It makes great conversation to discuss what’s wrong with open-wheel racing today.
MARIO ANDRETTIYou have governments investing in circuits all over the world, and the private sector sometimes has a tough time competing with that.
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There’s something special about racing in real streets. The ‘artificial’ circuits have a certain sameness to them.
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Everything comes to those who wait… except a cat.
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Unfortunately, we don’t educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
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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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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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I always say that every win has something that is special.
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I still have the competitive spirit, which is good.
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You do the best you can with what’s thrown at you, then you try again.
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We always had a relationship, but what’s important is that I pretty much started my F1 career with them and ended it there, too.
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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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Anybody who can drive and doesn’t come out of it a rich man is a fool.
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Whenever you’re aggressive, you’re at the edge of mistakes.
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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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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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