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John Andretti News |
Andretti continues in the No. 24 Roth car Friday, May 30, 2008 By indycar.com staff John Andretti, who advanced five positions to finish 16th in the 92nd Indianapolis 500, will remain in the seat of the No. 24 Roth Racing car for the ABC Supply/A.J. Foyt 225 at The Milwaukee Mile this weekend and the Bombardier Learjet 550k at Texas Motor Speedway on June 7.
"We had a sort of historic event happen at Milwaukee in 1991," said Andretti, who competed in four CART races at The Mile. "I still say I won the race but they gave it to my cousin Michael, and I always tell that to Michael too, but of course he disagrees. It was the three Andrettis (uncle Mario was third) on the podium, which has never happened in history for a family to do that, and I don't know that it ever will again because you have to have three in the race to make it happen. |
John Andretti finishes 16th in 2008 Indy 500 |
John Andretti Rolls With Changes Through Three Decades At Indy
By Dick Mittman In 1988, John Andretti finished 21st as a rookie in the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race. On May 25, 20 years later, he will start from that same position as the only remaining driver from that 33-car starting field still competing. Andretti raced that year with his uncle Mario and cousin Michael, and three years later the trio was joined by Mario's other son Jeff. Now for the second straight year, he will take the green along with Michael's son Marco, who qualified seventh. This pushes the Andretti clan's total races to 58, second only to the 73 by Unser family. But while the Unsers have nine victories between them, the Andrettis only have one. And that happened so long ago - by Mario in 1969 - that race fans younger than 39 years old weren't even born yet. But John Andretti predicts all of that losing is about to come to an end. Andretti, a man who at 45 was not afraid to jump out of an airplane for the first time this week, also had no fear in forecasting that an Andretti is his favorite to win the 92nd running of "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing." |
Roth Racing Qualifies Both Cars At Indy Indianapolis, Indiana - Sunday, May 18, 2008 Coming into the month of May Roth Racing had high hopes of getting both of its cars into the field for the 92nd Indianapolis 500. Little did they know how hard, and nerve racking, it would be to accomplish that feat.
Recently recruited driver John Andretti accomplished the first half of the organizations goals by qualifying the 1-800-Las-Vegas #24 car in the middle of the pack on Saturday with a 4-lap average of 221.550 mph, good for 21st on the grid. |
Andretti watching weather as he prepares for Indy qualifying
Published: 5/16/08, 6:25 PM EDT By MIKE HARRIS INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - John Andretti has been around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway long enough to know that the weather can fool you. After scrambling the previous day, along with everyone else, to get track time in gloomy, cold and windy conditions, Friday's sunshine and warmer temperatures weren't going to con Andretti, who will try Saturday to qualify for his ninth Indianapolis 500 start dating to 1988. "The weather obviously is nice today, compared with what we've been fighting," said Andretti, who came up with a last-minute Indy ride from owner-driver Marty Roth last weekend. "It's not going to be like that tomorrow. "I think we're going to get a couple of little changes in (today), do some different things. But we also know that tomorrow is going to be a big, different day and we don't want to get so far down one way and trick ourselves into thinking that we've done something good when the track is just giving us more today than it will tomorrow. "This place is hard because you can run yourself in circles. We're going to try not to do that today."
Andretti, nephew of 1969 Indy winner Mario Andretti, is one of more than two dozen drivers hoping to grab one of the remaining 22 spots in the 33-car lineup for the May 25 race. He looked like a lock to get it done after turning a fast lap of 222.860, good for sixth on Friday's speed chart.
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John Andretti Steps Into Roth Racing Seat For Indy 500
Saturday, May 10, 2008 John Andretti will attempt to qualify for his ninth Indianapolis 500 in the No. 24 Roth Racing car.
Andretti, who started 24th and finished 30th last year in a Panther Racing-prepared car in his first Indy 500 since 1994, will replace Jay Howard in the seat for the race. Howard, the 2006 Firestone Indy Lights champion, passed the Rookie Orientation Program earlier in the week and practiced May 6. He has finishes of 22nd, 14th, 13th and 13th in IndyCar Series races this season.
