No driver has attempted the Memorial Day double of racing 500 miles at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and following that up with 600 miles at Charlotte Motor Speedway since Kurt Busch in 2014.īusch finished sixth at the Indy 500, but came up short of finishing the 1,100 miles with a blown engine in the NASCAR race. “I think it’s so great for the sport in general to have this crossover,” Andretti said. Andretti believes talented drivers can grow all of motorsports by displaying their skills at different venues. He’s won 111 races across several disciplines in five decades of racing.Īndretti was a prime draw for NASCAR’s annual throwback weekend, where the sport’s 75th anniversary will be celebrated. Thats the best way I can explain my worship for Indianapolis. And who knows that better than the 83-year-old Andretti, the only racer to win a Daytona 500, an Indy 500 in 1969 and the Formula One World Championship in 1978. (AP) - Racing great Mario Andretti is excited about NASCAR champion Kyle Larson’s attempt to run the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 in May 2024.Īndretti spoke at Darlington Raceway on Friday, on hand to watch driver Nick Sanchez run in the truck race in a throwback paint scheme of Andretti’s car that won the Daytona 500 in 1967.Īndretti said he’s long been an advocate of drivers testing themselves at other disciplines. The project still is awaiting approval from all the necessary local agencies.DARLINGTON, S.C. Another 18 acres would be used for commercial space under Jaindl’s proposal, 37 acres would be residential space, which could include upward of 200 apartments, and 27 acres would be turned into a conservation zone - per the townships’ request.
The plan designates 79 acres of the property for commercial space, including four warehouses, one of which earmarked for Martin Guitar. The terms of the sale forbid him from using the land for a motorsport venue. Jaindl bought the land, which is situated between Route 248 and Route 191, from International Speedway Corporation in 2015, 11 years after the track closed its doors. The abandoned Pennsylvania race track that Mario Andretti used to call home soon could be nothing more than a memory.ĭeveloper David Jaindl on Wednesday presented Lower Nazareth Township officials with a proposal for a project that would see the 157-acre property that houses the former Nazareth Speedway turned into, among other things, a facility for Martin Guitar, WFMZ-TV reports.
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