The funny thing is that both opinions are pretty much on the money - and how much you enjoy EA Sports' latest racing game depends on which camp you belong to. 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.Some gamers will view Andretti Racing as a Need for Speed loaded with real race cars and fancied up with a few brushstrokes of realism, while others will see it as a dumbed-down amalgam of NASCAR 2, CART Racing, and CART Precision Racing. “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.

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.

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