I don’t remember as a kid wanting to do or be anything else but drive something, be a race driver.
MARIO ANDRETTIWhen a car’s ahead of you, as long as you can see it, you get a tow, just like the draft in NASCAR.
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I wanted to have a career that would last a hundred years if possible.
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In the U.S., we really have fallen short of road-racing facilities that have kept up with the times, unfortunately, but it’s a fact.
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Long Beach is the best. I tell everyone that.
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It makes great conversation to discuss what’s wrong with open-wheel racing today.
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Nothing compares to the Indianapolis 500.
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If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
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At Andretti Winery, I’m not the winemaker.
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If you’re so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.
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You do a period of go-karting until you’re at the age of qualifying for a ride in a ‘school-kart,’ then you qualify for driving school. And several of the driving schools have a competition series for their own students.
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The most important thing at Daytona is, are you going to have friends willing to work with you during the race as far as drafting?
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If you weren’t on Chris Economaki’s radar screen, you probably weren’t on anybody’s.
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All of those things can happen – and then you give an interview two seconds later.
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If the Indy Racing League didn’t have the Indianapolis 500, do you think it would have lasted more than six months? No chance.
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I like to think that the Grand Prix helped Long Beach to pretty much change its image.
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When a car’s ahead of you, as long as you can see it, you get a tow, just like the draft in NASCAR.
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