Mario Andretti was the fastest driver (Indianapolis 500) in practice all week, leading the charts at 221.565 mph. On pole day morning, Mario drove a lap of 220.372 mph. On his qualifying attempt, though, he could only get to 214.692 mph. No one knew what happened to the car and why it went so slow. On race day, he had just as bad of luck. After several long pit stops to repair gearbox problems, an oil leak, and electrical gremlins, Andretti finally called it quits. With the leaders at lap 170, Mario was about 50 laps down with a dead engine. Mario was credited with 118 laps in 20th place.
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