Motor racing is like one big family, ultimately, and when you come back to it, that’s really what it feels like.
MARIO ANDRETTIYou 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.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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It makes great conversation to discuss what’s wrong with open-wheel racing today.
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I love technology – yes, I have fallen in love with older cars, but I’m all for new technology.
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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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The man upstairs is pushing the buttons, and if your name happens to be on that button, well, thank you.
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I wish we could be 100% shielded from danger, but nothing is in life.
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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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I wanted to have a career that would last a hundred years if possible.
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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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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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At Indy, we are the NASA of the production-car world, and that’s clearly why manufacturers are involved – it’s such a good testbed.
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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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Nothing compares to the Indianapolis 500.
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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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But every race conducted on real streets has a character of its own – Barcelona, Monaco, and now Long Beach.
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You’re safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.
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