style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| 41st !style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| 12

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! Rank

! Points

|HMS

|MIL

|IOW

|NSH

|MDO

|KTY

|SNM1

|SNM2

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|CHI
{{small|18}}

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 41st

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12

=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==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45\| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year ! Team ! No. ! Make ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! {{Tooltip\|NKNPSEC\|NASCAR K&N Pro Series East classification}} ! Pts ! Ref
2016 ! Bob Schacht ! 75 ! Toyota \| NSM \| MOB \| GRE \| BRI \| VIR \| DOM \| STA \| COL \| NHA \| IOW \| style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| GLN 8 \| GRE \| NJM \| DOV ! 46th ! 36 ! {{cite web\|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/andread01/2016/E\|title=2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results\|work=Racing-Reference\|accessdate=March 4, 2018}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

colspan=45| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results

Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! {{Tooltip|NKNPSEC|NASCAR K&N Pro Series East classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2016

! Bob Schacht

! 75

! Toyota

| NSM

| MOB

| GRE

| BRI

| VIR

| DOM

| STA

| COL

| NHA

| IOW

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GLN
8

| GRE

| NJM

| DOV

! 46th

! 36

! {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/andread01/2016/E|title=2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2018}}

==Pinty's Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%" ! colspan=45\| NASCAR Pinty's Series results
Year ! Team ! No. ! Make ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! {{Tooltip\|NPSC\|NASCAR Pinty's Series classification}} ! Pts ! Ref
2017 ! Scott Steckly ! 44 ! Dodge \| MSP \| DEL \| ACD \| ICAR \| style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| TOR 3 \| SAS \| SAS \| EIR \| CTR \| RIS \| style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| MSP 10 \| ASE \| HAM ! 30th ! 75 ! {{cite web\|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/andread01/2017/T\|title=2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series Results\|work=Racing-Reference\|accessdate=March 4, 2018}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%"

! colspan=45| NASCAR Pinty's Series results

Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! {{Tooltip|NPSC|NASCAR Pinty's Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2017

! Scott Steckly

! 44

! Dodge

| MSP

| DEL

| ACD

| ICAR

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TOR
3

| SAS

| EIR

| CTR

| RIS

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MSP
10

| ASE

| HAM

! 30th

! 75

! {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/andread01/2017/T|title=2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 4, 2018}}

=Stadium Super Trucks=

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%"
colspan=45\| Stadium Super Trucks results
Year ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! 22 ! {{Tooltip\|SSTC\|Stadium Super Trucks classification}} ! Pts ! Ref
2017 \| ADE \| ADE \| ADE \| STP \| STP \| LBH \| LBH \| PER \| PER \| PER \| DET \| DET \| TEX \| TEX \| HID \| HID \| HID \| BEI \| GLN \| GLN \| style="background:#FFCFCF;"\| ELS DNQ \| style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| ELS 12 ! 21st ! 34 ! {{cite web\|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2017-standings/\|title=2017 Overall Point Standings\|work=Stadium Super Trucks\|accessdate=January 28, 2019}}
2018 \| ELS \| ADE \| ADE \| ADE \| LBH \| LBH \| PER \| PER \| DET \| DET \| TEX \| TEX \| style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| ROA 11 \| style="background:#CFEAFF;"\| ROA 9 \| SMP \| SMP \| HLN \| HLN \| MXC \| MXC \| colspan=2\| ! 23rd ! 23 ! {{cite web\|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2018-standings/\|title=2018 Overall Point Standings\|work=Stadium Super Trucks\|accessdate=January 28, 2019}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%"

colspan=45| Stadium Super Trucks results

Year

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! {{Tooltip|SSTC|Stadium Super Trucks classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2017

| ADE

| STP

| LBH

| PER

| DET

| TEX

| HID

| BEI

| GLN

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ELS
DNQ

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ELS
12

! 21st

! 34

! {{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2017-standings/|title=2017 Overall Point Standings|work=Stadium Super Trucks|accessdate=January 28, 2019}}

2018

| ELS

| ADE

| LBH

| PER

| DET

| TEX

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ROA
11

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| ROA
9

| SMP

| HLN

| MXC

| colspan=2|

! 23rd

! 23

! {{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2018-standings/|title=2018 Overall Point Standings|work=Stadium Super Trucks|accessdate=January 28, 2019}}

References

External links

{{Racing-Reference driver|Adam_Andretti}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060327025146/http://stockcarracing.com/thehistoryof/88538/ Adam Andretti interview and racing background]

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Category:Indy Lights drivers

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Category:Rolex Sports Car Series drivers

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Category:American Speed Association drivers

Category:NASCAR drivers

Category:Stadium Super Trucks drivers

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