Current Video: Wind Tunnel: A.J.Foyt P2
Guest host Robin Miller chats with racing legend A.J. Foyt as they discuss the early days in his career and the passion that drove him when racing.
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" CF right there on TV and -- say jails a couple weeks after he smacked me in 1981. Now zealotry is there -- did you have more -- the -- at the front of the grandstand 81 -- smack Illini 'cause I know you enjoyed. Both them and don't lie."
" Well I guess you gotta tell little white -- I would proud of myself either way because a lot of the fight going home. With my life so I lost that fight seeded. We had and therefore it was then they see is there it takes this in people Collins is like -- stated that race and so. That wasn't very good when AJ -- I've grown since then none."
" But I know that and and now I cannot run yes I'm not scared of -- all right we'll have a few more favored AJ -- memories here's an email. By far 1982 and Kevin coach and cause that big crash the start AJ got smacked in the pro we it would citizen cars -- he jumped out at Kerr thinks to himself injustice by as eyeball. They want out. I think he led the next 35 laps from the race restarted. Nathan Jones I was just and hear what. And then that we get another one my favorite AJ thought about it came anyway and AJ got a laptop computer of the pit box and slammed it down after leading the race the crew members had calculated they had -- field. And they didn't running out. John and -- are right now. My first question you as one of the great. Things that his endeared him to people over the years as some of the things you've said. And and and right off the VATICAN just think of that game -- and Chris kind of making FT FG -- disparity -- race in -- restoring back to the pits and he -- what happened AJ said. The rich and at that damn good and so we called Kevin -- couldn't in the rest of his life. But. I think probably you remembered as one of fun times of indeed because you get the cardinal and real good benefit crash."
" Well the truth we have fifty cars on the front row and I was on the outside and everybody thought Tennessee heartedly to first lap then there's a lot of pretty gets as a money be and then on the first lap and I had a good friend a man that morning of the race it. That's some pretty good -- about what she's deceased now I said don't worry I can handle on the first few laps. And that sexy but the whole deal was about then. He ran out of grains and at this star of the race broken loose and -- sit and then I've gotten in my good friend and ready him flat out there and really crowds and a little banged. You know a's manager up from the start so. All of dollar work tag it and we live it do it made a pit stop and now my friend won their money and that was the biggest thing in. But I've gone out of back straight -- truthfully the I knew -- ended up I thought pretty good -- eyeball it and -- chief mechanic yanks aren't. Run back into another part awfully -- other car would get voted down there. I went there one who wanted to into and out of bacteria that man what's his damn thing gonna do when I turn industry but it worked Baghdad though. All my friends made a little bit money and if you recall -- and a pit stop and holing a year and I had to work on a little camera I got out and it didn't help things that we has to hear about from."
" I was an agreement with -- next to Robin heard 87 or 88 you were driving a mark she lost 45 miles an hour and a four lap qualifying run. You got out world Jim felt the -- know -- he's not with the city Marty sedan he would interview afterwards and -- AJ and it looked like and little problem out there he tells what happened in. Course you'd you'd be in AJ Foyt said. Well to be -- truth the -- yet this cars just to tell above. Crap course you didn't say crappy sit down your -- sit you sit there and PA system 2000 people cheered national TV loved it all the media London announced that next Drummond Hurd and I don't worry that king of racing just bad MasterCard and then of course I refer to -- TUS marks the rest a year Indianapolis Star of the rest of the month and you kept saying Wednesday that anti US behind that. But creditor that -- now levies in my province and did tell the truth there and then in more than every now and then -- Let's talk about. When when Jimmy Clark and voice came over you at a high regard for Jimmy Clark you I said that. But it was it was great because it was a foreign rear engine invasion against AJ Foyt -- Jones. And Don Branson Lloyd ruby Jim heard -- It was the Americans first the foreigners -- and you had another great line when you won the pole in 65 he said well it's about damn time I brought this back to the USA."
" But quite true other very happy that days. After I got injured pretty bad in NASCAR accident members Riverside California broke my leg broke my back Puma. Bristol Parton action at my first race back in. He's that the track record not follow him out and I broke the track cricket again in like -- it has led to bring him back to the USA."
" Some more than -- AJ Foyt and there was a lot of those let's take a phone call from Chris from Travis and Craig Colorado's got a question for Anthony Joseph fire away --"
" Yeah our -- on the achievement your career AJ. Look at things in this area impress you."
" This -- great achievement well actually. Well -- stirred interest me pretty good today live pretty good that fourteen going to victories there."
" And if the you know Stewart obviously we should tell I'm in your nose files racing Stewart used fourteen -- AJ was as he very grown up. But we had another question that kind of leads and all this. It's an email sources. AJ what do you think of today's modern primadonna as compared to the gritty ball to a multi drivers Riviera Adam."
