Ten percent of the publisher's proceeds from your purchase of Racer will be donated to Riley Children's Foundation, the fundraising arm of Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health and the founding organization that opened Riley Hospital in 1924. Racer is an intimate look at racing at the highest levels as well as life lessons from one of the world’s most celebrated motorsports family. The powerful narrative includes John’s substantial charity work, and the story of how he contracted colon cancer at age 53 and turned his affliction into a public awareness campaign. He also tells about his experience winning the 24 Hours of Daytona, competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and even his colorful venture racing an NHRA Top Fuel dragster. John was one of the world’s most versatile race car drivers, and Racer includes John’s remembrances of scoring wins in the NASCAR Cup series, Ind圜ar, IMSA sports car racing, and in sprint cars and midgets on dirt ovals across the country.
The book offers an intimate look at the interplay between these two men, and how their intensity and integrity shaped John’s life. His father, Aldo, is the twin brother of Mario Andretti. The book opens with John’s memories of growing up as a member of auto racing’s famous family. John is a wonderful storyteller, and the book is comprised of a series of John’s stories as told to bestselling author Jade Gurss ( Beast, In the Red, Driver #8). The honesty and character that defined Andretti’s life offer a behind-the-scenes look at racing at all levels full of lessons in racing and life supplied by this fiery and fiercely competitive driver. In Racer, Andretti candidly recounts how these powerful forces shaped a diverse professional driving career. John Andretti’s life was driven by family and fueled by a passion for racing.
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