NASCAR and other oval track racing

[Michael Riebs / Audi V8]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fisher, Scott" <Scott_Fisher at intuit.com>

> Mario Andretti demonstrated talent as a racing driver not so much because
of
> the number of wins or championships he had in any one series, but because
of
> his ability to win in so many DIFFERENT kinds of cars and courses -- stock
> cars, sprint cars on dirt ovals, Formula 1, world endurance sports cars,
you
> name it, he could compete in it.  Mario is one of the very few drivers who
> have won the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the Formula
One
> world champsionship.

Taka, check the historybooks. He never did WIN the LeMans. He ran 2 years
ago in the Panoz team, in an attempt to capture this title in addition to
all the others, but it elluded him once again.  :-(


Michael L. Riebs
Grand Rapids, Michigan

'90 V8Q
'98 A6QA

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