The primary episode of a two-part interview with Mario Andretti premieres Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 10pm ET on MAVTV’s Racers Roundtable, hosted by racing champions Tony Stewart and Danny Sullivan. The interview options Mario’s views on years of fantastic racing, relationships, groups and championships that helped make him a family identify. Half 2 of the interview airs on the identical time subsequent Wednesday, Dec. 11
“I hope the viewers hear issues they haven’t ever heard earlier than,” stated Andretti, the 1978 Components 1 world champion and 1969 Indy 500 winner. “Each dialog has one thing that’s notably significant, and I’m glad we’re in a position to discuss a few of these topics in a discussion board like this.
“Racers Roundtable is a spot the place you may converse freely about your experiences and the features of your life that aren’t usually a part of the dialogue. It’s additionally a really totally different format, and I feel that was welcomed not solely by us, but in addition by the followers who’re tuning in. The motorsports trade could be very wealthy and stuffed with particular individuals from all the prime racing disciplines. You even have some people who’ve skilled a number of disciplines like myself, so I feel its attention-grabbing to listen to the totally different opinions. I feel this can positively resonate with the followers.”
Co-host Sullivan was the winner of the 1985 Indianapolis 500, throughout which he spun proper in entrance of Mario on lap 120 as they battled for the lead however recovered to assert some of the iconic Indy 500 wins within the race’s illustrious historical past.