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Andretti ecstatic over grandson Marco's Indy 500 pole

Motorsport legend Mario Andretti was perhaps the most elated member of the celebrated clan when grandson Marco put the family name back at the top of Indy's scoring pylon on Sunday. Marco Andretti's 231.068 mph run to pole at the Speedway in Sunday's Fast Nine Shootout was the first such achievement realized by an Andretti since Mario's similar feat at the Brickyard in 1987! The patriarch wasn't at Indy last weekend but watched the action from the confines of his home in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Marco puts Andretti name back on Indy 500 pole "I slammed my fist down so hard on the table, I think I broke it," Mario told INDYCAR after his grandson's epic run to pole that just beat...
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