Marco Andretti

The eventual winner, Ryan Briscoe just missed the wreckage, as Andretti finished 21st.

At Texas Motor Speedway, Andretti had one of the best cars and was able to drive the high line all night, but Ryan Hunter-Reay and Andretti made contact with just a few laps to go.

Andretti finished third at Iowa, and then ran a strong race at Richmond but lost position when he pitted under green and a subsequent caution allowed the race leaders to pit under yellow; he finished ninth.

Andretti finished fifth at Watkins Glen, before mechanical failure caused his car to crash out at Nashville.

He also raced earlier the same day in the American Le Mans Series race at Lime Rock Park.

At Mid-Ohio, Andretti got caught up in a four-car wreck on a restart on lap 42 which ended his race, before a 17th-place finish at Edmonton after contact with his teammate Danica Patrick.

At Kentucky, Andretti took the lead from Scott Dixon, but as the race neared its end, all drivers had to pit for more fuel and Dixon took the win, while Andretti finished third.

With his Rookie of the Year performance in May at the Indianapolis 500, he became the third Andretti to finish in the top five in his first Indianapolis 500 appearance, after father Michael (5th in 1984 Indianapolis 500) and grandfather Mario, who finished third in 1965.

Andretti finished second to Sam Hornish Jr.. in the second-closest finish in Indianapolis 500 history at a margin of 0.0635 seconds.

Marco Michael Andretti (born March 13, 1987) is an American auto racing driver.

He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 04 Chevrolet Silverado for Roper Racing and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 17 Chevrolet SS for Cook Racing Technologies.

He formerly drove in the IndyCar Series for 15 years with his family's team Andretti Herta Autosport.

Andretti won eight races in the 2003 Barber Formula Dodge Eastern Championship, and was champion in the Barber National and Southern class the following year.

Still barely out of high school, he raced in the Star Mazda series in 2005 and also made six starts in the Indy Pro Series.

Motorsports journalist Gordon Kirby suggested at the Champ Car finale in Mexico City that the youngest Andretti would be replacing Dan Wheldon in his No. 26 Jim Beam Dallara-Honda for 2006 with Michael Andretti coming out of retirement to run a fifth car for his Andretti Green Racing team at the Indianapolis 500.

Though a novel proposition to some, it was later confirmed in a December 15 press conference that he would move up to the Indy Racing League full-time as the youngest driver in series history and would trade sponsors – the New York Stock Exchange and Motorola – with Dario Franchitti as Andretti was not old enough to run an alcohol-sponsored car.

In his rookie start on March 26, 2006, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the No. 26 New York Stock Exchange Dallara Honda, Andretti started 13th but broke a halfshaft in his first pitstop, eliminating him from the race.

On August 27, 2006, Andretti became the youngest winner – at the age of 19 years, 172 days – of a major open-wheel racing event (later to be replaced by Graham Rahal) as he scored his first career Indy Racing League victory at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California.

Andretti's win established him as the 2006 Bombardier Rookie of the Year.

The 2007 season was not as successful for Andretti.

He failed to finish ten times and only completed 7 races.

The team struggled to find balance on 1.5 mi ovals, with accidents eliminating him from the races in Japan, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and Chicago, as well as the Mid Ohio road course.

After finishing second at Michigan, Andretti finished eleventh place overall with 350 points.

He held the record until April 2008, when Graham Rahal won the 2008 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg aged 74 days younger.

Andretti ran his first night race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the first race of the 2008 season, with a 2nd-place finish behind Scott Dixon.

He also led the most laps of the race – leading 85 – and received an additional three points.

At St. Petersburg, Andretti snapped a half-shaft on his car trying to leave the pits, causing him to retire.

In the third race of the season at Motegi, Japan, Andretti spun out on the first lap of the race.

At the 2008 Indianapolis 500, Andretti finished third, after leading several laps.

During the race, he passed teammate, Tony Kanaan, who then crashed into the wall, blaming Andretti.

A week later he captured his first IndyCar Series pole at the Milwaukee Mile and became the youngest IndyCar pole winner at the time – at the age of 21 years, 85 days – but crashed out with 3 laps to go in the race.

His car slipped up the track, collecting Ed Carpenter, which in turn caused Vítor Meira to go airborne as he drove over Andretti's tire.

In addition to IndyCar, he also has raced in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Formula E, IMSA SportsCar Championship, and raced in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans.

From 2021–2023, Andretti raced in the Superstar Racing Experience, in which he was named the 2022 SRX Series champion.

Andretti is the grandson of racing legend Mario Andretti and the son of CART champion Michael Andretti.

Marco was born to Sandra Spinozzi and eventual IndyCar champion Michael Andretti.

Marco's paternal grandfather is Italian American Mario Andretti, a highly successful racing driver, who raced professionally for four decades and had success in the United States and all over the globe in various categories of racing, including winning the Formula One Drivers' Championship in.

Other Andretti family members also have had success in various categories of racing.

He won three times – at St. Petersburg, the Liberty Challenge, and Sonoma – and finished 10th in points despite only starting half the races.

During his time in IndyCar, Andretti won two races and finished a career high fifth in points in 2013 and was the 2006 IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year.