Mario Andretti
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"Mario Gabriele Andretti" is a retired Italian American world champion auto racing/racing driver, one of the most successful United States/Americans in the history of the sport. He is one of only two drivers to win races in Formula One, American Championship Car Racing/IndyCar, World Sportscar Championship and NASCAR (the other being Dan Gurney). He also won races in midget car racing/midget cars, and sprint car racing/sprint cars.

During his career, Andretti won the 1978 Formula One season/1978 List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions/Formula One World Championship, four American Championship Car Racing/IndyCar titles (three under United States Auto Club/USAC-sanctioning, one under Champ car/CART), and IROC VI. To date, he remains the only driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500 (1969 Indianapolis 500/1969), Daytona 500 (1967) and the Formula One World Championship, and, along with Juan Pablo Montoya, the only driver to have won a race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Formula One, and an Indianapolis 500. Formula One drivers from the United States/No American has won a Formula One race since Andretti's victory at the 1978 Dutch Grand Prix.

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If you feel like your life is under control, you're just not going fast enough.

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Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that's their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it . . .

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If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.

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If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.

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Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. Prepare yourself in every way you can by increasing your knowledge and adding to your experience, so that you can make the most of opportunity when it occurs.

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I don't think I could have called my career complete without racing in IROC. You always compete against the best of the best.

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Everything comes to those who wait...except a cat.

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If everything's under control, you're going too slow.

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