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.
MARIO ANDRETTIWhatever 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.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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I like to think that the Grand Prix helped Long Beach to pretty much change its image.
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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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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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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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Fans want the best, wherever they come from.
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I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
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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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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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Of course, there is nothing wrong with the expansion to countries like Asia, China, Malaysia.
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I love all motor sports at the top level.
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If you’re so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.
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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’re safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.
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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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Let the police worry about somebody who wants to speed. Don’t force them pass in the right lane and zig zag, which can create an accident, just because you think you’re correct.
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