Mario: It brings back a lot of fond memories. Question: How’s it feel to be experiencing the 50 th anniversary of your Indy 500 win?
For instance, when asked his favorite memory about the then-upcoming Long Beach Grand Prix he said, “Winning!” He sat with the press for a while before the gala dinner award ceremony and answered questions, told a few stories, recalled a few competitors and never seemed to run out of details about which race he won and what happened in the ones he didn’t. Petersen Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the Petersen Museum’s celebration of the 50 th anniversary of his Indy 500 win. He even won Pikes Peak and set a record at Bonneville.Īndretti recently came out to the West Coast to accept the Robert E. He won the Formula 1 world championship in 1978 driving a Lotus, he won four Ind圜ar titles, he won the Daytona 500, he won his class at Le Mans and in between all that he had a very successful career driving midgets and sprint cars.
He’s certainly one of the most versatile. You could make a pretty good argument that he is the greatest race car driver ever, too.
Ask any old lady or young kid or anyone in between to name a “race car driver” and they’ll almost undoubtedly say, “ Mario Andretti.” It is utterly impossible that you’re on this website and you don’t already know Mario Andretti.
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