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Young drivers are supposed to be hard on equipment. That's how you learn.

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
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Speed takes a little bit of getting used to, but rules have to be followed. At any speed, the more you run, the more you get used to it.
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If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.
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Love what you do. Believe in your instincts. And you'd better be able to pick yourself up and brush yourself off every day.
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The experts or the cynics say, Oh, those were the good old days, that's when drivers were really drivers. They didn't have all these aids. You know what? What we had, we did the best with and when we got more we provided what was needed.
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The first time I fired up a car, felt the engine shudder and the wheel come to life in my hands, I was hooked. It was a feeling I can't describe. I still get it every time I get into a race car.
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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.
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Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning they are well informed.
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My last race was at Le Mans in 2000, my first race was in 1959, so I dodged a lot of bullets along the way, I can tell you that.
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What is golden is miles under your belt, miles, miles, miles.
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If things don't seem out of control, you're not going fast enough.
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In racing, there is no question who is best - the first one to cross the finish line wins first prize. But with wine, even if you make the best wine in the world, someone isn't going to like it, because it isn't their style. Judging wine is very subjective.
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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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I will always enter a race car from the left side. Always. Why? I have no idea.
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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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My biggest concern during a race is getting bored. The biggest thing I have to combat is falling asleep while going around and around.
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