It makes great conversation to discuss what’s wrong with open-wheel racing today.
MARIO ANDRETTII always say that every win has something that is special.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive.
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At Andretti Winery, I’m not the winemaker.
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My last race was at Le Mans in 2000, my first race was in 1959, so I dodged a lot of bullets along the way, I can tell you that.
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You should never get away from where the real foundation of Formula One has been, which is Europe.
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Let the police worry about somebody who wants to speed. Don’t force them pass in the right lane and zig zag, which can create an accident, just because you think you’re correct.
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You see people in the left lane, and as long as they are on the speed limit, they stay there. Get in the right lane and let people pass you.
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The day of parochialism in sports is over. The world is too small for what people like to call ‘the good old days.’
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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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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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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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But every race conducted on real streets has a character of its own – Barcelona, Monaco, and now Long Beach.
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I don’t have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there’s a lot of risk to it.
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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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Unfortunately, we don’t educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
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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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