John Andretti to run Indy 500 again
John Andretti will return to the Indianapolis 500 again this year in an Andretti Autosports entry run in collaboration with Richard Petty Motorsports
NASCAR legend Petty has been part of John Andretti's Indy 500 programmes for the last two years, joining forces with Dreyer & Reinbold in 2009 before switching to Michael Andretti's team last May.
"As a racer, the Indianapolis 500 is something that you love to be involved in," said Petty. "Heading back to Indy in May with John, Michael and [sponsor] Window World is the way we want to do it and I'm really looking forward to it."
Andretti crashed in last year's Indy 500, but had finished a strong ninth in the preceding Kansas round, which he contested as a warm-up.
Michael Andretti said his cousin would be aiming for victory this time.
"We learned a lot last year with John in the car and hopefully all of that will pay off for us this year," he said. "John is running the race for one reason and that's to win it, so we're going to give it everything we've got."
John Andretti was a CART Indycar regular in the late 1980s and early 1990s, before focusing mainly on stock cars for over a decade prior to his recent series of part-time IndyCar programmes.
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