Mario Andretti, arguably the best race car driver ever, was racing in many catagories in this era, USAC Champ Cars, F1, Indy Cars, Stock Cars, Can Am and Endurance Racing and probably a few more. In this instance he was banned by the FIA because they were worried abut Mario coming to F1 and dominating immediately. He was stepping into Ferrari Race Cars he had never driven, on tracks he have never been to and was getting POLE ! The FIA was a dictatorial organization ran by assholes and everyone knew it. They didn't like a rookie American showing them up, so as usual they got nasty and petty. The FIA was a bunch of pansies who wouldn't let you race two races in 24 hours. While in America we were the exact opposite, we would pay a driver One Million Dollars if he could win the INDY 500 and the Coke 600 back to back, ON THE SAME DAY !
