Andretti Green Racing is no more

Posted by Iannucci | 11/25/2009 | , | 4 comments »
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A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet and have all those nasty thorns, and with that comes news of the financial rearrangement of the racing entity formerly known as "Andretti Green Racing". The departures of investment partners not named "Michael Andretti" have been finalized, and now what remains shall be henceforth known as (drum roll, please...)


The former shareholders of Andretti Green Racing have completed a transaction that has resulted in the restructuring and rebranding of the Indianapolis-based company, effective immediately.

The racing team, which boasts three IZOD IndyCar Series championships, two Firestone Indy Lights titles and two wins in the Indianapolis 500, is now solely owned by racing legend Michael Andretti and has been rebranded Andretti Autosport.
Andretti Autosport sounds rather regal and the logo looks very American, although I don't know if Michael has considered that now every contract announcement will be greeted with "(driver x) joins AA", which as many of you know relates to a certain support group for those who have imbibed too much. Not that such an association is really a big deal. I mean, does "AA" sound any more snicker-inducing than "TP" (Team Penske)? Roger Penske is certainly not bothered by such things.

At any rate, AA has much remaining to settle, as they currently have one driver officially signed (Tony Kanaan), one unofficially signed (Danica Patrick), one rumored to be signed (Ryan Hunter-Reay) and one presumed to be signed (Marco Andretti).

For the curious, here is an unofficial list of rejected names for AA:
- Three Men and a Little Lady
- (If Only We Were Just A Little Bit Faster At) Racing
- Bunnies & Rainbows Motorsports
- The White Collar Comedy Tour
- Michael Michael Motorcycle
- The Anthony Fedele Motor Militia
- Team Meeting

4 comments

  1. Waxy // November 25, 2009 12:21 PM  

    love the alternate names - Team Meeting would have been most appropriate!

  2. JP // November 26, 2009 8:43 AM  

    Andretti Racing (AR) would have had unique appeal on national talk like a pirate day...

  3. Anonymous // November 26, 2009 9:07 PM  

    Team Meeting? Really, where have I heard that one before? Wouldn't that make there team sound more like a blog post instead of the "reality" tv show that they clearly are?

  4. Neon18 // November 27, 2009 3:10 PM  

    The white collar comedy tours and "Nine" coming to theatres near you soon!