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MARIO ANDRETTI CAREER HIGHLIGHTS . Four-time Indy Car National Champion (1965, 1966, 1969, 1984) . Formula One World Champion (1978) . Daytona 500 winner (1967) . Indianapolis 500 winner (1969) . Three-time Indianapolis 500 pole winner (1966, 1967, 1987) . Pikes Peak Hill Climb winner (1969) . Three-time 12 Hours of Sebring winner (1967, 1970, 1972) . USAC National Dirt Track champion (1974) . IROC (International Race of Champions) Champion (1979) . Only driver to be named Driver of the Year in three different decades (1967, 1978, 1984) . Named Driver of the Quarter Century (1992) by vote of past Drivers of the Year and a panel of 12 journalists . Named Driver of the Century by The Associated Press (December 10, 1999) . Named Driver of the Century by RACER magazine (January, 2000) . Named Greatest American Driver Ever by RACER magazine (May, 2002) . All-time leader in Indy Car pole positions won (67) . All-time Indy Car lap leader (7,595) . All-time leader in Indy Car race starts (407) . All-time leader in wire-to-wire Indy Car victories (14) . Second all-time in Indy Car victories (52) . Only driver ever to win Indy Car races in four decades . Only driver ever to win races in five decades . Oldest race winner in Indy Car history, with 1993 victory at Phoenix at age 53 . Only driver to win the Indy 500, Daytona 500 and the Formula One World Championship . From 1961 to 2000, competed in 879 races, had 111 wins and 109 poles (includes all forms of motorsports) MARIO’S 111 CAREER WINS 52 - Indy Car victories (USAC and CART) 12 - Formula One victories (FIA) 9 - Sprint car victories (USAC) 9 - Midget victories (ARDC, NASCAR and USAC) 7 - Formula 5000 victories (SCCA/USAC) 7 - World Sports Car victories (FIA) 5 - Dirt track victories (USAC) 4 - Three-Quarter Midget victories (ATQMRA) 3 - IROC victories 2 - Stock car victories (NASCAR and USAC) 1 - Non-championship race FORMULA ONE VICTORIES (12) 1971 South Africa (Kyalami) Questor Grand Prix (non-championship race at Ontario Motor Speedway) 1976 Japan (Mount Fuji) 1977 United States (Long Beach) Spain (Jarama) France (Dijon) Italy (Monza) 1978 Argentina (Buenos Aires) Belgium (Zolder) Spain (Jarama) France (Le Castellet) Germany (Hockenheim) Holland (Zandvoort) FORMULA ONE POLE POSITIONS (18) 1968 United States (Watkins Glen) 1976 Japan (Mount Fuji) 1977 Spain (Jarama) Belgium (Zolder) Sweden (Anderstorp) France (Dijon) Holland (Zandvoort) Canada (Mosport) Japan (Mount Fuji) 1978 Argentina (Buenos Aires) Belgium (Zolder) Spain (Jarama) Sweden (Anderstorp) Germany (Hockenheim) Holland (Zandvoort) Italy (Monza) United States (Watkins Glen) 1982 Italy (Monza) INDY CAR VICTORIES (52) 1965 Hoosier Grand Prix 1966 Milwaukee 100, Langhorne 100, Atlanta 300, Hoosier Grand Prix, Milwaukee 200, Hoosier 150, Trenton 200, Phoenix 200 1967 Trenton 150, Indianapolis Raceway Park 150, Langhorne 150, St. Jovite 100, St. Jovite 100, Milwaukee 200, Hoosier 100, Phoenix 200 1968 St. Jovite 100, St. Jovite 100, DuQuoin 100, Trenton 200 1969 Indy 500, Hanford 200, Pike's Peak Hill Climb, Nazareth 100, Trenton 200, Springfield 100, Trenton 300, Kent 100, Riverside 300 1970 Castle Rock 150 1973 Trenton 150 1978 