(born
April 14 1964 ) is an
American Race Car driver. He competed in
CART , and was the series' Rookie of the Year in 1991.
From
1990 until
1994 he drove in the
CART IndyCar series. He has driven in the
Indianapolis 500 three times, with a best finish of 15th in
1991 in his first start at the track. In his second attempt at the "500" a year later in
1992 , he became yet another victim of the infamous
Andretti Curse at the famed race track when a right rear wheel came loose off his car at Turn 2 and crashed violently head-on into the wall, smashing both his legs. The accident pretty much hampered if not all together ended Jeff's career at least in terms of his competitiveness, since he was never the same again afterwards. He later managed however, to come back and race
IndyLights for Canaska in
1995 and
North American Supertouring Cars for
Ford in
1996 .
Jeff made 3
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series starts in 1999 in the #94 EML Rockfort Entertainment Chevrolet.
Jeff is the youngest son of the legendary Italian-born
Mario Andretti , younger brother of
Michael Andretti , and uncle of
Marco Andretti . Jeff is the nephew of Mario's twin
Aldo Andretti and cousin of Aldo's son
John Andretti . The Andretti family became the first family to have four relatives (Michael, Mario, Jeff, and John) compete in the same series (
CART ).
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