In 1994, Andretti was the first driver to attempt to
race in the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on
the same day. If Andretti starts the 500, he will tie
Roberto Moreno for the third-longest hiatus between
Indy 500s. Only Roland Free and Cy Marshall, who
each had 17 years between races, had longer layoffs
between Indy 500s.
http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/indycar/37399/

.. wrote:

Another washed-up never-was in the IRL 500 "race"....

How many more zero-quality drivers will magically appear with the
initials "TBA"?

Maybe Lynn St. James will make another run.... Or how about the
legendary Kevin Cogan?

On May 16, 10:02 am, Cessna 310 <jolene... (AT) sbc (DOT) com> wrote:
Slick Racin Gardner?

Billy Roe?

Brad Murphey

On May 16, 11:02 am, Cessna 310 <jolene... (AT) sbc (DOT) com> wrote:
Oh, let him race. He is not doing anything at the moment (that could
be more important than filling the field with never-was drivers) after
his failed career as a Cup racing (impostor) driver.

Jeff Andretti?

"Lenny" <haysooce (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

For those not in the know (90+ % of those here), John
has more podium finishes, including wins, in both CART
and Cup, than most of the participants in either series.
Jeff's (yet another Andretti Rookie of the Year) life was
very nearly ended when Foyt installed a known struck
and damaged wheel (they don't simply spontaneously
and catastrophically shatter for no reason) on his car,
which inevitably failed, leading to the quite premature
end of his barely begun career.

Lenny wrote:
Sandy Andretti?

.. wrote:
So are you saying the racing brain of the IRL, AJ Foyt, proved his value
to racing? Or are you saying that AJ Foyt, the brain of IRL racing is
so bad that he almost killed a competitor due to his incompetence?

On May 16, 12:04 pm, "." <.... (AT) dot (DOT) com> wrote:
John Andretti has 3 wins in 19 years of racing.

You really are in some kind of twisted Andretti Fantasy land, aren't
you.

John maybe one of the better drivers in the field. He didn't just
compete in Cup, he won there. He won in Cart pre split. Drove
dragsters for a while as well. The layoff won't help him but he is
much younger than many that have come out of retirement to run it one
more time. If he gets any seat time at all, the technology has been
dumbed down to the point that he probably can get up to speed fairly
quickly compared to most. Thing is with a top field, John should have
no chance at all at being competitive. The fact that he will not only
make the show with as little seat time as he will get, but might be
competitive in the race says less about John and more about the IRL.

Mark wrote:
His win in CART was due to the leaders crashing out at the end of the race.

John may have the same chance as a turtle among slugs.