I dont care what anyone else says or does. Mario Andretti will always be the motorsports GOAT. We are fortunate to still have him around the sport and telling great stories.

FIA needs to let Mario Andretti in Formula 1.

@greatscot04

5 күн бұрын

He might have some trouble getting a superlicense

@zay2439

5 күн бұрын

​@@greatscot04 nah, he's still got it!!

@DustyTail

4 күн бұрын

Been there, done that..

@413TomaccoRoad

2 күн бұрын

Michael.

I grew up in Indy. Cut grass at track, sold newspapers when I was 10. Ran a food trailer on Georgetown Rd. Anything I could do to be at the track. My first race 1963. This man is ultimate Indy 500 guy along with AJ. I knew Aldo at the Firestone store….. I’m 73 and been a “track guy” all my life….. Hey, Jr, this is best interview ever. A legend for sure.

@roberthevern6169

5 күн бұрын

I'm green with envy! Well, except for the lawn mowing thing!

@esciteach7997

5 күн бұрын

wow God Bless

@andrewlynn4263

5 күн бұрын

Al and Bobby Unser with PJ needs to be added to the list ?

@curbshoppin

5 күн бұрын

My hero since I was a kid in the sixties, great interview 🏁

@davidrice3337

5 күн бұрын

Sir, I'm in the Louisville area - the outfit I worked for trained he horses for AJ for many years - I've had the privilege to spend time with AJ - I'm an Indy veteran - I went to 5 in the 80s and early 90s - I appreciate where you come from and I wish you the best

Who can match Dirty Mo and the leader Dale Jr. for content and big name interviews....nobody...love it again

@DirtyMoMedia

4 күн бұрын

We really appreciate your kind words! Thank you for being a listener!

The best show of so many, now get AJ.

Mario Andretti is an absolute legend! That man is incredible and you are so fortunate to have him on the DJD! Rock on!

This is what I like about you Dale jr. When you do interviews. You let the person talk and don't interrupt. You're such a class act man.

What "GREAT INTERVIEW "!!!! He's one of the GREATS!!! True GOAT of racing 🏁 I'm 71. Followed Mario throughout the decades. What an inspiration,a great human being Ana☯️☮️

Thank you Jr for this fantastic interview and letting Mario talk. I hung on every word. Amazing fascinating stuff! Mario’s laugh while showing the Indy 500 ring was priceless.

Can't get over the man's enthusiasm. With all he has accomplished, he still talks about his passion like a teenager...with a smile and a mischievous twinkle in his eye. Thank you to both of you.

Nobody has won in more different types of cars than Mario. Dirt? Monza? Indy? Daytona? Sports cars? F5000? NASCAR? F1? HE DID IT ALL. And he was competitive until his mid 50s. All time greatest. And a wonderful, personable, engaging man in person.

TALK ABOUT A LEGEND !!!! Don,t get bigger or better 🏁🏁🏁

Mario is an old school gentleman. What a remarkably talented race car driver. Mario was generous to give my son Zach an interview via Zoom during Covid. . It was so surreal seeing my son interview one of my childhood idols. Same goes for you Dale Jr. When you were racing, you were my favorite driver and you knowing my son now on a friendly basis is mind blowing. I admire that you have always stayed true to yourself and stayed grounded and unabashedly honest. Sending much love to both families.

Hearing Mario talk about ground effect was amazing!!!!

Great interview! Back in 1969 I remember his win in Indy, back then it was never on live tv. We listened on AM Radio. I was 5 years old.

WOW, great interview Dale! You brought out his passion. When Mario was talkin about developing the down force on those cars. He looked like he was 35 years old. You could see it in his eyes. That was awesome

Now we need Michael! Wonderful interview. We need more CART drivers, Emerson Fittipaldi, Bobby Rahal, etc.

My fathers hero. A racer's racer. Larger than life. Legend

"252 miles per hour on the straightaway" at Michigan in 93. Wow. That was a great interview, I saw the passion and excitement still in him. He is the best if not top 2 all time in my book. I think Andretti will have a car in Formula 1 and how badass will it be for the power to be Cadillac! I met and shook hands with Mario at an autograph session in 2005 or so and he had the most pillowy, softest hands I'd ever felt. Quite a long line and such a gracious man, who was kind and genuine.

@j_e_hill

4 күн бұрын

I was there, sitting right in his pit box during that run. He was sending it and it was so fun to be up close to see how much of himself he put into racing in the moment.

Racing royalty

@oneworldonegoal17

5 күн бұрын

The both of them! 👑 🏁🕺 M.

Dale, great interview!

