finishing 51st in points in 1967. In 1969, Aldo suffered severe damage to his face after crashing during a sprint car race in Des Moines. Flipping end over end and striking the fence, Aldo suffered 14 fractures to his facial bones, and his right eye socket had been shattered. Following his recovery and extensive reconstructive surgery, Aldo quit racing at the request of Mario. Post-racing life and death In 1973, Andretti opened a retail business, Andretti Firestone, in Speedway, Indiana. In 1986 he established a precision machine shop for hospital beds and tool manufacturers called Aldo Andretti Machine & Engineering. Andretti was married, had five children and eleven grandchildren. He died from COVID-19 in Indianapolis on December 30, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana. References External links Andretti Family Official Web Site. 1940 births 2020 deaths People from Motovun Italian emigrants to the United States People from Brownsburg, Indiana People from Nazareth, Pennsylvania Sportspeople from Northampton County, Pennsylvania Businesspeople from Indiana Italian racing drivers Identical twins Istrian Italian people Aldo Italians of Croatia American twins Italian twins Twin sportspeople Racing drivers from Pennsylvania Child refugees People with acquired American citizenship Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana