Mario Andretti Quotes

I really like the really high banked tracks.

The Yas Marina circuit is really pretty impressive. The track itself has some quite slow corners and not a great deal of overtaking opportunities, but it seems to combine a road course with a circuit course.

Can the U.S. support two Formula 1 races? I think so.

Indy car racing is much more aggressive.

CART is one of the safest racing series in the world.

I would probably build somewhere between a half-mile and three-quarter-mile track. It would be sort of like Indianapolis Raceway Park. When I was a kid, that was my favorite track.

I am thrilled to be part of the Indianapolis 500.

I've had an interest in racing all my life, or longer really.

I realize this is blasphemy, but a few weeks ago I tried to watch a NASCAR race being run at Talladega. I lasted about five minutes before terminal boredom overtook me. It appeared to be nothing more than a high-speed freeway commute--a mob of luridly painted, identical lumps of metal loping at 180 mph around the banking, fender to fender, nose to tail. Knowing the scenario would surely devolve into a multicar demolition derby that would thrill the goobers in the grandstands, I turned off the set to later learn that this time it was Jimmie Johnson who triggered the eight-car melee.

In this country, the most popular form of car racing is the huge multibillion dollar industry that's called stock car racing. That's what NASCAR is. That's what the SC stands for in the middle of NASCAR, Stock cars.

A race track is a place where windows clean people.

Montreal is different from Monaco, as there are some long straights and big braking moments.

Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.

The era of gentleman racing drivers is ended.

James Finch has always had pretty stout cars for the restrictor-plate races and I know we'll be very competitive at Daytona.

I think there's a lot of deep-rooted history in England with racing. Lots of Formula One teams are based there. Formula One is obviously a huge sport over in England and Europe.

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.

I know I won't be the first one to say this, but Suzuka is definitely my favourite circuit of the year.

I've never been to a race car race before.

It makes great conversation to discuss what's wrong with open-wheel racing today.

You don't get a mix of ovals and road/street course racing with this level of competition and speed anywhere other than Indy Car, and I think that's why it has remained a popular choice for so many young drivers.

IndyCar is what it is and in the back of our minds we all know it is a dangerous sport.

I own a Ferrari race team, and we race all over North America.

I like Hockenheim because I've raced there quite a few times. In fact, one of my first single seater races was there in Formula Renault 1.6 in 2003.

I am a racing driver and I am not just some guy who has had an accident and gone back to racing because that is what he enjoys.