The banked oval tracks are obsolete tracks for Indy cars.
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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Nobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime.
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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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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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When a car’s ahead of you, as long as you can see it, you get a tow, just like the draft in NASCAR.
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Unfortunately, we don’t educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
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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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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 don’t want to go out there and do something 3,000 other people can do.
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I’ve driven just about every kind of car there is.
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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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I wish we could be 100% shielded from danger, but nothing is in life.
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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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What I learned is that in business you must make decisions based on facts, not react with your heart.
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I will never say ‘retired’ because that’s such a finality that I don’t want to be part of my life. I’ll work until they throw me in a box.
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Not all teammates tell the truth.
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