Defending the Dynasty
Three Generations

The Complete
Racing Record

Every pole, podium, and milestone.

Mario vs. Michael vs. Marco

First sixteen Indy 500 starts, compared

Category Mario Michael Marco
Years 1965–1981
(excl. 1979)		 1984–2007
(excl. 8 missed years)		 2006–2021
Poles 2 0 1
Front Row Starts 4 1 2
Top Ten Starts 12 8 11
Top Ten Finishes 6 9 8
Top Six Finishes 4 7 6
Podium Finishes 3 3 4
Laps Led 154 431 141
Races Led 4 9 8
Indy 500 Prize Money $630K $3.8M $7M

All three were named fastest rookie

All three were awarded Rookie of the Year

Year by Year

Marco's Career Timeline

From karting champion to twenty seasons at the top of American motorsport

1997–2001
  • Numerous karting wins and championships, and over 100 trophies and awards
  • Three championships in one year
2002
  • Won CART's and Bryan Herta's Stars of Tomorrow national race
  • Won the junior karting super nationals in two classes and multiple other karting victories
2003
  • Won the Skip Barber Eastern Series championship with eight wins and Rookie of the Year
2004
  • Won three championships in one year
  • Won the Skip Barber Southern Series championship with eleven wins
  • Won the Skip Barber National Series championship with nine podiums
  • Won the Formula Renault 1600 championship with seven wins
2005
  • Three Indy Lights poles and wins (Saint Petersburg / Sonoma / Indy GP)
  • Became the first non-oval winner in series history at Saint Petersburg
  • Star Mazda second place at Sonoma, fifth in championship
  • Podium at the Granja Viana Brazil 500-mile kart race
2006
  • IndyCar Rookie of the Year
  • Indy 500 fastest rookie honors
  • Indy 500 Rookie of the Year
  • Winners Drink Milk award
  • American Dairy Milk award
  • IndyCar Sonoma win — 2008 Guinness World Records, youngest open-wheel winner
  • Second-place finish in the Indy 500
  • Rising Star award
  • The Flag United States America award
  • F1 Honda test in Jerez, Spain
  • T. Wayne Robertson Newsmaker award
2007
  • Second place IndyCar finishes in Iowa and Michigan
  • Inducted into the Italian American Hall of Fame
  • A second two-day F1 test in Jerez, Spain
2008
  • Led the 12 Hours of Sebring overall in an LMP2 car — leading to win until the radiator overheated
  • Podium for the United States in Malaysia in A1GP
  • Listed in the Guinness World Records
  • Became the youngest pole winner in history at Milwaukee
  • Led eight IndyCar races with a total of 330 laps
  • IndyCar podiums at Indy / Iowa / Kentucky / Homestead
2009
  • Eleven top ten IndyCar finishes
  • Local karting victories
2010
  • IndyCar podiums at Indy / Chicago / Texas
  • 24 Hours of Le Mans for Rebellion Racing
2011
  • Won the Iowa IndyCar race
  • Podium in Japan on the Motegi road course
2012
  • Second place IndyCar finish in Iowa
  • IndyCar pole at Fontana
  • Led the most race laps at Indy with fifty-nine
  • V8 Supercar start in Australia
  • Daytona 24-hour start after a full IndyCar test day
  • Chevrolet Manufacturer's Trophy for performance
2013
  • IndyCar podiums at Saint Petersburg and Brazil
  • Finished fifth in the IndyCar championship after leading at the halfway point
  • Fifteen IndyCar top ten finishes
  • Fourth-place Indy 500 finish after a front row start and multiple laps led
  • IndyCar poles at Milwaukee and Pocono
2014
  • Second place IndyCar finish at Barber
  • Earned fourth podium finish at the Indy 500
  • Buenos Aires Formula E start
  • Second place in the Montoya kart race in Colombia
2015
  • Earned sixth top-six finish at the Indy 500
  • Second place IndyCar finish at Belle Isle Detroit
  • Podium at Fontana, California — his twentieth IndyCar podium
2016
  • Local karting endurance win
2017
  • Leading two IndyCar races put him over 1,000 career laps led
  • Won the Sonoma EXR race
  • Endurance karting podium
2018
  • IndyCar pole at Belle Isle Detroit — his forty-second top five finish
  • Saint Petersburg kart race win
  • Local Pro Decision karting win
  • Endurance karting podium
2019
  • Local karting win
  • Endurance karting podium
2020
  • Pole position for the 104th Indianapolis 500 — his sixth career pole, second career Indy 500 front row start, eleventh Indy 500 top ten starting position
  • Captured his 107th IndyCar top ten finish
  • Monster Energy karting win
2021
  • Heat and feature race win in Slinger, WI, in the SRX series
  • Won his first heat race on the dirt at Eldora
  • Fourth in the SRX championship
2022
  • Won the SRX Series championship with three runner-up finishes, including another dirt race
  • NASCAR Xfinity start at the Roval
2023
  • Local karting win
  • Second in the SRX championship
  • Fast-seven qualifying position in first NASCAR Truck race with fifteen minutes of practice
2024
  • The best trophy of all — Miura Micah Andretti
2025
  • Twentieth and final Indy 500 — ranks twelfth all-time
  • Retirement from motorsports 🎬
2026
  • Defending the Dynasty
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