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Stunning news, but maybe not....
Aldo Andretti, the 80 year old twin brother of Mario Andretti passed earlier today....
courtesy Andretti Autosport FB
Aldo Andretti, the 80 year old twin brother of Mario Andretti passed earlier today....
courtesy Andretti Autosport FB
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It is a reality check when a person loses someone so close. The words ooze sorrow.
Aldo Andretti, Mario’s Twin Brother, Has Died
Racing legend Mario Andretti announced on Twitter today (December 31) that his twin brother Aldo died last night at the age of 80. Mario tweeted, “My loving twin brother, my partner in crime and my faithful best friend every day of my life was called to heaven last night. Half of me went with him. There is no eloquence. I’m shaken to my core.”
In a statement, the Andretti Autosport team said Aldo “passed peacefully with a heart full of love and spirit.”
Aldo was also a racer. The brothers’ first car, a Hudson Hornet, was driven to its first victory by Aldo, not Mario, after Aldo won a coin toss for the honor of driving in its initial race. But the car came back to bite him after a crash at the end of the 1959 season left Aldo in a coma for four days. After racing various sprint cars throughout the 1960s, another bad crash in 1969 left him with multiple broken bones and would be his last race. Shortly after that he went into business with a tire dealership called Andretti Firestone and, later, Andretti Machine & Engineering Co.
In a statement, the Andretti Autosport team said Aldo “passed peacefully with a heart full of love and spirit.”
Aldo was also a racer. The brothers’ first car, a Hudson Hornet, was driven to its first victory by Aldo, not Mario, after Aldo won a coin toss for the honor of driving in its initial race. But the car came back to bite him after a crash at the end of the 1959 season left Aldo in a coma for four days. After racing various sprint cars throughout the 1960s, another bad crash in 1969 left him with multiple broken bones and would be his last race. Shortly after that he went into business with a tire dealership called Andretti Firestone and, later, Andretti Machine & Engineering Co.
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