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.
MARIO ANDRETTIUnfortunately, we don’t educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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All of the courses that run through real streets are very demanding. There is no room for error, no shoulders to lean on.
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In the U.S., we really have fallen short of road-racing facilities that have kept up with the times, unfortunately, but it’s a fact.
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The banked oval tracks are obsolete tracks for Indy cars.
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You see people in the left lane, and as long as they are on the speed limit, they stay there. Get in the right lane and let people pass you.
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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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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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I wanted to have a career that would last a hundred years if possible.
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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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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.
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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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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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Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.
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As far as I’m concerned, Parnelli Jones was the greatest driver of his era. He had aggressiveness and also a finesse that no one else possessed. And he won with everything he put his hands on, including off-road.
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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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Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.
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