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5.0 (2 reviews)

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Mario Andretti Racing Experience

Mario Andretti Racing Experience

3.3(7 reviews)
0.0 km•Uptown

My wife and I rode back seat in an Indy car on Father's Day at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in…read moreNorth Carolina. We loved it!! What a thrill. Glad we also bought the in-car video as it is fun to show our family/friends the fun ride. My wife said it was better than a roller coaster. We had a very professional driver who passed some of the slower cars on the track. And got tight to the wall on the straightaways. And that made it more fun. Bucket list = CHECK!!!

I love driving, anything. But there has to speed, right? That's what attracted me to this activity…read more My cousin drove their nascar last year. So this year, I joined him and we drove their IndyCars. The 1 mile oval allowed them running three or four cars at a time; drivers along with one pro ride-along. Big 12 and 1 PM groups meant a long queue for our 8 minute runs (no big deal, but a lot of standing and waiting). The IndyCar cockpit is very narrow and long. Even my 6' tall cousin needed a few back cushions to allow pushing in the clutch. The full-face helmet is very tight and the opening is small, as expected. I received almost unintelligible driving advice from an audio feed through the helmet; loud, staticky, poor quality, inconsistent. The engine has a "chip" which limits the engine and car speed. The coach advises to ease into the throttle entering the straight away, then on to full throttle. This is in contradiction to "find the sweet spot" which is a little less than full throttle. My cousin understood this and recording a 125 mph. I did not figure it out, and recorded 112 mph. This was all very frustrating and disappointing...not losing to my cousin, but driving such a performance limited set-up. I've had more excitement driving my sporty SUV on I-95 through CT and NY or over the Cape Cod canal bridges. You may love it. Once is enough for me.

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Mario Andretti Racing Experience - That's me in the IndyCar, ready for a push start by the quad.

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That's me in the IndyCar, ready for a push start by the quad.

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