Mario Andretti Was 'Not A Favorite' To Win the 1967 Daytona 500 | Next Level

In 1967, Mario Andretti piloted the No. 11 Ford to victory lane at the 'Great American Race.' He walks host Andrew Kurland through the events that unfolded from the weekend.
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[@Acedfest]

He won the Daytona 500, the Indianapolis 500 & F1 World Championship, in addition to Pikes Peak Hill Climb & 12 Hours of Sebring, such unbelievable a resume

[@benwatkins7600]

Proof positive that Mario was one hell of a wheelman!

[@bighand1530]

God given talent

[@neilholschbach6704]

Mario had this young man hooked from the first sentence!! A walking talking encyclopedia!! We will honestly never see the the like of Mario or A. J. Foyt ever again!!! Seat of the pants racing back then. No computers and honestly no cameras or feed to watch!!

[@jsembler1]

I love that kid’s enthusiasm!

[@rkr7372]

This young man has as much passion for what he’s doing as Mario does for what he did, that’s great to see.

[@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance]

Mario's grindset cannot be matched.

[@walterzoomie]

Andrew...I am the son of an old-school 50s-60s newspaper reporter. You are a great reporter/interviewer. You could teach Marshall Pruett a thing or two about many categories of style in a reporter.

[@oneworldonegoal17]

These are fabulous to watch - how wonderful to see things being passed down to the future generations - you are doing great job on this interview series, as our all time favorite, the pride of our Italian family - Mr. Mario Andretti 💚🏁❤️ M in Miami : )

[@TanDawg58]

The OG Super Mario

[@moniquelee3623]

Along with Gilles Villeneuve, Mario Andretti is certainly the most likeable and authentic man in the history of motorsport. His modest origins certainly have a lot to do with it. Long life to his person.

[@jcriseling5781]

I was there. The crowd went nuts when Smokey's car blew the engine. As I recall, he was in the process of lapping the field.

[@bloqk16]

Ah! I checked with the NASCAR Classics YT channel about Mario's race tactic with Tiny Lund and Fred Lorenzen. It wasn't clear in that video, but it appeared that changeup Mario did, with Tiny, was from coming out of a caution period at the green-flag restart. From that restart, Mario put several seconds between him and Fred, with Mario leading the rest of the race.

[@billenright2788]

The King of American racing. Won in every kind of car.

[@jdhaase1417]

It’s pure gold this is!

[@jcriseling5781]

It was very, very cold. Temps were in the 30s the night before.

[@gimmeshelter1969]

I recall that day up in the stands; it was freezing and a stiff breeze made it even worse. Two weeks prior for the 24 Hour race it was even colder!

[@markhale8084]

Mario won both Sebring 12-hour and Daytona 500 in 1967, two very different kinds of races and two very different kinds of cars (Ford GTMkIV and Ford Fairlane respectively), but both powered by Ford 427 side oilers!

[@gimmeshelter1969]

Side oilers?

[@finntjomstol9364]

Amazing story!

[@adrianallen6663]

The fact f1 won’t let him have a team is a utter disgrace.

[@WilfordBrimleyGaming]

I don't understand why they have a nervous kid interviewing legends.

[@mattfulmer4243]

Dunno...maybe for the same reason that they have old Troll's like you making asinine comments...🤔

[@walterzoomie]

The “kid” did a fine job. He did his homework, didn’t interrupt, and was respectful. Mario is a racing icon, and seemed very at ease and open with this “kid.” Let’s see your interviewing chops, Cronkite.

[@jsembler1]

“Let’s see your interviewing chops, Cronkite.” My favorite line from a great comment in months!

[@bcdarling3488]

The young man did a fine job with this interview and others. I didn't see any nervousness at all. Only professionalism. Did a better job than a lot of so called old pros I've seen doing interviews lately!!

[@walterzoomie]

BTW...I freely admit my interviewing chops suck. I am not a member of the media, but I played one on KZbins once years ago when I interviewed racing legend Paul Tracy at Indy. I was nervous, and half-intoxicated! My racin' buddies thought it was a hoot, and Paul Tracy was cool as hell to spend a little time with me in the Indy garage area. And, no...I will not link to the absolute horror of the interview. ;) Feel free to Google it, or something.