Andretti's test drive (HD)

Clip from "Super Speedway", an IMAX film that took well over four years to film.
The film features Mario Andretti, and son Michael, during the 1996 season driving for Newman/Haas Racing.

Mario Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is a retired automobile racing driver, one of the most successful Americans in the history of the sport.

He is one of only two drivers to win races in Formula One, IndyCar, World Sportscar Championship and NASCAR (the other being Dan Gurney). He also won races in midget cars, sprint cars, and drag racing.

Andretti had a long career in racing. He was the only person to be named United States Driver of the Year in three decades (1967, 1978, and 1984).

He was also one of only three drivers to win races on road courses, paved ovals, and dirt tracks in one season, a feat that he accomplished four times.

With his final IndyCar win in April 1993, Andretti became the first driver to win IndyCar races in four different decades and the first to win automobile races of any kind in five.

His sun, Michael Andretti (born October 5, 1962) is a retired CART and Formula One driver. He now co-owns the Andretti Green Racing team in the Indy Racing League. He qualified eleventh for the 2007 Indianapolis 500 after finishing third in the 2006 Indianapolis 500.

In the clip it is Michael Andretti who drives the car. Music is from Dire Straits "Once Upon a Time in the West".

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