Monday, October 14, 2019

COLUMBUS DAY

To mark not so much Christopher Columbus, who never got to America anyway, but all of the Italians who came later and made the country their home . . . may I present a special exhibit at Saturday's Corvette Show.


An Indy car with the smiling face of Mario Andretti superimposed on it.

50 years ago, in April, I came to Indianapolis to a new job in a radio station.

A month later, at the end of May, Mario won the Indianapolis 500 race.

It was the first and last victory for him, his two sons, a nephew and a grandson at the famous auto race.

73 starts in all and no Andretti has ever won the race since Mario's victory in 1969.

No matter.  Mario is still one of the most popular race car drivers of all time.