Now, when I walk out of Gasoline Alley on race day, I just take all the magnitude of the event in. “I try to embrace all the stuff that used to overwhelm me back in the day. “It’s my 18 th year here, and I really just want to start the race now. “It would mean the world, it’s what I prioritized when I downscaled my schedule to this being number one,’ he added. Reigning SRX stock car champion Andretti, 36, has finished outside the top 10 in his last five starts at Indy, as the race has become his only open-wheel event with the Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian squad.īut the third-generation driver still dreams of Indy 500 victory, to emulate that of his grandfather Mario in 1969, while father Michael came agonizingly close on multiple occasions too.
Photo by: Jake Galstad / Motorsport Images It was a great honor to speak with 3 time US Driver of the Year, US Driver of the Quarter Century, and Driver of the Decade.Marco Andretti, Andretti Herta w/ Marco & Curb-Agajanian Honda Mario is a legend and a national treasure, who has made a name for himself all over the world in his sport as well as his compassion and generosity. (I do challenge him to a race at the one near my house!) Long Beach GP winner Kyle Kirkwood, who topped his qualifying group, ripped the left-front corner of his Andretti Autosport car off on the inside of Turn 7. Finally, we close the show out talking about his post racing businesses which include a winery, and the nationwide Andretti Indoor Carting and Games entertainment complexes. We talk about some of the automotive innovations that started in racing and are now on every passenger car made He also tells me what it was like to win the Daytona 500, The Indy 500, and the Formula One World Championship. He shares some of his favorite memories of his driving career (which spanned from 1959 to 2000). In this episode Mario and I chat about what brought his family to The United States, and how he and his twin brother Aldo got bitten by the racing bug. Power grabbed his 68th career pole with Andretti watching from pit lane Saturday at Laguna Seca Raceway. The greatest qualifier in Ind圜ar history is now one step closer to a second championship. Take a walk with me down Fascination Street as I get to know Mario Andretti. (AP) Will Power broke Mario Andretti’s record for poles on the day he most needed a big run.
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