Marco Andretti - third generation race driver - launched his Indy Racing League¨ IndyCar¨ Series career in 2006 as the driver of the #26 Honda-powered Dallara for Andretti Green Racing.  Marco, 20, is the son of two-time IndyCar Series championship-winning team owner and former CART champion Michael Andretti, and the grandson of racing legend Mario Andretti.
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Jeff Grahn
#26 Car Crew Chief
Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana
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fter a successful 2007 season as chief mechanic for Dario Franchitti, which included an Indianapolis 500 win and IndyCar Series championship, Jeff Grahn will hold the same position for the 2008 season except he’ll move to the #26 car piloted by Marco Andretti. Grahn, who chose a career in the motorsports industry after high school, joined Team Green in 2001 where he spent two seasons as fueler for Paul Tracy and, in 2003, he worked as a lead mechanic on the #11 Team 7-Eleven car driven by Tony Kanaan.

For the 2004 campaign, Grahn was promoted to chief mechanic working on the #7 XM Satellite Radio entry piloted by Bryan Herta. Grahn began his career working with Kevin Cogan at Machinist Union Racing, then joined Hayhoe Racing and driver Jimmy Vasser in 1992. From 1995 to 2000 he worked for Forsythe Racing.

Don Skinner
#26 Car Lead Mechanic/ Right Rear

Hometown: Hartland, Michigan
Don Skinner enters his third season as a lead mechanic on the #26 entry driven by Marco Andretti. Now in his fi fth season with Andretti Green Racing, Skinner has been a part of teams that have won at least one race every year since he began in motorsports, a tenure that spans over a decade. During a portion 2007 season, in addition to his duties on the #26 car, he was the outside-rear tire changer on the #27 car driven by the IndyCar Series champion, Dario Franchitti. He was a lead mechanic and right rear tire changer for the #26 Klein Tools/Jim Beam team that captured the 2005 IndyCar Series championship and has been a part of two IndyCar Series championships. He was a member of the Kelley Racing team that saw Al Unser Jr. pick up his last win at the Texas Motor Speedway. He also spent time at Ganassi Racing when Juan Montoya won the 2000 Indianapolis 500 and was with Team Menard and driver Tony Stewart for their IndyCar Series championship in 1997.


Scott Marks
#26 Car Mechanic / Left Rear

Hometown: Dayton, Ohio
Scott Marks joined Andretti Green Racing for the start of the 2006 IndyCar Series season as a lead mechanic on the #26 NYSE car and will continue in that role in 2008 for his third season. Marks came to AGR from Ganassi Racing where he was a crewman on the winning car at the 2006 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. Marks spent the fi ve previous years at Kelley Racing, where he was a lead mechanic and tire changer on the car driven by Scott Sharp that sat on the pole for the 2001 Indianapolis 500. Before working at Kelley Racing, Marks spent fi ve years at Team Menard where he helped the team earn the 1997 IndyCar Series championship with driver Tony Stewart.

Jason Richardson
#26 Car Air Jack
Hometown: Pittsboro, Indiana
In his second season with Andretti Green Racing, Weatherford serves as a gearbox mechanic on the #26 car driven by Marco Andretti. Weatherford has been involved in racing since 1992 and spent nine years working in the former CART series. From 2003 to 2006 he served as a crew chief for Forsythe Racing for Patrick Carpentier, Mario Dominquez and A.J. Allmendinger. Most recently, he worked as a crew chief for Panther Racing before joining AGR mid-season in 2007.

Tom Vigne
#26 Car Left Front End Mechanic

Hometown: Prescott, Arizona
The 2008 season with be Vigne’s fi rst with Andretti Green Racing. He will serve as a front-end mechanic on the #26 car driven by Marco Andretti and will change the left-front tire. Vigne worked for two seasons in the Indy Pro Series before joining AGR. He spent the 2007 season as a mechanic on theAFS Racing entry that was victorious at Watkins Glen. His fi rst job in racing came in 2006 when he worked as a tire technician for Michael Crawford Motorsports.

Jason Weatherford
#26 Car Gearbox Mechanic / Right Front

Hometown: Pittsboro, Indiana
In his second season with Andretti Green Racing, Weatherford serves as a gearbox mechanic on the #26 car driven by Marco Andretti. Weatherford has been involved in racing since 1992 and spent nine years working in the former CART series. From 2003 to 2006 he served as a crew chief for Forsythe Racing for Patrick Carpentier, Mario Dominquez and A.J. Allmendinger. Most recently, he worked as a crew chief for Panther
Racing before joining AGR mid-season in 2007.




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Third-generation driver Marco Andrettilaunched his Indy Racing League IndyCar series career in 2006 as the driver of the #26 Honda-powered Dallara for Andretti Green Racing.

Marco, 20, is the son of two-time IndyCar series championship-winning team owner and former CART champion Michael Andretti,
and the grandson of racing legend Mario Andretti.

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