Trenton 150 1980 Michigan 150 1983 Elkhart Lake 200, Caesars Palace 200 1984 Long Beach Grand Prix, Meadowlands Grand Prix, Michigan 500, Elkhart Lake 200, Mid-Ohio 200, Michigan 200 1985 Long Beach Grand Prix, Milwaukee 200, Portland 200 1986 Portland 200, Pocono 500 1987 Long Beach Grand Prix, Elkhart Lake 200 1988 Phoenix 200, Cleveland Grand Prix 1993 Phoenix 200 INDY CAR POLE POSITIONS (67) 1965 Langhorne, Indianapolis Raceway Park, Phoenix 1966 Phoenix, Trenton, Indy 500, Milwaukee, Langhorne, Atlanta, Langhorne, Milwaukee, Trenton, Phoenix 1967 Trenton, Indy 500, St. Jovite, Trenton 1968 Trenton, Indianapolis Raceway Park, St. Jovite, St. Jovite, Indiana Fairgrounds, Sacramento, Michigan 250, Phoenix 1969 Hanford, Milwaukee, Langhorne, Trenton, Kent 1970 Phoenix, Milwaukee, Indianapolis Raceway Park, Sacramento 1972 Milwaukee 1973 Texas 1974 Trenton 1980 Michigan 150, Phoenix 1981 Watkins Glen 1982 Michigan 500 1983 Cleveland, Elkhart Lake 1984 Long Beach, Portland, Meadowlands, Cleveland, Michigan 500, Elkhart Lake, Mid-Ohio, Laguna Seca 1985 Long Beach, Milwaukee, Meadowlands 1986 Phoenix, Mid-Ohio, Laguna Seca 1987 Long Beach, Phoenix, Indy 500, Meadowlands, Pocono 500, Elkhart Lake, Laguna Seca, Miami 1992 Michigan 500 1993 Michigan 500 ENDURANCE RACE RECORD DATE RACE CAR CO-DRIVER START FINISH 2/6/66 Daytona 24 Hours Ferrari Pedro Rodriguez 3 3/66 Sebring 12 Hours Ferrari 365P2 Pedro Rodriguez DNF 6/19/66 24 Hours of LeMans Ford GT Mk II Lucien Bianchi DNF 2/5/67 Daytona 24 Hours Ford GT Mk II Lucien Bianchi DNF 4/1/67 Sebring 12 Hours Ford GT Mk IV Bruce McLaren 1 1 6/11/67 24 Hours of LeMans Ford GT Mk IV Lucien Bianchi DNF 2/68 Daytona 24 Hours Alfa Romeo T33 Lucien Bianchi 5 3/22/69 Sebring 12 Hours Ferrari 312P Chris Amon 2 4/25/69 Monza 1000 km Ferrari 312P Chris Amon DNF 2/1/70 Daytona 24 Hours Ferrari 512S Arturo Merzario & 1 3 Jacky Ickx 3/21/70 Sebring 12 Hours Ferrari 512S Nino Vaccarella & 1 Ignazio Giunti 7/11/70 Watkins Glen 6 Hours Ferrari 512S Ignazio Giunti 3 3/20/71 Sebring 12 Hours Ferrari 312P Jacky Ickx 2 DNF 7/24/71 Watkins Glen 6 Hours Ferrari 312P Jacky Ickx DNF 11/9/71 9 Hours of Kyalami Ferrari 312PB Jacky Ickx 1 2 1/9/72 Buenos Aires 1000 km Ferrari 312PB Jacky Ickx 10 2/6/72 Daytona 6 Hours Ferrari 312PB Jacky Ickx 1 1 3/25/72 Sebring 12 Hours Ferrari 312PB Jacky Ickx 1 1 4/16/72 BOAC 1000 km at Brands Ferrari 312PB Jacky Ickx 1 1 Hatch 7/22/72 Watkins Glen 6 Hrs Ferrari 312PB Jacky Ickx 1 1 4/25/74 Monza 1000 km Alfa Romeo 33TT Arturo Merzario 1 1 7/74 Watkins Glen 6 Hours Alfa Romeo 33TT Arturo Merzario DNF 6/83 24 Hours of LeMans Porsche Michael Andretti & 3 3 Philippe Alliot 2/84 Daytona 24 Hours Porsche Michael Andretti 1 DNF 6/88 24 Hours of LeMans Porsche 962C Michael Andretti & 3 6 John Andretti 2/89 Daytona 24 Hours Porsche 962 Michael Andretti 6 DNF 2/91 Daytona 24 Hours Porsche 962 Michael Andretti & 6 5 (DNF) Jeff Andretti 6/95 24 Hours of LeMans Courage Porsche C34 Bob Wollek & Eric 3 2 Helary 6/96 24 Hours of LeMans Courage Porsche C36 Derek Warwick & Jan 9 13 Lammers 6/97 24 Hours of LeMans Courage Porsche C36 Michael Andretti & 31 27 (DNF) Olivier Grouillard 6/00 24 Hours of 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