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Dinner with Racers

Ep.282 – Dinner(s) with the Rileys: Bob and Family, Pt.1

Dinner with Racers

Dinner with Racers

Automotive, History, Sports, Leisure

5.0896 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Following our video series “Dinner(s) with the Rileys,” currently available on MotorTrend, we offer a series of long-form, less-edited editions of each of our sit downs. Our second is with Bob Riley, along with wife Bea, son Bill, and Bill’s wife Mary…in what would turn out to be Bob Riley’s last recorded interview. A true legend of the sport, Bob’s career has spanned from helping to build Saturn V rockets, to working on the historic Ford GT MK IV, to designing Indy 500 winning cars for AJ Foyt, all the way becoming the most successful car designed in the history of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, Bob’s story is one-of-a-kind. Dinner was served at Bob and Bea Riley’s home in Mooresville, NC, with the song “Man on a Ledge” by the Talbot Brothers taking us out. Thank you to Continental Tire for making it happen!

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0:00.0

B, if you could describe Bob Riley in one word, what would it be?

0:06.8

He's the smartest man I've ever known.

0:09.7

That's not one word.

0:11.4

Oh, smartest.

0:12.5

Oh, smart.

0:13.0

Okay, okay.

0:14.8

I'm sorry.

0:16.6

Just smart ass.

0:18.4

No, no, no.

0:19.7

You know, I'm 88.

0:21.7

I mean, I didn't, when you said one word that didn't register.

0:25.7

Oh, that's okay.

0:26.6

Okay, Bob.

0:27.8

Genius.

0:29.5

Yep.

0:30.9

One.

0:34.1

She's like, I don't know that.

0:35.3

Don't do it yet.

0:36.6

Yeah.

0:36.9

Oh, boy. Genius.

0:38.1

Genius.

0:39.1

All right.

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