Mario is such a legend! Who hasn't heard the line when you are driving to fast, " who do think you are, Mario Andretti?". His enthusiasm is so awesome! Great interview Dale!

Thank you for this wonderful interview. I attended the 1968 USGP at Watkins Glen. I will never forget seeing Mario on the pole in the Gold Leaf Team Lotus with the high-mounted rear wing. I resent the hell out of the current F1 cabal for their ridiculous attempts, so far successful, to block an Andretti/Cadillac F1 team from joining "The Circus."

@twoblacklabs904

5 күн бұрын

They’ll get there in time. You can’t stop an immovable force like Andretti.

@thomasf.2376

5 күн бұрын

@@twoblacklabs904 I hope you're correct. I'm not as confident, although the current Concorde Agreement has a provision for 12 teams. That agreement expires at the end of the 2025 season. There are far too many drivers capable being competitive in F1. The addition of 2 more teams and 4 drivers would open some seats. Martin Brundle said F1 would benefit with 24 cars on the grid. I agree completely . . . hoping you are correct regarding Andretti being an immovable force.

Hard to top a Mario Andretti interview! Great job jr🏁

Man , the excitement in Mario’s voice , you understand why he was so great, and such a loved racer , Great job Jr 🏁🏁🏁🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️

IIRC, Andrew Kurland interviewed Mario on the Next Level with Andrew Kurland a couple years ago. Maybe even before Covid?! Great interview, Dale! The Andretti name stands alone as one of our great success stories! Right up there with AJ, Dan Gurney and the Unser family!!

Great interview Jr.! I was at Darlington last year and Mario did an autograph session with Nick Sanchez. Mario is a legend and could easily big time the fans, but no. He was so cool and he was a total gentleman. I got to thank him for doing that later on pit road. What a great guy! His contributions to auto racing as a whole are immeasurable.

Really great relaxed show like only Dale can do

Love watching such a humble Jr. interview such a legend like Mario. Jr's just a salt of the earth guy and Mario is larger than life. Thanks Jr. and Mario.

At Mario’s age, he would kick ass in an Xfinity car on a road course today! To me Mario is the G.O.A.T!!!

Now that you've had the one GOAT on the show, you need to have the other GOAT as a guest aka AJ

@oneworldonegoal17

5 күн бұрын

Yes if you can get Petty, Andretti and AJ Foyt in the same season - what trifecta of fun filled stories! 👑🏁🕺🕺🕺

Can not say enough about what a captivating broadcast this is. Congratulations Junior!!!

The classiest Man in Motor Sports ! Never heard anyone bad mouth this Man. Oh yeah, Kind feel the same about JR.

Class act!!!!!!! Watched him sign numbers of autographs and twice as many pictures. Takes time for all. Top 5 greatest racer in any sport. Even at his age he remembers even laps in detail. All race fans should watch this. Great job Dale!!!!!!! I know you enjoyed.

Almost didn't watch this one because of the length, but I'm damn glad that I did. Excelent show, well worth the watch!

I’ve heard just about every Mario story there is, but that one about the ‘81 race was a new one and I am so glad he can tell it like it was. And I have seen Mario so many times but I didn’t ever know he wears that winner’s ring and I’d love to have noticed it when I met him. What a legend.

I have had the pleasure to meet mario at RA when he was grand marshall for the vintage races. Total class act and a real racer. A team was racing one of his Lotus 79s. They were kind enough to talk to me about the car and let me really get a close look at it. I asked them how the car was running. They said really fast, especially after Mario had stopped by in the morning to look at the car. He was giving the mechanic setup tips for what he thought would work RA, springs, ride heights, tire stuff. This was 30 YEARS after he had last raced the car. They were floored that Mario remembered all that stuff. A true legend!

great interview Jr it will never be another Mario Andretti.

Please interview A.J. Foyt before it's too late. The old guard is leaving us everyday and once they're gone so are their stories if they're not told. RIP Rufus Parnelli Jones.

An Interview for the Ages! Super Mario will always be my FAV driver. I still Remember Robert O Williams taking pictures at your house. I used to live near you and produced his photographs. Loved it. Had a summer home in the Poconos too.

Great interview as usual Dale. When asked about Mario's most memorable wins I was surprised he left out his first win in his FIRST RACING START IN HIS RACING CAREER in the humble 6 cylinder Hudson at the Nazareth 1/2 mile which could be an inspiration to many of today's young up and coming drivers.

Very Cool......Thanks for Sharing

This is one of the best interviews I have seen! Mario is still so amazing to me! His memory and storytelling is fantastic!!

