It makes great conversation to discuss what’s wrong with open-wheel racing today.
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.
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When you start thinking you may get hurt, it’s time to get out of racing.
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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 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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There is so much more demand for Formula One than it can supply.
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Of course, there is nothing wrong with the expansion to countries like Asia, China, Malaysia.
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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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In NASCAR, you can do a lot of banging around and get pretty serious and even get yourself upside down.
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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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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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You’ve got to have friends out there. You can’t do it alone. You form those relationships as the race moves along.
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The most important thing at Daytona is, are you going to have friends willing to work with you during the race as far as drafting?
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A commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
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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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I always say that every win has something that is special.
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I’ve driven just about every kind of car there is.
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