The day of parochialism in sports is over. The world is too small for what people like to call ‘the good old days.’
MARIO ANDRETTIBut every race conducted on real streets has a character of its own – Barcelona, Monaco, and now Long Beach.
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You have governments investing in circuits all over the world, and the private sector sometimes has a tough time competing with that.
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I will never say ‘retired’ because that’s such a finality that I don’t want to be part of my life. I’ll work until they throw me in a box.
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Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive.
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You do the best you can with what’s thrown at you, then you try again.
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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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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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Motor racing is like one big family, ultimately, and when you come back to it, that’s really what it feels like.
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And I often said, I wish I could’ve had some of his patience. I know it would have worked for me many times.
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You’re safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.
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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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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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All of the courses that run through real streets are very demanding. There is no room for error, no shoulders to lean on.
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Whatever the changes, from one era to the next, Pocono has maintained its character and significance to me, and it always will. My family shares this sentiment.
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I’ve always said, ‘I didn’t have a Plan B in life.’ I was in pursuit of my dream from the very beginning. It’s all about desire and passion. At all costs.
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If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.
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A father-son relationship is strong, like no other teammates. You could be straightforward with one another.
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Long Beach is the best. I tell everyone that.
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I’ve driven just about every kind of car there is.
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If a neighbor is killed in a car accident, do you sell your car and stop driving?
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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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There’s something special about racing in real streets. The ‘artificial’ circuits have a certain sameness to them.
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What I learned is that in business you must make decisions based on facts, not react with your heart.
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A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.
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The banked oval tracks are obsolete tracks for Indy cars.
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In NASCAR, you can do a lot of banging around and get pretty serious and even get yourself upside down.
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But every race conducted on real streets has a character of its own – Barcelona, Monaco, and now Long Beach.
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