{"id":459611,"date":"2001-12-01T05:00:40","date_gmt":"2001-12-01T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=115774"},"modified":"2024-02-12T03:22:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T03:22:31","slug":"product-reviews-131","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-131\/","title":{"rendered":"[Book Review] Mario Andretti &#8211; A Driving Passion"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Mario Andretti &#8211; A Driving Passion<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">By Gordon Kirby<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/12\/PR200112-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-813435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/12\/PR200112-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/12\/PR200112-p1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/12\/PR200112-p1-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/12\/PR200112-p1-1024x850.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/12\/PR200112-p1-100x83.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/12\/PR200112-p1-770x640.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/12\/PR200112-p1-293x243.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>If you excessively break the speed limit \u2013 almost anywhere in the world \u2013 chances are good that as you roll down the window the officer will ask you, \u201cWho do you think you are, Mario Andretti?\u201d Without exaggeration, there is perhaps no other driver, throughout the history of motorsport that has achieved this level of fame and notoriety \u2013 and with good reason. With four USAC\/CART championships, a Formula One World Championship and victories at the Indy 500, Daytona 500, 12-Hours of Sebring and even the Pike\u2019s Peak hill climb, Mario Andretti has proved to be both one of the most successful and versatile drivers ever to take to the track (or dirt).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With this unprecedented level of success, it seems remarkable that it has taken this long for someone to come up with a truly comprehensive and insightful look at Mario\u2019s life and career. But this is exactly what author Gordon Kirby has done, weaving Mario\u2019s life story together with interviews, not only from the man himself, but also the family, friends, drivers and teams that helped him along the way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition to the beautiful, large format design of this 250-page book, one of the more satisfying aspects of \u201cMario Andretti: A Driving Passion\u201d is the depth to which it goes into Mario\u2019s background and personal life to explain his racing accomplishments. From growing up under the terror and oppression of Nazi rule during World War II, to the incredible stress that a full-time career as a racing driver can have on a young family, Kirby does an excellent job of setting the psychological stage from which Mario has lived his remarkable life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With excellent color photos and memorabilia from Mario\u2019s personal collection on every page, this book is a must-have and a great value at <strong>$29.95<\/strong> (soft cover), <strong>$49.95<\/strong> (hardcover) or <strong>$149.95<\/strong> for a special Publisher\u2019s Edition that includes 48 extra pages of personal photos and memorabilia. Available directly from David Bull Publishing at (800) 831-1758.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mario Andretti &#8211; A Driving Passion By Gordon Kirby If you excessively break the speed limit \u2013 almost anywhere in the world \u2013 chances are good that as you roll down the window the officer will ask you, \u201cWho do you think you are, Mario Andretti?\u201d Without exaggeration, there is perhaps no other driver, throughout the history of motorsport that has achieved this level of fame and notoriety \u2013 and with good reason. With four USAC\/CART championships, a Formula One [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":384,"featured_media":813436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11339],"tags":[2942,17152,17940,3297],"class_list":["post-459611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-product","tag-car-books","tag-car-culture","tag-product-reviews","tag-products"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>[Book Review] Mario Andretti - A Driving Passion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Casey Annis of Vintage Racecar reviews a book about Mario Andretti\u2014A Driving Passion\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-131\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[Book Review] Mario Andretti - A Driving Passion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Casey Annis of Vintage Racecar reviews a book about Mario Andretti\u2014A Driving Passion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-131\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2001-12-01T13:00:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-12T03:22:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/12\/PR200112-fea.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"702\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"353\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Gordon Kirby\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Gordon Kirby\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/product-reviews-131\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/product-reviews-131\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Gordon Kirby\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e684465a0069c7abeb2039d6cb577951\"},\"headline\":\"[Book Review] Mario Andretti &#8211; 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