It makes great conversation to discuss what’s wrong with open-wheel racing today.
MARIO ANDRETTIIf the Indy Racing League didn’t have the Indianapolis 500, do you think it would have lasted more than six months? No chance.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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You dream what you’re supposed to do.
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If a neighbor is killed in a car accident, do you sell your car and stop driving?
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I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
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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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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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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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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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We always had a relationship, but what’s important is that I pretty much started my F1 career with them and ended it there, too.
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I still have the competitive spirit, which is good.
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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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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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If you go off the road, you’re into somebody’s shop-window or front porch.
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You surround yourself with people who are the real experts.
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And I often said, I wish I could’ve had some of his patience. I know it would have worked for me many times.
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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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