![]() ![]() Well, of course it isn’t hard to be Marco. I mean, I’m not complaining and no, it’s not hard to be me.” It takes a toll on a competitor who wants to win. ![]() But the sport has been challenging for me. Outside of the sport, I live the best life with the best wife and family. “Am I going to play the victim? Absolutely not. “I think the win drought is not fun,” Andretti told The Associated Press. He’s now 33, has spent his entire life carrying that Andretti name around race tracks, and figured out long ago he’d need to get over it to fully enjoy his life. Marco, in his 15th season in Ind圜ar, has two total wins. Both father and son made it to Formula One. The attention isn’t new, his very name can create daily pressure and the expectations on him have always been enormous: Mario Andretti is second on Ind圜ar’s all-time win list with 52 victories and Michael Andretti ranks fourth at 42. Yet the burden is on him Sunday to get the Andretti name back to the winner’s circle and the pressure is palpable.Īndretti has carried it well in the week since he knocked five-time Ind圜ar champion Scott Dixon from the pole. Five racers over three generations have a combined 1-74 record in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” They say the Andretti family is cursed at famed Indianapolis, something Marco refuses to believe. His father never won a pole at Indy, same for his uncle and his cousin. Marco Andretti will lead the field to green Sunday as the first Andretti on the pole for the Indy 500 since Mario in 1987. Soon there was a small crowd in awe of racing royalty.Īnd then the one he often hears, “Go make your grandad proud!” ![]() Parents with young children on bicycles stopped in the street. Hamm opened her door, screamed when she saw the Andrettis, then rushed back inside her house to retrieve a doormat honoring the 50th anniversary of Mario Andretti’s 1969 win. Mario Andretti pulled up to the curb outside Brenda Hamm’s house and two generations of the most famous family in motorsports readied for the surprise. The cars then peeled off and headed to the homes of longtime Indianapolis 500 ticket holders who were forced to end their attendance streak this year because Sunday’s race will be held without spectators. INDIANAPOLIS – Riding shotgun alongside his grandfather, Marco Andretti was at the front of 33 bright red convertible Camaros cruising down Main Street near Indianapolis Motor Speedway for an impromptu parade. ![]()
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