Motor racing is like one big family, ultimately, and when you come back to it, that’s really what it feels like.
MARIO ANDRETTIAt Indy, we are the NASA of the production-car world, and that’s clearly why manufacturers are involved – it’s such a good testbed.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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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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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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I like to think that the Grand Prix helped Long Beach to pretty much change its image.
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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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Unfortunately, we don’t educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
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It seemed like whenever I got a bona fide offer from Ferrari, I couldn’t do it. And vice versa – when I was ready, their seats were taken.
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There is so much more demand for Formula One than it can supply.
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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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It makes great conversation to discuss what’s wrong with open-wheel racing today.
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I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young age.
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A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.
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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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Nobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime.
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If you’re so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.
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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 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 banked oval tracks are obsolete tracks for Indy cars.
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Whenever you’re aggressive, you’re at the edge of mistakes.
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If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.
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Of course, there is nothing wrong with the expansion to countries like Asia, China, Malaysia.
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Everything comes to those who wait… except a cat.
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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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Quite honestly, I treat myself with cars I really want to drive, and I have some flexibility to do that.
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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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I think it’s counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don’t.
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Not all teammates tell the truth.
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