I don’t remember as a kid wanting to do or be anything else but drive something, be a race driver.
MARIO ANDRETTIThe 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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If you weren’t on Chris Economaki’s radar screen, you probably weren’t on anybody’s.
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Unfortunately, we don’t educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
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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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At Andretti Winery, I’m not the winemaker.
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Even if it’s a long ways down the track, it punches a hole in the air that has to help. When you’re running alone, you can feel the difference, and it shows on the clock, too.
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You surround yourself with people who are the real experts.
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If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that’s their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it.
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Nobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime.
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Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive.
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There is so much more demand for Formula One than it can supply.
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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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If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
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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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I always say that every win has something that is special.
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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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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 look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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When you start thinking you may get hurt, it’s time to get out of racing.
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Fans want the best, wherever they come from.
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You’ve got to have friends out there. You can’t do it alone. You form those relationships as the race moves along.
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