I love technology – yes, I have fallen in love with older cars, but I’m all for new technology.
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.
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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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I still have the competitive spirit, which is good.
MARIO ANDRETTII still have the competitive spirit, which is good.
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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.
MARIO ANDRETTIAt 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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Everything comes to those who wait… except a cat.
MARIO ANDRETTIEverything comes to those who wait… except a cat.
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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.
MARIO ANDRETTIEven 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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When a car’s ahead of you, as long as you can see it, you get a tow, just like the draft in NASCAR.
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.
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You do the best you can with what’s thrown at you, then you try again.
MARIO ANDRETTIYou do the best you can with what’s thrown at you, then you try again.
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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.
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.
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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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Tom Carnegie will never be replaced.
MARIO ANDRETTITom Carnegie will never be replaced.
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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.
MARIO ANDRETTIMy 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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You’re safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.
MARIO ANDRETTIYou’re safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.
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I’ve always said, ‘I didn’t have a Plan B in life.’ I was in pursuit of my dream from the very beginning. It’s all about desire and passion. At all costs.
MARIO ANDRETTII’ve always said, ‘I didn’t have a Plan B in life.’ I was in pursuit of my dream from the very beginning. It’s all about desire and passion. At all costs.
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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.
MARIO ANDRETTIIf 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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What I learned is that in business you must make decisions based on facts, not react with your heart.
MARIO ANDRETTIWhat I learned is that in business you must make decisions based on facts, not react with your heart.
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Fans want the best, wherever they come from.
MARIO ANDRETTIFans want the best, wherever they come from.
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