Mario Andretti also competed that season against ... car-care products, an IMAX movie, video games and replica cars. He does about 50 appearances a year worldwide for Texaco and accepts numerous ...

In an impressive Formula 1 career that featured starts with March, Ferrari, and Lotus, it took just one unfortunate car to bring Mario Andretti’s international open-wheel legacy to an end.

But according to 1978 Formula 1 World Champion Mario Andretti, simply having an American team on the grid was the ultimate goal. Had F1 continued to reject a US entry, he wouldn’t have been ...