![]() It's comfortable and we can run a lot of throttle in race situations. “My car goes when it's behind other cars. “It makes it pretty difficult to make hay, but it is 500 miles, and we've seen this race end up crazy,” he said. Levitt / Motorsport Imagesĭespite starting from the eighth row of the grid, Andretti believes he has a much stronger race car than he was able to show in qualifying and can make progress towards the front in the 200-lap event. Marco Andretti, Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco & Curb-Agajanian Honda, Mario Andretti, Eric Bretzman ![]() I think adding the downforce made that snake on the straightaway that you see even closer.” “I'm not sure what is actually causing that, but I think to be honest, the new aero rules just allow that snake to be even closer, so when you get the runs on people, you pop into clean air and drag, and the car you're trying to pass has a 20-car draft, so he beats you to the corner. “It's pretty tough to pass three or four back. Part of that mystique His Daytona 500 win 50 years ago. ideas you can apply today plus more inspiring quotes from people like Mario Andretti, Henry Ford, or Bob Geldof. “It's become more of a track position race in the past five years,” Andretti added. Mario Andretti just about did it all in a race car, cementing his name on any racing Mount Rushmore you can put together. Photo by: Jake Galstad / Motorsport ImagesĪndretti echoed what Team Penske’s Will Power said on Monday about expecting “very fierce” racing from this year’s new aero package, because the 10 per cent extra downforce is allowing cars to run closer together in the pack without it being any easier to pass the car in front if you’re following a train of cars. Marco Andretti, Andretti Herta w/ Marco & Curb-Agajanian Honda “So, I think from the looks of it, I only saw it from sitting in the race car, it looked like she just got caught out by how slow they were going.” I was way on the brakes, and I couldn't believe how slow they were going. Check the Indianapolis Motor Speedway website, for a schedule of special events honoring Andretti during the 2019 Indianapolis 500.“It was in my mirror, but what's funny, before that happened – not funny – but literally a lap before that happened, we were in this string of cars, and I'm like, I can't believe how slow the pack is going,” he said. Merchandise featuring the Mario Andretti 50th Anniversary logo will be available throughout the Month of May at the IMS Gift Shops around IMS, including those in the Museum, and online. I cannot wait to see this exhibit and share my story with the fans from around the world who will see it in the coming months.” “To be called an ‘icon’ is extremely humbling, but the collection put together by the IMS Museum staff is phenomenal. “Winning the Indianapolis 500 changed my life and Indy has been like a second home for my family for a very long time, so I’m very much looking forward to everything the Museum and the Speedway have planned in May,” said Andretti. Many other notable cars, firesuits, helmets and memorabilia will be part of “Mario Andretti: ICON.” The exhibit opens to the public on today, May 1 and remains at the IMS Museum through November 10.
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