No Indy 500 for Andretti…this year: John Andretti isn’t going to do the Indianapolis 500-Coca-Cola 600 double this year, but he makes it clear that’s not the way he’d prefer it. “Kyle and I sat down and talked and decided we’d wait and talk about it in the future,” Andretti said of Kyle Petty, the CEO of the Petty Enterprises operation that owns Andretti’s #43 Dodges. “It’s disappointing. …I’m not learning to deal with it any better, especially when I could almost see it and then it went away. There were some really good opportunities. This is probably going to be one of the most competitive (Indy) 500s they’ve ever had. …It would be an unbelievable year to go back.” Andretti raced in both events on the same day in 1994, becoming the first to accomplish the Indy-car/stock-car double Tony Stewart did in 1999 and 2001.(ThatsRacin.com)(4-28-2002)
