Who won both the 1969 Indianapolis 500 and the 1967 Daytona 500?

Mario Andretti won both the 1969 Indianapolis 500 and the 1967 Daytona 500. Those victories made him one of the rare drivers to win America’s most famous open-wheel race and one of NASCAR’s premier stock-car events.

Andretti won the Daytona 500 in 1967 for Holman-Moody, driving a Ford. He led 112 laps and became the first—and, for decades, only—driver born outside the United States to win the race. Two years later, he captured the Indianapolis 500 in an STP-sponsored Brawner Hawk-Ford entered by Andy Granatelli.

The 1969 Indy victory was Andretti’s only Indianapolis 500 win. He led 116 laps after early leader A. J. Foyt encountered mechanical trouble, then finished more than two minutes ahead of Dan Gurney. The result is also notable because Andretti’s victory remains the lone Indy 500 win for the Andretti family, despite later generations producing several Indianapolis competitors.