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House of Roberts

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3. I met John Andretti at Road Atlanta at the SCCA runoffs in 1984.

Reply to Number9Dream (Original post)

Mon May 20, 2019, 11:33 PM

May 2019

That's as close as I've gotten to meeting any of their family. He was so humble he seemed almost embarrassed to be an Andretti.

I was so pleased when he was picked by Porsche to be their #2 driver in CART.

I've been a fan of all the Andrettis over the years, and still pull for Michael's drivers in Indycar today, which includes Marco, of course.

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