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Mario Andretti returned home as the newly-crowned World Champion and put his Lotus 79 on the pole before a record crowd of over 150, 000 fans, but Ferrari's Carlos Reutemann completed a sweep of the two United States races in 1978 by finishing 19 seconds ahead of Australian Alan Jones.
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The most famous might well be Mario Andretti, who is the only driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500 ( 1969 ), NASCAR's Daytona 500 ( 1967 ), and the Formula One World Championship ( 1978 ).
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For NASCAR Grand National winners at Daytona from 1949 – 1958, see Daytona Beach & Road Course. Mario Andretti, born in Italy, is the only driver to win the race not from the United States.
Also contributing to the decline was the retirement of Mario Andretti from Formula One.
Texaco has also has also been involved in open wheel racing, sponsoring the Texaco Grand Prix of Houston along with sponsoring drivers like Indianapolis 500 winner Mario Andretti and his son Michael.
In 1988, legendary racer Mario Andretti drove the Amoco Ultimate Lola / Chevrolet for Newman / Haas Racing in the Indianapolis 500 and throughout the season in the CART / PPG IndyCar World Series.
Jacques Villeneuve won the 1995 CART Championship, the 1995 Indianapolis 500 and the 1997 Formula One World Championship, making him only the third driver after Mario Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi to achieve such a feat.
* Mario Andretti, former professional race car driver.
Many of the most legendary drivers of the past 50 years have raced there including Ted Horn, Parnelli Jones, AJ Foyt, Bobby and Al Unser, Mario Andretti, Larry Dickson, Darrell Waltrip and Jeff Gordon.
: In other diverse sports, Willie Mosconi was a 15-time World Billiard champion ; Eddie Arcaro was a 5-time Kentucky Derby winner ; and Mario Andretti was a 3-time national race car champion.
Nazareth is also home to racing champions Mario Andretti, Michael Andretti, Marco Andretti.
* Mario Andretti, former professional race car driver and owner
• Nazareth native, Mario Andretti is mentioned in numerous popular songs, including " Drive " by Alan Jackson, " Crash " by Gwen Stefani, " Good for Me " by Amy Grant, and " Uneasy Rider " by Charlie Daniels.
In the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring race, Peter Revson and McQueen ( driving with a cast on his left foot from a motorcycle accident two weeks before ) won with a Porsche 908 / 02 in the 3 litre class and missed winning overall by 23 seconds to Mario Andretti / Ignazio Giunti / Nino Vaccarella in a 5 litre Ferrari 512S.
Two drivers, Mario Andretti and A. J. Foyt, have won the Indianapolis 500 and have also won NASCAR's premiere event, the Daytona 500.
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** 30 May – Mario Andretti wins the 54th running of the Indianapolis 500 in the STP Oil Treatment Special Hawk – Cosworth
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Mario and returned
In Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, and Mario Party 3, his voice returned to a lower state.
It's been 21 years now and Wart's still never returned, maybe because he was never a ' real ' Mario character ..." GamesRadar listed Wart 10th in the " Top 20 Nintendo Cameos ".
His companion B-26 suffered damage and diverted to Grand Cayman Island ; pilot Mario Zúñiga ( the ' defector ') and navigator Oscar Vega returned to Puerto Cabezas via CIA C-54 on 18 April.
Kondo returned to the Super Mario series to produce the scores to Super Mario Bros. 3 ( 1988 ) and the SNES launch title Super Mario World ( 1990 ).
When Stewart discovered that Coacci had worked for both the plants that had been robbed, he returned with the Bridgewater police, but ' Mike ' Boda ( aka Mario Buda ) had since disappeared, along with his possessions and furniture.
Along with Gordie Howe before him and Mario Lemieux after him, Lafleur is one of only three players to have returned to the NHL after being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Paul drove again in 2009 for KV Racing at Mid-Ohio in place of Mario Moraes, who returned to Brazil after his father died.
Mario Savio returned to the University of California, Berkeley, where he became a leader of the Free Speech Movement.
Afterwards, it is returned to the Mushroom Kingdom by Rosalina and the Lumas, along with Mario, Bowser and his minions, Bowser Jr., and Peach, albeit looking slightly different from the original castle.
Duel minigames also debuted in Mario Party 2, and were omitted in Mario Party 4 ( though the Story minigames were all duels ), but returned again in Mario Party 5.
In 1982, Dalmau and Quebradillas returned to the BSN finals, but they lost to Mario Morales and the Guaynabo Mets in six games.
In November 1951, he returned to the label Music Hall until April 1953 recording 84 tracks with the vocals of Mario Pomar and Oscar Serpa.
Koji Kondo provided the music for the game, while the voice actors from Super Mario 64 returned as well and this time, Kazumi Totaka joined the cast, playing the role of Yoshi.
Once the new president was elected in 1931, Martí returned to El Salvador, and along with Alfonso Luna and Mario Zapata, began the movement that was later truncated by the military .< ref >
Mario Butler returned to basketball, lured by Yamil Chade, in time to win his fifth BSN basketball championship, this time with the Arecibo Captains during 2005.
By holding off a charging Mario Andretti, James Hunt won at Watkins Glen for the second consecutive year, but the World Championship crown returned to Austrian Niki Lauda, whose fourth place clinched his second title in three years.
When Hot Snakes again returned to the recording studio in 2004, Rocket from the Crypt drummer Mario Rubalcaba ( also of The Black Heart Procession, Clikatat Ikatowi, Earthless, 411, and Chicanochrist ) was brought in to play the drums.
Folding again in 1933, the club returned to footballing action in 1935 under the name Polisportiva Mario Umberto Borzacchini, after a racing car driver and a native of Terni who had died at the 1933 Monza Grand Prix.
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