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Mario Andretti Shares Stories About Parnelli Jones

Query & Company

93.5 & 107.5 The Fan

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3.1758 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Racing legend Mario Andretti joins Jake Query & Jimmy Cook to share stories about Parnelli Jones following his passing last night. Mario highlights what he learned from Parnelli as a driver, explains what kind of driver/competitor Parnelli was, reacts to a story where Parnelli framed a quote that Mario said about him and hung it in his office, explains what kind of owner Parnelli Jones was when he transitioned from driver to owner, and shares what his relationship was like over the last couple of years. 

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0:00.0

So yesterday the news that Parnelly Jones passed away at the age of 90, the 1963

0:07.5

Indianapolis 500 mile race winner, but his career was far more vast, not just as a driver,

0:14.3

but as an owner, as a competitor, and I think as a champion of the sport and a representation

0:19.7

of it.

0:21.5

And I realized that even though I have a great love and passion for the Indianapolis 500-mile race,

0:27.1

it would be impossible for me to encapsulate Parnelli Jones properly.

0:30.9

So I wanted to bring somebody onto the program that could do it far better than I

0:35.3

and probably far better than anybody currently walking Earth.

0:38.3

He is on the CarrX Tyrant Auto Gas Line.

0:40.9

He needs no introduction.

0:42.1

Mario and Dreddy joins us.

0:44.4

And Mario, I will begin the conversation

0:46.2

simply with a condolence to you

0:48.9

because even though you guys competed on the racetrack,

0:52.8

I know what we're talking about here is the passing

0:54.9

of one of the beloved figures of your life.

0:58.3

Yeah, thank you, Jake.

0:59.9

It's, yeah, for sure.

1:02.3

It's a sad situation, you know, sad situation here at the moment.

1:07.2

You can never always say you can never prepare for something like this.

1:11.9

My love goes out, obviously, to the entire family.

1:16.1

We go back so many years, and as I was reflecting on it,

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