You have governments investing in circuits all over the world, and the private sector sometimes has a tough time competing with that.
MARIO ANDRETTII like to think that the Grand Prix helped Long Beach to pretty much change its image.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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The United States is the only country where a driver can have a successful career – either in stock cars or IndyCar – and he won’t need a passport.
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From a prestige standpoint, the U.S. needs to host Formula 1. And I think Formula 1, they know they need the U.S. as well. So many companies that are global are based in the United States support Formula 1.
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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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It makes great conversation to discuss what’s wrong with open-wheel racing today.
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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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Anybody who can drive and doesn’t come out of it a rich man is a fool.
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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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I don’t want to go out there and do something 3,000 other people can do.
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I’ve driven just about every kind of car there is.
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The banked oval tracks are obsolete tracks for Indy cars.
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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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All of those things can happen – and then you give an interview two seconds later.
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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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I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
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Nothing compares to the Indianapolis 500.
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