It makes great conversation to discuss what’s wrong with open-wheel racing today.
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More Mario Andretti Quotes
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Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.
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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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If you weren’t on Chris Economaki’s radar screen, you probably weren’t on anybody’s.
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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 look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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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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If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
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Same with golf: pick up a club. But not many can go out and get in a race car and experience a drive at over 200 miles an hour.
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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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I’ve driven just about every kind of car there is.
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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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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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Whenever you’re aggressive, you’re at the edge of mistakes.
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I don’t remember as a kid wanting to do or be anything else but drive something, be a race driver.
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Can the U.S. support two Formula 1 races? I think so.
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