I like to think that the Grand Prix helped Long Beach to pretty much change its image.
MARIO ANDRETTIThe 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.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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I’ve driven just about every kind of car there is.
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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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The banked oval tracks are obsolete tracks for Indy cars.
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Long Beach is the best. I tell everyone that.
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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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Al Unser Sr. was one of the smartest drivers I’ve ever raced against.
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I see all these old people who don’t have anything to do but eat, drink and sleep.
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Nobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime.
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Motor racing is like one big family, ultimately, and when you come back to it, that’s really what it feels like.
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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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I love all motor sports at the top level.
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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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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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Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.
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Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable.
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