I don’t want to go out there and do something 3,000 other people can do.
MARIO ANDRETTIWhen a car’s ahead of you, as long as you can see it, you get a tow, just like the draft in NASCAR.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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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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There’s something special about racing in real streets. The ‘artificial’ circuits have a certain sameness to them.
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Everything comes to those who wait… except a cat.
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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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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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In the U.S., we really have fallen short of road-racing facilities that have kept up with the times, unfortunately, but it’s a fact.
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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’ve driven just about every kind of car there is.
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Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.
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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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Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.
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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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There is so much more demand for Formula One than it can supply.
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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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You dream what you’re supposed to do.
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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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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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But every race conducted on real streets has a character of its own – Barcelona, Monaco, and now Long Beach.
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Age doesn’t affect driving – how do you like that?
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A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.
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When you start thinking you may get hurt, it’s time to get out of racing.
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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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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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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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Quite honestly, I treat myself with cars I really want to drive, and I have some flexibility to do that.
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