No Indy 500 for Andretti in 2002: #43-John Andretti wants to run in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 this year. His NASCAR bosses are putting a halt to any double-duty plans. “John’s not going to do it,” Kyle Petty, CEO of Petty Enterprises, said Saturday. “We’re just not in a position to let John do this at this time. I want John to do it, but we need his focus to be on the Winston Cup cars.” That’s disappointing news to Andretti, who tried the double in 1994. He’s been trying to do the grueling 1,100-miles of racing in the same day ever since and approached Petty on Friday to ask if he could do it this year. “I 100 percent want to do it, so I asked and then I listened for a while,” said Andretti, who is hopeful Petty might change his mind. (Daytona Beach News Journal/AP)(3-24-2002)
