

CEO Marcus Smith’s family is in the business of selling cars as well as racing them, so procuring a 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid was easier than it might have been for many. – What would it take to put a racing legend behind the wheel on Charlotte Motor Speedway’s new road course?įor Mario Andretti, it was fulfilling a simple request: A high-performance car with a highly limited production run.įortunately, Speedway Motorsports Inc. I wish we could all have that experience.CONCORD, N.C. You can tell that they are a close family. They work together so well that every father and son should see this. This god of the racing world, Mario Andretti, is loving father who proudly watches over his son's career. Wow! The final magical element is the humanity of the Andretti family. Turn up the volume here! There is something about riding along at over 200 mph and the musical score that totally draws you into the screen for an experience you will not forget. His anecdotes and witticism, drawn from many years as an owner and driver, lends much to the production.

Paul Newman, who was Michael Amoretti's team owner at the time this movie was made, narrates the film. Imax lends just the right magic to make car construction entertaining and fascinating. The other car is Michael's new racecar and we follow it from cutting the mold through the race season. The first car is found in a chicken coop and turns out to be the first roadster that Mario ever drove and we follow restoration to gleaming perfection. The script follows the path of two cars very important to the father and son. I was already a fan of Mario because he is the best racecar drive in history since he is the only person to win the CART Championship, F1 Championship, The Daytona 500 and the Indianapolis 500. It is about Mario Andretti and his son Michael. In fact this would make a perfect DVD to demo your system. Even though it is shot for those huge Imax theaters, it looks and sounds wonderful on my home system. The musical score, cinematography and sound are absolutely stunning as you might expect from an Imax production. I enjoyed this movie so much that I watched it twice and that is something to say about a documentary.
