In a nearly hourlong interview at Barber Motorsports Park with The Associated Press, Andretti talked about emigrating from Italy to Nazareth, Pennsylvania, in 1955 on a Thursday night. 7 for physicals and visited with Aldo, found him “jovial, same as ever,” and 23 days later he was dead. I’m shaken to my core,” Andretti tweeted.Īndretti said he and grandson Marco had traveled together to Indianapolis on Dec. “Aldo Andretti, my loving twin brother, my partner in crime and my faithful best friend every day of my life was called to heaven last night.
Both Aldo Andretti and his wife had contracted the virus she recovered and went home but he remained hospitalized, refused to be placed on a ventilator and died. 30 when his twin brother died of complications from COVID-19. The call Andretti never prepared himself for came Dec. He needs something to do at the racetrack to feel alive,” said Michael Andretti, gesturing across the Andretti Autosport hospitality center to his 81-year-old masked father mingling with guests at Ind圜ar’s season-opening race. “Before COVID, at least he was getting out, doing stuff he liked, and then he lost all his endorsements and he was just sitting at home and he’s there by himself. And when all the racetracks were closed, his world became very, very small. I got a nod and a smile, but not a word from the laconic racer whose grandson, Marco Andretti, would finish eighth in the race that afternoon.There is no bigger star at a racetrack than Mario Andretti, the only driver to win the Formula One championship, the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500. Andretti, who retired from racing in 1994 and is 75, drove about a third of the people. This was a demonstration program for Indy circuit vendors, media, sweepstakes and charity auction winners. They closed my visor and gave Andretti the thumbs up when were safe to launch.
The crew that buckled me in showed me how to step into the car and inserted the padding that wedged me into the seat. The fire suit, helmet and gloves made the experience that much more real. The car can reach 180 mph, but on the twisty Long Beach course of seat streets hits a top speed of about 160 mph. At 1,850 pounds, it weighs about 150 pounds more than an Ind圜ar. They two-seater is built by Dallara, the company which also manufactures the chassis of Ind圜ars. But this was as close to the real thing as any civilian can get – open wheels, open air and about 75% of the speed drivers brought to Long Beach this weekend – and will bring to Indianapolis next month. The vehicle Andretti drove wasn’t a true Ind圜ar racer.
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