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John Andretti gets Indy 500 ride: (Courtesy of Jayski.com)
John Andretti will attempt to qualify for his ninth Indianapolis 500 in the #24 Roth Racing car. Andretti, who started 24th and finished 30th last year in a Panther Racing-prepared car in his first Indy 500 since 1994, will replace Jay Howard in the seat for the race. Howard, the 2006 Firestone Indy Lights champion, passed the Rookie Orientation Program earlier in the week and practiced May 6. He has finishes of 22nd, 14th, 13th and 13th in IndyCar Series races this season. "As a result of the days lost due to weather, and losing our chief engineer (David Cripps) days before the start of this month, we found ourselves behind the 8-ball," team president Margaret Roth said. "John brings with him a wealth of experience, which can help us build two competitive cars for the 500. Jay will be back at Milwaukee. He has our full support. He's a great driver." "I want to feel it out a little bit, and see what we can do," Andretti said on the way to pit lane for the tail end of practice preceding qualifications for the first 11 spots in the 33-car field. He topped 220 mph on three laps. Team owner-driver Marty Roth will attempt to qualify for his fourth 500-Mile Race in the #25 car. He has a high finish of 24th in 2004.(Roth Racing), Andretti skipped Darlington and Lowe's testing to find an Indy 500 ride and Jeff Green attempted and failed to get the #34 Chevy into the race at Darlington.(5-10-2008)
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News from Jayski.com
Texaco/Havoline is leaving NASCAR and therefore will not return to the #42 next season, Ganassi officials said Tuesday............... Ken Schrader is now listed on the Bristol entry list as the driver of the #96 Hall of Fame Racing/DLP Toyota for the Sharpie 500. ............. Subway is completing a deal with #99-Carl Edwards that will make the ultra-fit NASCAR driver a spokesman for the big-spending restaurant chain,............. hearing that Travis Geisler is the new crew chief for #77-Sam Hornish Jr. Geisler was the chief engineer for #12-Ryan Newman.............. it was announced on Monday's Tony Stewart Sirius Satellite Radio show that Ryan Newman would run the #39 in 2009 and NOT the #4.............. A source close to the team told Sirius Speedway Saturday that Logano will run an orange-and-white #02 Toyota at Richmond with sponsorship from the Home Depot. .............. "Knight Rider's" KITT car is heading to Bristol -- sort of. NBC has teamed up with Ford Motor Co. and Yates Racing, .............. A source close to the team told Sirius Speedway Saturday that Logano will run an orange-and-white #02 Toyota at Richmond with sponsorship from the Home Depot. .............. Austin Dillon, grandson of championship-winning team owner Richard Childress, will make his Nationwide Series debut Sept. 5 at Richmond International Raceway............... Yates Racing, with an assist from partner Roush Fenway, is making a push to sign Paul Menard from Dale Earnhardt Inc. .............. #99-Carl Edwards won the 3M Performance 400 at Michigan International Speedway for his 5th win of 2008 and 12th of his career. #18-Busch finished 2nd followed by #6-Ragan,.............. Danny Sullivan, the "Spin and Win" driver who won the 1985 Indianapolis 500, has put an offer together to purchase the Bill Davis Racing operation in NASCAR. .............. NASCAR handed out a proposed testing policy to Sprint Cup Series crew chiefs Saturday afternoon. The proposal was much like the one already floated last month............. Goodyear has set a pair of tire tests for Indianapolis Motor Speedway. They will first return to the famed 2.5-mile oval Sept. 22-23, likely with three teams.............. Darien Grubb, engineering manager for Hendrick Motorsports' #5 and 88 Chevys, is the lead candidate for the crew chief position for Tony Stewart's #14 Chevy in 2009............... Although multiple sources say Casey Mears is headed to Richard Childress Racing next season, Mears contends it's not a done deal. Mears said on Friday at Michigan International Speedway that he is talking to more than one team about his Sprint Cup future. ............... David Reutimann has had his option picked up by Michael Waltrip Racing for next seaso. ............... #12-Ryan Newman was introduced as the second driver at Stewart-Haas Racing on Friday at Michigan International Speedway, he will drive the #39 Chevy, as for the sponsor... ................. UPS, a company famous for its trucks -- is said to be intrigued and looking at sponsorship of the truck series.................. |
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