Mario Andretti

Mario Andretti is a veteran race car who is considered one of the most universally successful racers in history. He is a 1967 Ford Fairlane with a blue and tan paint scheme, with a grey front bumper and grille. He has red rims, with black tire threads and the number "11" painted in white on his doors.
==History==
===Cars===
In Cars, Mario Andretti attends the tiebreaker race in California. He is greeting the security guards when Fred, a rusty car with his name printed on his license plate, rolls up and greets Mario. Mario replies, "And good morning to you, uh, Fred." Fred then happily takes this as the fact that Mario Andretti knows his name, and excitedly informs Marco Axelbender of it.
===Radiator Springs===
In the comic Radiator Springs, Luigi says that Andretti was an Italian Formula One racer who came from Luigi's hometown.The town is not stated as Carsoli, Luigi's hometown as revealed in Cars 2. He is shown on television when Luigi and his friends are watching it and later on the cover of a magazine stating his victory at the Beachside 500 on the Beachside Speedway.
==Official profiles==
===Car Finder Game===
===Meet My Friend (Race O Rama Series)===
*"Famous in racing circuits around the world, Mario Andretti attends the Piston Cup tie-breaker, exciting race fans who catch a glimpse of him."
===Pixarpedia===
*"Mario Andretti is a racing legend. A 1967 Ford Fairlane, he seems to have won just about every accolade you can think of over the years. A gentleman on and off the track, Andretti ensures the number eleven is never too far from the checkered flag!"
==Gallery==
Rusteze-fred-mario.jpg|Cars
PattyCars.jpg|Cars
MarioAndrettiCars.jpg|Promotional artwork
Bandicam 2014-06-14 08-28-11-757.jpg|Car Finder Game profile
Cars 02 rev 03.jpg|Mario Andretti at the Radiator Springs Raceway.
Cars1 5 (2).jpg|Mario appears in Cars (comic)
Mario Andretti Diecast.jpg|Diecast
File:Sc-mario-andretti.jpeg|2007 release
File:Mario andretti yellow wheels world of cars single.jpg|2008 release
File:Ror-mario-andretti-chase-card.jpg|2009 release
File:Mario andretti red wheels cars 2015 single - piston cup.jpg|2015 release
File:Mario andretti red wheels cars 2016 single - la speedway.jpg|2016 release
Heyday junior moon variant cars 2021 pack de 5.jpg|2021 release with Strip Weathers aka "The King", Lightning McQueen, Cruz Ramirez and Junior Moon
File:Mario andretti 2023.jpg|2023/2025 release
File:MarioAndrettiMicroDrifters.jpg|Micro Drifters
== Names in other languages==
==Trivia ==
*He is based on, named after and voiced by Mario Andretti himself, a retired NASCAR and Formula One driver.
**He is also one of the few racers in the Cars franchise to not have his name be car-ified or have a pun based name.
*In the European Spanish version, he is voiced by Spanish Formula One driver Fernando Alonso, who also made a cameo as himself in the Spanish version of Cars 2 and providing the voice of Hamilton in Cars 3.
*In the German version, he was named Mika Häkkinen, after the Finnish professional racing driver, Mika Häkkinen, who was also his voice actor in that version of the movie.
** In several international versions he has a blue and off-white paintjob with a number 1.
*Although Andretti's Car Finder Game bio states he was friends with Doc and raced against him, he does not appear in any of the flashbacks in Cars 3. Additionally, Mario's model is from the 60s, while Doc raced from 1951 to 1954.
*His tires are similar to Lightning McQueen, except that they lack the Lightyear font and the shape of the tires.
==See also== 
*Mario Andretti Talks Disney Pixar Cars Cameo
==References==
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