This conversation is right up there with the Petty's. It is great.

1:03:45 Oh my gosh, this is so much better than either of the other videos I watched. A racer asking a racer just the right questions. Mario getting all kinds of excited. 😂

I really enjoyed Mario being on. If there is a word greater than legend he and AJ are there. Great job as always and always look forward to the next show!

Good day Mr Earnhardt this is probably the best video I've seen you do so freaking amazing. I was hoping maybe he would have drove into the Indianapolis 500 in 1973 I would love to hear his aspect on that day. I wish I had a time machine please take me back to the 50s. Just imagine if NASCAR had a truck series back in the 50s

Mario Andretti is racing royalty not only over there in the US but here overseas as well. The guy is a racing god. To keep the Andretti name out of F1 is more about the other teams money grabbing. Than its is about the Andrettis and their ability. Its kind of disgraceful how F1 has dealt with this. On a positive note. That was an outstanding interview. 👍

Outstanding interview.

Mario will always be on my Racing “Mount Rushmore.”

@joshpitts7256

5 күн бұрын

AJ,Mario,Dale Sr and Steve Kinser for Me..👊

@rustyrelicsfarm2406

2 күн бұрын

​@@joshpitts7256Any room for Richard Petty?

Mario won his WDC when I was 1 and the first toy I remember was a big plastic Lotus 78. He and Rick Mears have been my favorite racing drivers for literally as long as I've been conscious.

They keep getting better!

Legend.

Two great ones!!!

Dale ,what you have done for your listeners is perfect. Your our Ally.

@DirtyMoMedia

4 күн бұрын

Thank you.

Such a wonderful interview. I had the tremendous opportunity to do four laps in a two seater with Mario at Indianapolis and it was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. Dale, I wonder if you've seen the film Drive Like Andretti. It covers much of his early childhood and is very moving.

I met Mario at Mid Ohio in 2017. He is a legend, a total gent and a sweet man to meet in person.

I love Dale Jr and the show. But..the interviews are SO much more enjoyable when they’re in studio together instead of a Zoom chat.

@joshpitts7256

5 күн бұрын

He's on Vacation

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! As much as I know about Tiny Lund (my daughter is named after him ....Lundyn) I NEVER heard this story about that Daytona 500! OMG! Thank yall so much for what yall do!!!!!

Thank you sir, awesome show, doing a great job on vacation, enjoy your day sir, thank you.

Great racing excellence and just an all-around gentleman. I wish him many more years of healthy life. Thank you for the interview.

This is so brilliant was funny from the opening line - feel like it was a birthday gift from Junebug celebrating this week w/my all time fav ever and my big time fav (you can figure out which was which haha) Just wonderful - thank you so much June - made my day! 🎉💚🏁❤️, Martha in Miami

The greatest spirit that encourages me every day since the 90’s when I learned how much of a bad ass he is!! Arrivaderce!! !!One of the greatest all time easy!! Top 5 of all time in my opinion!!

Wow!! Dale this was wonderful. You are so intelligent with your knowledge. You keep the conversation going. Thank you for all your effort! I know you and Amy and the girls have enjoyed this time together at the beach. Blessings to you and yours. ❤ 🙏

Great interview. Junior always gets the most interesting guests to his show, would love to see Juan Montoya on DJD some day.

I love Mario. GOAT!!!

That was a great interview with an absolute giant of a legend in the sport. Thank you for sharing this.

Since I was a little kid Andretti was my hero and I loved watching him race.. my dad didn't like open wheel racing and didn't like indy.. he was a dirt 🏁 racer at heart ❤ he drove super stocks when they were actually big motored z28 camaro bodies and leaf springs.. and if he didn't have bad luck he wouldn't have had any.. he had this caution ⚠️ yellow camaro with a huge orange 🍊 7 on his car and was in 3rd or 4th place once and he moved to the top and just drove past everyone and the last corner his fan blade broke and the damn car shook so bad he had to let off and ended up being 5th or something so pissed.. then he was leading another race 🏁 and he had to laps to go and he tore a tire off the bead effectively removing his huge lead sending him to the pitts again mad... one day we were both driving the same car.. I was a rookie modern day super stock and we just put a wagamon motor in and in hot 🔥 laps it felt better than any car I had ever drove felt.. I was passing people I had no business passing on the greasy bottom they were all up high in the more tacky portion of the track man was that fun.. I came off the track and told my dad look you have to drive this thing tonight you'll win for sure I drew the pole and I was confident that I would be able to get a top 3 spot out of 24 my dad says your just nervous 😓 but you did look pretty fast so I give him the suit and helmet he goes out on the pole against copp now copp's super sounds like a late model they put thousands into it and my dad got on the top and absolutely spanked him and everyone else and went on to spank everyone in the feature too.. so in a way I finally got to see him get that elusive feature win.. which was really cool and something I wanted to see since I was little.. then we went to a different track the next week and same thing he won the heat and feature.. it was awesome.. we ended up getting a modified and selling the super stock so 🤷 full circle that was fun those cars are super fast and light so much power 🔋 man so fun

In Italy many enthusiasts call him "two worlds hero" as was said of Garibaldi, for his great career both in the USA and in Europe... Mitico Mario!

