Andretti and Foyt talk about NASCAR and open wheel

Many of the men who have won the Daytona 500 in their careers gathered Thursday at Daytona International Speedway as the track continues to prepare for the 50th running of that race in February.

At one point during this extraordinary gathering of motorsports legends, Observer motorsports reporter David Poole found himself among a handful of reporters standing between Mario Andretti and A.J. Foyt as they discussed a number of topics.

Here are highlights of that memorable conversation, which began with Andretti talking about his 1967 Daytona 500 victory. More…..