Through the twisty section, where the corners arrive much quicker than you’d imagine, I can see over Mario’s shoulder at his elegantly smooth steering inputs despite the bumpiness of the track. As you’d expect, the acceleration matches the furious noise that’s punching me in the back, and we hit the streets of St Pete for a whirlwind lap. Starter engaged, Mario hits the ignition and lights up the rears. I asked the guy who was strapping me in to pinch me, but he just laughed.Ĭharles Bradley, Editor in two-seater Ind圜ar with Mario Andretti Climbing in behind that achingly cool red-on-silver helmet design, it truly dawned on me that it was for real, when I looked into the wing mirror and saw those Andretti eyes staring back. Now, when I walk out of Gasoline Alley on race day, I just take all the magnitude of the event in.I jumped into the ‘fastest seat in sports’ thanks to Andretti Autosport and the new sponsor for the program, Ruoff Mortgage. “I try to embrace all the stuff that used to overwhelm me back in the day. “It’s my 18 th year here, and I really just want to start the race now. “It would mean the world, it’s what I prioritized when I downscaled my schedule to this being number one,’ he added. Reigning SRX stock car champion Andretti, 36, has finished outside the top 10 in his last five starts at Indy, as the race has become his only open-wheel event with the Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian squad.īut the third-generation driver still dreams of Indy 500 victory, to emulate that of his grandfather Mario in 1969, while father Michael came agonizingly close on multiple occasions too. Photo by: Jake Galstad / Motorsport Images Marco Andretti, Andretti Herta w/ Marco & Curb-Agajanian Honda
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