Where was mario andretti born

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Mario was born in Montona, Italy (now Croatia), about 35 miles from the northeastern city of Trieste. World War II broke out around the time he was born, at the beginning of 1940. When the war ended, the peninsula of Istria, which is where Montona was located, became part of Yugoslavia. So the Andrettis were inside a Communist country.

One of America’s greatest racing drivers, Mario Andretti has virtually won it all, the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona 500, the International Race of Champions (IROC) series, CART, and Formula 1 World titles. Andretti was born in Montona, Italy (now Motvun, Croatia) and with his family, including twin brother Aldo, moved to the United States in 1955.

Mario and his twin brother Aldo were born on February 28, 1940, with World War II raging all around their birthplace of Montona, a town near the Italian port city of Trieste. The brothers’ first seven years were spent in a camp for displaced persons, where the Andretti family endured exceedingly crowded conditions and severe food shortages.

Mario Andretti was born in in Motovun, Croatia, along with his twin brother Aldo to Italian parents, Luigi Andretti, a farm manager, and Rina.

Motorsports Hall of Famer Mario Andretti was born in Montona, Italian Istria in 1940. His family migrated to America in 1955, settling in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.