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American Morning

Ask CNN: What's it Like to Win the Indy 500?

Aired May 25, 2001 - 09:56   ET

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JEFF DIXON: Hi, my name is Jeff Dixon from Orlando, Florida. I would like to ask Mario Andretti: What's it like to win the Indy 500?

MARIO ANDRETTI, RACE CAR DRIVER: Winning the Indianapolis 500, I think there's no question, has to be the ultimate goal of any professional race driver. And after I won the race, I just realized that this was a life-changing situation for me, career-wise. Just the opportunities opened up, and also pressure off of me, in a sense, because I felt that, even up to that point, I had won a lot of races, a lot of championship races, but the Indy 500 was the one. And it was just like, all of the sudden I had a title that nobody would ever take away from me.

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