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30 Jan 2020, 21:39 (Ref:3954628)
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John Andretti 1963-2020
John Andretti lost his battle with colon cancer. Drove midgets and sprints, Indy cars, Nascar, IMSA.
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30 Jan 2020, 22:04 (Ref:3954636)
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He won the Watkins Glen 500K in BMW with Davey Jones, and Daytona 24 in Porsche 962 with Bob Wollek an Derrick Bell.
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30 Jan 2020, 22:11 (Ref:3954638)
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Also was the 1989 Rolex 24 overall winner and NHRA Top Fuel driver, too, I just found out today.
https://www.racingsportscars.com/pho...02-05-067a.jpg      I always liked John. My favorite Andretti. 
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He won the first Gulf Coast Indycar race and participate in a V8 Supercar race per Craillsy after they announced it on the Bathurst Practice coverage from RLM.
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31 Jan 2020, 01:40 (Ref:3954653)
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He was the first driver to do "the Double". He drove the 43 STP Pontiac for Petty in the Daytona 500. He drove the Pennzoil car for Penske in the Indy 500. I'm sorry to say that I never quite appreciated John's accomplishments until today.
I found this video of some of his top fuel exploits today: https://twitter.com/nascarman_rr/sta...97024674582528 He was mostly known for being an all around good human being though. RIP John Andretti. 
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