I love it when real men call out a cry baby in their ranks. Following the death of Dan Wheldon at Las Vegas Sunday, NASCAR’s #1 cry baby, Jimmie Johnson, said IndyCar should stop racing on ovals because it’s too dangerous, clearly telegraphing he’s too scared to drive in IndyCar. Now comes reaction from the real men of IndyCar, A.J. Foyt and Mario Andretti.
A.J. Foyt and Mario Andretti condemned five-timeNASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson and others for calling on IndyCar stop racing on ovals because it was too easy for cars to get airborne.
“I don’t think Jimmie Johnson knows what he’s talking about,” said Foyt, a four-time Indianapolis 500 winner whose name adorns the trophy given to IndyCar’s best oval driver. “He’s never drove one, and he’s pretty stupid to make a statement like that. You could say the same about stock cars. I’ve driven both, and I’ve been hurt real bad in both.”
When a driver is too scared to drive an oval in IndyCar, it’s time to call it a career.
