If you excessively break the speed limit – almost anywhere in the world – chances are good that as you roll down the window the officer will ask you, “Who do you think you are, Mario Andretti?” Without exaggeration, there is perhaps no other driver, throughout the history of motorsport that has achieved this level of fame and notoriety – and with good reason. With four USAC/CART championships, a Formula One World Championship and victories at the Indy 500, Daytona 500, 12-Hours of Sebring and even the Pike’s Peak hill climb, Mario Andretti has proved to be both one of the most successful and versatile drivers ever to take to the track (or dirt).
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