A. J. Foyt, Anthony Foyt IV, Larry Foyt, Darren Manning, George Snider, Al Unser Jr.
MODERATOR: As we kick things off here for the 91st running of the Indianapolis 500 here in the Economaki Press Room. Great sight wasn’t it? Down across the Yard of Bricks representing 50 years of participation. As I think back to the career of the man in the middle there (A. J.) and certainly the one next to him on the right (Anthony). A.J., you scored a big victory at Olympic Stadium in Kansas City in about 1957 or so. Anthony, A.J. IV, scored a big victory in his career at Kansas Speedway. It’s been quite an odyssey of speed and success here at Indianapolis and it’s always great to see you. Talk about your emotions, A.J., as we saw those cars stream by.
A. J. FOYT: It brought back a lot of memories. I didn’t realize time flies by as fast as it did, and like I said, I had many, many great days here. You know, good days and bad days. The good offset the bad in the long run. I think Anthony was talking about the ’77 car “How’d you get in this thing and take the steering wheel off? ” I said, “Anthony, they don’t. ” You got to put your legs in straight and slide down. So, Darren thought it was a modern sequential shift. He realized it wasn’t and kept stalling, and he looked like an amateur. But it’s a lot different day, and I look the same way with the cars now. All the controls are right on the steering wheel where with the older cars, you had to have a little finesse. That’s all, boys.
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