What a great interview of a great man

Stellar interview..back in the day Aldo used to live in Brownsburg indiana.he and Mario used to own a Firestone service center in speedway.i worked at a parts store in Brownsburg and they used to come in and buy cases of oil and antifreeze when we had a sale..nice folks....

Could you imagine Andretti-Earnhardt in NASCAR? 📈📈📈

@twoblacklabs904

5 күн бұрын

I CAN! With an association from Hendrick Motorsports, they’d be another SUPERTEAM that Cup desperately needs…

Absolutely my favorite interview so far awesome job . Yeah he was also one of my favorite drivers growing up as where you .

Anyone else notice Mario said something really quik about going to Cup? Was this a slip up of sometjing in the works? Or did he mean Marco maybe trying to get to Cup. I been hoping Michael start a Cup team 😊

Love you dale ❤

That interview was soooooo cool!!

Phenomenal interview!!

"I wouldn't give it back and I'd wear it every day haha! " 💍 On the Ring story!!! So well done with great humor as only Junebug can with his personality 😂 M.

Excellent interview Jr. I loved it !!

PS Dang this man has won everything and I mean just about every prestigious thing! 👑 💚🏁❤️XO, M.

Yes, finally I was hoping this was gonna happen! Now, can you please get Michael on here? I think that would be a great conversation. Thanks.

Loved it and would really love to see him back in the studio. I think it would be a different type of discussion in person. Hoping Andretti Global finally enters NASCAR, it should have happened years ago. And I wonder if Michael gave Pops a hard time about wearing the old logo on his shirt in that interview!!😂

34:40. Dale is trying not to yawn. That is so funny. Does it a couple of times. Love it.

Earnhart Andretti cup team please make this happen.

You can tell Mario still has the fire burning to race

My original racing Hero. Love the painting of the Daytona 24H Ferrari 312PB behind Mario. How cool would it be to just to walk thru his home and see all the history he has there in his office and trophy room?

Being some born and raised and still living in the Milwaukee area, I love the resurgence of the Milwaukee Mile. Every driver who has driven the track always raves about how much they love it. I know it is very unlikely we get the Cup series here, but with trucks and INDYCAR back, I’m hoping Xfinity isn’t far behind

@DustyTail

4 күн бұрын

Indycar has the history at Milwaukee. Always the race following THE 500.

👍🤠 Great interview. You never got around to talking about Mario giving you a ride. That’s got to be a good story.

Mention motorsports to me, and there is only one name I think of first. Great interview.

AMAZING ❤😊

AWESOME

Did Mario let it slip that Andretti Global is coming to Cup?

@DanielHarsey

5 күн бұрын

Andretti and jr motorsports cup team?

@troywhite2469

5 күн бұрын

Andretti Earnhardt Motorsports would be huge for NASCAR

@TracksideViews

5 күн бұрын

😳

@j_e_hill

4 күн бұрын

It’s going to happens via a partnership and yeah I think he jumped the gun a bit. I’ve always thought it would be great and that Marco would have a nice career in it still if he chose to be part of it.

Indy 500 champion and Daytona 500 champion. Mario is badass to the bone.

1966…Mario signed my garage pass admitting me to gasoline alley.

John had more than his share of bad luck and bad breaks in nascar but still managed to get a couple of wins RIP

Finally! Mario!

Heck ya, Earnhardt-Andretti Racing in cup!

Was great interview, just wish Mario's mic would have been better.... My folks grew up in the Poconos and it was a big deal when I was a kid and I'd see the racing results for Mario in grandpa's newspaper.. He was my early racing Idol.... Until this dude in the blue n yellow WRANGLER CHEVY took over..!! Sr/Jr fan ever since..!!(now rootin for Rowdy)

Dale Earnhardt Jr.. “ …he’s a legend in the nascar world for his ability for making power in all the motors he built.” Mario Andretti. “What a difference that makes.” 😊

Dale, don’t be teasing all of us with an Andretti/Earnhardt NASCAR team!!