John Andretti Personal Life, Profession, Wife, Net Worth, Metrics

John Andretti is the late American racing driver who died at the age of 56. Additionally, his death was confirmed by his cousin Marco Andretti who tweeted on January 30, 2020. He was also the brother of Adam Andretti and the nephew of Indianapolis 500 winner Mario Andretti. In addition, he is the father of three children whose son Jarett Andretti is an American racing driver.

Additionally, he had won several individual races including CART, ROLEX, Sports Car Series and NASCAR. Want to know more about the personal and professional life of the late racing driver? So stay tuned.

JOHN ANDRETTI: BIOGRAPHY, FAMILY, CAREER

Andretti was born on March 12, 1963 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States of America. He was born as the son of father Aldo Andretti and no information about his mother. He has three siblings, twin brother Mario Andretti and younger brother Adam Andretti and sister Carolyn Andretti.

Coming from the famous prestigious Andretti racing family, he started with karts from an early age. Then he graduated in USAC junior and midget stock cars. After that, he attended and earned a degree in business management from Moravian College. In 1984 he started racing his real sports cars and joined the BMW North America team for a full IMSA GTP season in 1986.

Subsequently, he joined the PPG Indy Car World Series in 1987 and won the Rookie of the Year award. He then started his racing career at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1988 and finished in 21st place, but he went to seventh before mechanical problems. In 1991 he won the only race of his CART career at the Gold Coast Grand Prix in Surfer’s Paradise, Australia. Additionally, he finished fifth, his career best, at the Indianapolis 500 in 1991.

In 1993 he started his Winston Cup where he drove the #72 Tex Racing Chevrolet for Tex Powell at North Wilkesboro Speedway and finished twenty-fourth. He returned to the Indianapolis 500 in 2007 for the first time since 1994. Additionally, he also announced that he would be partnering with Richard Petty and Window World for two events on March 31, 2010.

Throwback to the Race for Riley in the early 2000s! @John_Andretti pic.twitter.com/yrqZyoJ9Kt

– Ashley (Jacks) Agneau (@ AJacks25) 26 mai 2019

JOHN ANDRETTI: PERSONAL LIFE, WIFE AND DEATH

He had been married to his supporting wife Nancy Andretti since 1987. But there is no information on his dating or when he first met in the media. The couple also raised their three children: Jarett, Olivia and Amelia. As mentioned earlier, his son Jarett also followed in his father’s footsteps and made a career as a racing driver.

Sadly, the veteran sportsman passed away at the age of 56 after a long battle with colon cancer on January 30, 2020. First, he was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer in 2017. After that , he underwent surgery to remove 12 to 14 inches from the colon. However, he suffered a relapse of cancer in 2018 and again underwent another round of chemotherapy for the rest of the year which ended in January 2019, which relapsed again at the end of March 2019.

JOHN ANDRETTI: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

Andretti made a good income from his racing career during his lifetime. He has an estimated net worth of around $20 million from his career at the time of his death.

On Twitter, we can find his unverified account @John_Andretti with 19.8k followers. But it seems that he doesn’t have any account on Instagram and Facebook, however, he has a fan page under his name.

Like father, like son! @John_Andretti pic.twitter.com/diUkBBXxUQ

– Watkins Glen International (@WGI) 1er septembre 2019

JOHN ANDRETTI: BODY MEASUREMENTS

The racing driver had a slender body that stood at a height of 5ft 7in and weighed around 78kg at the time of his death. Other than that, there is no information about his measurements. Additionally, he had blue eyes with a gray-black hair color.