European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 Fate deals the cards at indy mechanical failures can toil top Drivers by Steve Herman Indianapolis a theres no such thing As a favorite in the Indianapolis where someone else mistake can Send the most experienced Driver into the where the fastest car in the lineup can be sidelined by a mechanical failure of a where the Only Lap that counts is the last just ask Mario a series of frustrating mishaps in recent years has reinforced Andretti belief that it takes More than a Good car and a lot of driving skill to win the worlds most important its just Fate that deals you a youve got to Deal with said a victim of crashes triggered by other Drivers in each of the past three years and the loser in a five month Appeal of the race finish the year before till be a bit of a White Knuckles for us at the the 1969 Winner said of sundays which he will begin from the inside of the second directly be Hind record setting pole Winner Pancho i wish there was nobody so i could mused dismissing Las vegas Odd makers who have established him As the betting favorite in the at the the adrenalin you Hope everybody keeps his mistakes get made because of not everybody has full control of their the 33car Field averaged making it the fastest lineup in the history of automobile the potential for carnage on the race track is possibly greater than but Andretti refuses to change to a More cautious driving you go for what you have to go he in not looking for a convenient spot away from traffic the Andretti recalled when he was eliminated in one of two crashes along the main Straightaway even before the Green Flag had dropped to Start the in he lasted 79 laps before Driver Johnny Parsons triggered an Accident that sent Andretti car into the first turn last Andretti made it through 153 of the 200 laps before his car struck Jostle Garza racer at the pit Entrance and broke a nose Cone and right front but the greatest disappointment for Andretti probably was the 1981 when he finished second to Bobby the morning after the the Auto club penalized Unser one Lap for illegally passing a line of cars during a caution giving Andretti the Unser appealed the decision to a special Sac which reinstated users Victory five months if i ill forget said who has had Only one other top10 finish at indy since no question a win gets you on the your Outlook you dont think of the bad a former world driving Cham won the championship Auto racing teams National title last dominating the season series with six he won the 1985 season opener at Long last month and has been impressive in his new Colwort powered Lola during practice for the Carter set a four Lap qualification re Cord at Mph in a Buic powered joining him on the front Row will be Scott who qualified an identical Marc Buick at and Bobby who drove his March Osworth to a four Lap average of Andretti qualification Speed was putting him on the inside of the Row that also includes former two time world Champion Emerson Fittipaldi and Don who inherited the car left vacant by two time Winner Gordon John Cocks abrupt retirement Early in the former winners will occupy the starting spots directly behind Andretti for the next three with Al Unser on the inside of Row defending Champion Rick Mears on the inside of Row four and Tom Sneva on the inside of the fifth Dick the oldest starter at age and Andretti the youngest starter at age Complete the fifth Roberto Guerrero of the 1984 co Rookie of the year with Michael an is on the inside of the sixth the first of six rookies in the hol lands Arie is in the Middle of the seventh flanked by Howdy Holmes on the inside and fou time Winner Foyt on the the Al Rookie eighth Row is made up of de Raul Boesel and John Paul the other rookies Are Jim who qualified a second time in a different car after his original entry was disqualified for being 20 pounds and Rich a former sprint and mid get car the Only other former Winner in the Field is Johnny who was bumped from the lineup last week but re gained a starting spot in the i oth Row by bumping another car with his backup Drivers want race to Start clean Thill fill the Bill a photo Mario Andretti of signs the hat of Dick a fan from Friday As Drivers took a by Mike Harris a motor sports writer Indianapolis the Green Flag Waves and 33 powerful race cars accelerate past the starting line toward a first turn that Driver Johnny Rutherford once said was like making a left turn at 200 Miles an hour into a dark the Start of the Indianapolis 500 is a bit like funnelling 33 Sticks of dynamite past a lit if none of the Sticks the danger is Ive told the Drivers that they should not begin racing until they get on the Backstretch of the first said Tom the chief Steward of sundays million i wish they  Start racing until the second by that there spread out a the very real possibility that somebody in that tightly packed Grid 11 rows of three each Row about 100 feet behind the make a is Why the Start is such a tense and climatic i plan to bring them to a Safe and they wont be Able to criticize me after i win the said Pancho car who will Lead the Field to the Start from the pole the most recent debacle at the Start came in 1982 when pole Sitter Rick Mears the defending Champion this year brought the Field to the starting line at a Speed that was later criticized by Many of the Drivers and officials As too Kevin in the Middle of the front was just beginning to get up to racing Speed when his car suddenly veered bounced off the car driven by then careened Back across the track and smashed into the racer driven by Mario with dust and dirt and pieces of cars flying through the air and cars darting in every direction to avoid the tangle up indy Rookie Dale Whittington and Roger Ricks older collided Back in the there were no but All of them except who was Able to make Quick Day off before sundays Indianapolis were done for the and the race officially had not even to be on the front youve got a responsibility to not just your maybe More so than you do at any time in the said Bobby who will Start sunday from the outside of the front along with 1969 indy win Ner Andretti and two time Winner is a favorite to in the Pace Lap was ridiculously slow and you saw what Rahal its a Long and to mess around on the Start just to Lead into the first Cor Ner i think is patently i would Hope that the other two Guys in the front Row feel the same the other two up front Are the record set Ting duo of Carter and Scott both driving marches powered by the Only Buick v6 engines in the Carter won his first indy car pole with a record four Lap average of while Brayton set the on Lap track Mark of who started in the fourth Row in 1982 and finished says what happened to Mears that year wont happen to youll see one of the better starts youve no silly Carter i dont think youll see a Start like three years ago real ill have everybody in High not accelerating off the fourth turn and gradually speeding till be a rolling like it should who has started no better than 26th in his three previous indy in going to Start the with safety in Panchos to dictate the Start of the i just want to have a very Good Start in going to whose Duane Carter once finished fourth at said he int intent on leading the first i dont think it makes too much he the 200th final Lap is the one i want to i want to stay with the Lead pack All i want to run my kind of race at speeds i feel comfortable if my race is fast enough to ill