But alas, so impossible. We spoke for the better part of a half-hour during the run-up to the 2019 Indianapolis 500 — every minute about the so-called Andretti Curse — and Mario Andretti was ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Fifty years later, Mario Andretti calls his lone Indianapolis 500 victory fate. Destiny. On May 30, 1969, the track chose him. Andretti did not enjoy much good fortune at ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Fifty years later, Mario Andretti calls his lone Indianapolis 500 victory fate. Destiny. On May 30, 1969, the track chose him. Andretti did not enjoy much good fortune at ...

Mario Andretti was having no trouble winning races and championships while becoming the boy wonder of Indy-car racing more than a half century ago. But after finishing third in the 1965 ...

But alas, so impossible. We spoke for the better part of a half-hour during the run-up to the 2019 Indianapolis 500 — every minute about the so-called Andretti Curse — and Mario Andretti was ...

Mario Andretti Won the Indy 500 50 Years Ago, But He's More Interested in the Bigger Picture. Much hay has been made of the Andretti Curse at Indianapolis, but it doesn't mean much at Mario's house.

Marco Andretti pays tribute to Mario with 1969 Indy 500 throwback livery; This time 50 years ago, Mario Andretti was having himself a regular one -- the kind of year that had, for him, become routine.

Mario Andretti, a 29-year-old two-time USAC national champion, had just won the 1969 Indianapolis 500 and pulled his turbocharged Ford-V-8-powered Hawk III onto Victory Lane.

Indy 500: A year-by-year look at the Andretti curse that plagued Mario Andretti at the Indianapolis 500. News Sports Hookem.com Austin360 Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals INDY 500 ...

Mario Andretti’s Indy 500 career spanned from 1965-94, and he often delivered dominating performances only to drop out of the race with one mechanical failure or another. His 1969 win is the ...

Mario Andretti, center, takes a look at the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro that served as the official pace car for that year's Indianapolis 500. It is owned by Wade Ogle, right of San Jose.