Comments on: Who Was The Best – Andretti Or Foyt?

By: Fantomius

Fantomius — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:40:56 +0000

very interesting article, mate! I’m with Mario. Winning F1 ( most importantly, in the 70s) definitely is the ace up his sleeve, IMO. With a bit less misfortune at Indy, he could have won it two or three times and no one would talk too much about this..

By: kurt swomia

kurt swomia — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:46:06 +0000

Mario was the GREATEST. Proof is also with snowmobiling. Snowgoer magazine had him advertising for Snojet Snowmobiles in the 70′s. Arctic Cat had a prototype Mario Andretti snowmobile ready for production in 1982, but went out of business temporarily until 1984. Where was Foyt? Enough said.. Also, I lost respect for Foyt when he lost his cool and clocked Arie L. during team victory press briefing.

By: kurt swomia

kurt swomia — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:25:26 +0000

I agree Mario Andretti was the greatest. His accomplishments speak for themselve. He had the balls to go overseas and race F1 and win. He was competitive all through his career, winning in 4 different decades, unlike Foyt who was just running laps toward the end. The thing I liked about Mario, he was aggressive, win or lose, exciting to watch. Side note, I hate driivers who are just running laps to collect a point or 2, typical or boring Nascar drivers. Mario Andretti is still the greatest, proof of him driving the 2 seated Izod Indy Car at 73.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:47:59 +0000

I’ve been wrong. I’ve been an idiot.
I had assumed that one could see who was the more successful racer then deduce “who was the best.” I assumed that “the best” meant the most successful. And how do we define success in motorsport? – winning races and winning championships (garnering most points, likely by first-, second-, and third-place finishes)
Looking Foyt’s and Andretti’s wins-to-starts ratios and podiums-to-starts ratios and Indy 500 wins-to-starts ratios … doesn’t account for the caliber of their competitors nor all the mechanical failures and crashes that weren’t caused by the racers.
So I stand corrected. I learned something today.
Thanks, Dex (and others).

By: Dex

Dex — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:17:19 +0000

Of course the statistics are subjective.

Mario was winning races in CART in the 80′s & 90′s against extremely strong fields. That cannot be said of many of AJ’s victories in throughout his career.

Looking at statistics alone proves nothing.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 20 May 2010 15:20:39 +0000

Yes. I read the title of George’s essay. And I read our poll question. As George only writes of IndyCar racing, not F1 and WRC, I encourage persons to compare the IndyCar records of A.J. Foyt Junior and Mario Andretti for IndyCar to read win totals, ratio of wins to starts, and ratio of podiums to starts to determine “Who was the best Indy car driver ever?”

By: AZZO45

AZZO45 — Thu, 20 May 2010 15:10:22 +0000

Brian: I was countering Tim’s point that AJ had a bigger heart. We agree… its best Indy driver & Mario was SOLID from beginning to end. Sadly AJ was not. Overall greatness can be effected when greats just can’t retire while they are GREAT

By: Dex

Dex — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:14:40 +0000

Did you actually read the title of the post?

By: Bent Wickerbill

Bent Wickerbill — Thu, 20 May 2010 09:48:24 +0000

Actually the title of the article is: Who was best, Andretti or Foyt…? But just in case you were wondering the wine is great out at Big Ranch Road….

By: Brian McKay

Brian McKay — Thu, 20 May 2010 02:51:15 +0000

Consult the statistics. -not subjective-