Racing legend Mario Andretti recalls beginnings at Nazareth Speedway
International racing superstar Mario Andretti launched his career from Nazareth Speedway .Andretti settled in the Nazareth Area upon coming to the U.S. from Italy in 1955. He and his twin brother, Aldo, took their newly finished 1948 Hudson Hornet to the Speedway in 1959, where they each won their first race.
At the Nazareth track, Andretti went on to compete in URC sprint cars and USAC champ cars on the dirt oval track up until the late 1960s and later, in CART Indy cars up until 1994 on the paved oval track. To date, Andretti remains the only driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500 and the Formula One World Championship.
His fondest came on July 12, 1969. Earlier that day, Nazareth Borough hosted a parade to honor Andretti, who was the newly crowned Indy 500 champion. In the parade, Andretti and his wife, Dee Ann Hoch, rode in an Indy 500 pace car. Dee Ann was nine months pregnant with the couple's third child.Later that evening, after the parade, Andretti took the wheel in the champ car race at Nazareth Speedway. He won the race just moments after Dee Ann's water broke and she went into labor. He made it to the hospital in time to welcome Barbra in the early morning hours of July 13. The racing legend admits he secretly wanted a daughter after having two sons.
When he called his mother-in-law to share the news, Andretti put a dime into the payphone and 75 cents by mistake came out of the change return.
I recall this recent contribution Mario made to the defense of his buddy-priest that is accused molesting a man when he was a boy:
"Andretti said he's known DeRea since he went to Nazareth High School with Andretti's wife, Dee Ann. He questioned the motivation of the legal action.
"I don’t know what goes through people’s minds," Andretti said. "One of the articles I saw mentions my name as a friend. I don’t know if these people think I will come to the rescue and cough up millions of dollars, which isn't going to happen. I don’t know what these people are thinking. Obviously, the motivation is that.
Your post confuses me a little, but maybe its me. My question was merely that the Andretti family is treated like royalty around here, and I guess that there must be good reason. I am curious to know what they have done to earn such high praise and accolades. I know that their kids went through NDHS, perhaps they donated a wing or something to the school. Or maybe they did other charitable work in the area that I am unaware of.
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In the parade, Andretti and his wife, Dee Ann Hoch, rode in an Indy 500 pace car. Dee Ann was nine months pregnant with the couple's third child. Later that evening, after the parade, Andretti took the wheel in the champ car race at Nazareth Speedway.
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