In a video released on Thursday, Andretti Global president JF Thormann announced that the team is planning to expand its operation into the NASCAR Cup Series. This comes as the team still has ambitions to join the Formula One grid.
Thormann said the expansion is appropriate given the Andretti name’s history in stock car racing.
“A lot of times when I travel if I have the branding on, the amount of people that will actually ask and say ‘do you work for the Andretti race team, is it Mario, is it Michael?’ You realize the power of the name and how recognized it is,” he added. “It represents that hard work, Mario’s story of coming over with just their shirt on their backs. It’s just pride to wear that.”
At the moment, the team is only in the exploratory phase of expanding to NASCAR.
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Note: Mario Andretti’s grandson Marco has made two starts in the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series so far this season with an average start and finish of 28th.