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From Trackside Online: Marco Andretti: It's easy to get down on the season we had, especially with the way it ended in Homestead, but it's over with and we can't go back. So that leaves us with having to find the good and learn from where we've been. We didn't win races, but out of 17 starts we had 11 top-10 finishes. We finished eighth in the points - still inside the top 10. It wasn't a great season, but made we progress throughout the year. It was a frustrating season, for sure, and it was… Continue

Original article here At the Andretti family resort, the members of a clan synonymous with speed enjoy no end of high-revving recreational choices. There's a circa-1971 racing boat that Mario Andretti, the patriarch and motor-racing legend, has clocked at a top speed of 210 km/h. There are four-wheel off-road vehicles, motocross racers and jet-skis, a water-skiing boat and more. And when winter falls… Continue

The Canadian Press-By John Kekis WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Marco Andretti smiled at the question. Sure, there might have been a few hard feelings aimed at Andretti Green Racing teammate Danica Patrick after Saturday night's race at Texas Motor Speedway, but they already were forgotten. "I just said what I was feeling," Andretti said Tuesday during a break in IndyCar testing at Watkins Glen International. "I was frustrated. But we talked it out. It's not the first time it's happened and it's… Continue

By RAY BUCK rbuck@star-telegram.com The Andretti name opens a lot of garage doors. The latest benefactor is 22-year-old Marco Andretti, carrying the family baton now in his fourth year of IndyCar Racing. Marco brings to open-wheel racing a familiar name and a fresh face ... uh, a Gillette Fusion-smooth face, if you believe the latest TV commercials in which he appears. The 30-second spot was originally produced for Russian and Canadian market distribution, but has since taken a circui… Continue

By Skip Brown - Indycar.com Wednesday, June 3, 2009 DOSWELL, Va. -- Marco Andretti will be battling for track space on Richmond International Raceway's 0.75-mile oval June 27 during the SunTrust Indy Challenge. Some spectators who will be watching that night had th… Continue

By Marco Andretti | SPECIAL TO THE MORNING CALL; May 25, 2009 EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the last in a series of columns by Nazareth native and Notre Dame-Green Pond High School graduate Marco Andretti as he participated in the 2009 Indianapolis 500. Andretti's troubles started on the first lap when he and Mario Moraes made contact in Turn 2. His Team Venom Energy crew made repairs and Andretti completed 56 laps to finish 30th. This is the biggest disappointment yet, obviously, as fa… Continue

Marco Andretti, the youngest driver in the storied Andretti racing family, chats to CBCSports.ca about the Indy 500, his learning curve and his future hopes in F1 It's been 40 years since an Andretti drank milk in the winner's circle of the Indianapolis 500. Twenty-two-year-old driver Marco Andretti wants to change that with the running of one of the most famous races in the world Sunday. Marco Andretti, son of Michael and grandson of Mario, knows what a win could mean for him and the f… Continue

Canadian Press INDIANAPOLIS — Marco Andretti wants to start winning. First, he must consistently finish races. If the lessons from the last 1 1/2 seasons have taught the 22-year-old American anything, it is this: There's still a lot to learn. "I'd call it character-building," he said. "It's not how I'd hoped it would go, that's for sure. I think I have the potential to do a lot better." As one of the youngest IndyCar drivers, with an American pedigree and a racing lineage that stretches to the… Continue

Toronto Star, May 12, 2009, Norris McDonald, Motorsport Writer Marco Andretti hopes to duplicate the success of father Michael and grandfather Mario Michael Andretti is in town today to kick-start the heavy duty promotion for July's Honda Indy Toronto – a race he won seven times back when it was known as the Molson Indy. To say that he owned that race is an understatement. Besides the seven trips to Victory Circle, he was on the podium three other times in the 20-year history of… Continue

Wednesday, April 01, 2009 By CHUCK GIVLER The Express-Times The Indy Racing League/IndyCar Series takes the season's first green flag Sunday with the Honda Grand Prix at St. Petersburg, Fla. Marco Andretti will look to get off the roller coaster early. Going into his fourth year driving for his father Michael Andretti's team, the Bushkill Township native has yet to compile a solid season. In his 2006 rookie season, Marco became the youngest driver to win a major open-wheel race and came with… Continue