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From the driver's standpoint I had the same horrors, the same satisfactions, the same everything. The speed is relative. It's faster and things are happening quicker, but you have the equipment to handle it.

Mario Andretti

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Mario Andretti
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: February 28
Formula One Driver
Nascar Driver
Racing Automobile Driver
Mario Gabriele Andretti
Horror
Drivers
Everything
Relative
Things
Faster
Satisfactions
Happenings
Horrors
Satisfaction
Quicker
Handle
Standpoint
Speed
Driver
Happening
Equipment

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