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I would say Michael.. He led so many laps and has been so close but that Andretti luck always bites him..
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89Mario Andretti24.72%22Michael Andretti38.20%34Al Unser Jr.11.24%10Buddy Lazier25.84%23"Paff has been closer to the mark than anyone will give him credit for."
Richard Kimble 11/18/2010
"Paff is far more right than any of you will EVER give him credit for.
As non politically correct and un IndyCar friendly as it is, it's the truth. "
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Deserved? or deserves?"If TF members were given solid gold cars, some would complain about the color." - stnkypete
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Mario... and im glad he got one, too.Comment
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I would have to go with Mario. With all of the laps he lead over the years and he was a contender every year for a long time.Comment
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My emotional response is Al Sr -- would have LOVED to see him holding up all 5 fingers! -- but to limit it to the poll, I'll go with Mikey. At least Mario got his. It's the one thing (in "American" racing at least) that Mikey missed.Comment
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I hate the usage of the word "deserves" in almost any context. Many people work every day of their adult life, yet progress no further than a menial job. Others that are more fortunate may pursue some Quixote-like goal, played out in the arena of media and misguided star worship, yet fail to attain their desired prize.
All 33 starters of any given Indy 500 "deserve" to win, simply by virtue of their presence there. To attach any particular importance to a given driver and call his lack of success (and sometimes repeated lack of success) a reason to "deserve" a win is specious.
You guys have mentioned Mario. He won in his 5th attempt, hardly a candidate for a "deserving" win. Using the popular yardstick, one would wish that success on a worn out veteran that had many 500's under his belt. Mario hardly qualified for that classification in 1969.
You "deserve" what you earn.Comment
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Who was closest that I wish had won? Kevin Cogan.Comment
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Eddie Sachs. *$%^#@ tire.Comment
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How can Michael win another Indy 500 when he hasn't even won one yet.
He kani 'ano 'e loa kela. Ua 'ai nui anei 'oe ma ke kakahiaka?Comment
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None of the above.
Danny Ongais"Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob." - Federalist 55
“My first reaction as a race car driver was to jump out of the car and use the Foyt technique of driver development - grab him and pound some sense into him.”
"Make way. I'm Reaganing."Comment
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same thing I was thinking!Originally posted by R_Mears_Fan
How can Michael win another Indy 500 when he hasn't even won one yet.
as far as should have won one...I would have loved to see Roberto Guererro win one and of course Swede and Art.
but from the choices I would say Mario.... wait he did win a second one! Oh yeah, they took it away from him.Please visit the tributes to my favorites:
Swede Savage / Art Pollard / Mel Kenyon /
Joe Leonard / Peter Revson
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Of those oncers who should have won 2, it is hard to look beyond Mario. But I will anyway. Ralph de Palma. To lead 198 laps consecutively and not win, phew...
The guy who would have won 2 all things being equal was Jim Clark, robbed of the 1963 race. And possibly 1966 as well.
And Bill Holland had 1947 stolen from him also.
Of those who never won, Sachs is the romantic story, but Ted Horn made up a number of laps one year to finish on the lead lap (1946?)."An emphasis was placed on drivers with road racing backgrounds which meant drivers from open wheel, oval track racing were at a disadvantage. That led Tony George to create the IRL." -Indy Review 1996Comment
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Mark Dismore.Comment
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I'm with Rev, no one DESERVES anything at Indy!Have a very blessed day!Comment
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