" Well actually -- you know. And mired in air today is pretty much the same he always gonna have -- babies to mom they go back to mama. So you get the same thing back years back in the sixties you do today I mean it might have been a little bit harder than that. Today the money is -- lob Minnesota makes a lot easier but all of not a lot I think he got some great great guys have their race and today in. The same deal had nineteen in the sixties. He had some great guys you know course I think back in the sixties you view them. You know off their -- morning -- today adamant that. You know through the years that's one thing has happened with racing you know NASCAR -- fact Ariel. They do everything to make it safer for the drivers that's 1 thing I am awful glad to see happen in racing because every time before you know we crashed IndyCar grew up caught fire. Today you've -- him. If crime that he script like we did this year's Indy with -- we had a hell of fire so it can still happen but his -- a year thought when it happened. So that's a big thing about race today is so much safer today and it was in the sixties."
" Well I mean nobody got hurt more needed you broke your leg runner by dirt car. He had a really bad part at at Milwaukee and headed pushing and in the fire to get out of it hit a terrible crash at Elkhart lake ethic in 91 when you -- your feet. You broke your back -- they thought you were dead at Riverside the stock car. You got attacked by killer bees. He fellow and each year bulldozer fell on the lake yeah almost -- drowned and eaten by a snake what is that what tell us what the worst injury of all is."
" All of was better Robin MB truthfully did entry you see me. -- crippled today it was you know you did forget one thing Andy Cohen of that damn line jumped on my back and I try to run. They broke loose and took it down in the infield decoy and Illinois gonna forget that. And I guess the worst thing was though when that those who know backwards from the water because the I thought against the the undertaker at the end of the truth wouldn't he have I wanna know how I got asked that I what did Danny had made some damn air and air quit. But also I got cricket while ago via. And for tomorrow they keep all our records it Andy was second pole earlier that year proper phrase. I sit on the -- that stuff any -- down side did have to make that correction."
" That's what a good PR woman does hey let's go to today's racing. What's wrong with IndyCar what is need to get back and it to get back on the radar with the American public."
" Well they truthfully DA it's been awful close racing good racing I just don't think to get -- exposure they really need. I mean their race in last couple years have been very very. But Nathan different winners there and that's what we're working hard to do for next -- you know it though had a good year when they hear and everything went to -- Indy race day and you know when we did hit they've never recovered but that's the biggest thing you know you need. This in different winners I mean it's been very good raising very close racing very fast raising that. You know he had from the old team has been -- they've still got to blow above -- that they have oil in LA hard debate."
" And at AJ you had everybody from bill who commits to chip and -- seeded Tim Richmond Kenny Brack driving for yet. Who's your favorite driver that you hired. Kenny Brack got have to say reform our favorite drivers. Even though you thought he was a surfer from California he was actually from Sweden. Day as far into it he was more than damp foreigners Robin. All right who's your least favorite driver and I know the answer I'd bet. Well -- that -- probably killed terrific town for the Eddie achieved it yet and if any if you kill Eddie -- you you'd probably gone up even higher in the racing communities estimation. Okay you let Janet -- you drag your car in 1976 some practice morning why."
" Well mr. Obama has been it is that and then when you that there -- attend the along my heart quit because that I'm back up carbon. Denny get through -- a great -- forever."
" Well great year politically correct she wasn't great but she was okay. All right why you call your cars Coyotes. Well -- Gurney ability goes I had to have a coyote chased him fatty about it and because it was. You -- we -- the day. There's a coyote was wild right. Like you wildly out of law play out like you know I'm not wild all right could you respect the most. When you -- the sixties and you know all the bad essence."
" Well I have to take my hat off of her -- Jones and also Roger Warren you know not right you are thrown his way out but he used to."
" Okay are they are they any of these mama's boys in auto racing today could be -- cut in the sixties. I'm quite sure there are their view of their competitiveness that these. And without name one of them. Tony spirited Jeff Gordon okay. What about a by an arrow would you take back to the sixties with him maybe Paul Tracy he would -- live very long -- have been spectacular. But if if if -- mechanism off on them hard decision made answer and I have to sit there and steady and they're getting pretty close. -- they give you an honest answer all right this is from Gordon John -- final question who's the best cheater you or smokey unique. Throughout the unit pretty damn good that brokers smoking is a super friend amendment and then that's basically it tomorrow or proper stock cars -- I'd pay we appreciate just and a half an -- I take a lot I can't believe in this patient form and I'm gonna owe you for the rest in my life it's going to be painful but. I can afford brownies just not stakes. We'll see in homestead this week and and hopefully Ryan hunter ray can do the job for a thanks again AJ. Thank you like to wish you Merry Christmas case you don't make it it it and that's me and Mario that was 1964. Fifth and the F Roger."
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