If he'd hit him, he would've torn his head off. Daytona 500 (1979)as Himself - Driver, #51 Oldsmobile, Jim McKay: My World in My Words (2003)as Himself, ABC's Wide World of Sports 30th Anniversary Special (1991)as Himself, Your email address will not be published. The pitch of roaring V-8 stock-car engines subtly changesfrom raaaawwwwr to whaaannnng, as Foyt would put itas the drivers back off the gas. Foyt started his racing career in 1953 in his father- owned midget car, and had his first race at night before the 500 in Anderson, Indiana. That's Mister Foyt, the horse-owner, you know.". over 40 years. The roar rises to a painful scream of metal. His open wheel racing includes United States Automobile Club Champ cars, sprint cars, and midget cars.
Anthony Joseph A. He remains reflective for the moment. the car roars away. A. J. Foyt IV is married to the daughter of Colts owner Jim Irsay. Jr. was a good mechanic and a race driver by the time he was 17"I was making $75 a week being a mechanic and driving, and I just couldn't wait," he saysso he dropped out of school and went racing full-time. But suddenly Foyt is back in the pits. "Well," he says, "I mean, you ain't never seen a Brinks truck following a funeral procession to dump the money into the grave, have you? Two cars whomp together, one of them spinning out of control on Turn Two, and suddenly the yellow caution light flicks on. Foyt 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J.
Well, the 11th grade isn't bad. ABC's Wide World of Sports 30th Anniversary Special (1991), and is a retired automobile auto racing driver who participated in numerous genres of motorsports, and USAC with 159 victories.
I don't know whenbut the day I quit I'll flat quit. It's dirty purism: The racers build, repair, race and trailer their own cars from country track to country track, and most of them drink a lot of beer and do a little bare-knuckle fighting on the side. Regarding his personal life, A.J. ", This delights Foyt. But the thing is, some of them younger guys don't know how to do it, which makes it dangerous. But the NASCAR official, holding his hand up, palm pointed toward Foyt, remains in front of the car, just at the left front fender. There's another change in Foyt's life; the race driver without peer, mechanic and builder of fast cars, forever competitive, is about to take on the Sport of Kings. has been accused of fighting in the pits. Foyt is looking at pictures of his horses: Winner's circle pictures, barn and paddock picturesall sunshine and grass, not a blacktop straightaway in sight. Foyt 1966 NASCAR Grand National Results", "A.J. So he had been flagged back into the pits, and he would now have to remain there until he'd lost the ground he'd made up on the leaders. Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr. or A. J. Foyt was the son of an auto mechanic who built midget race cars. Foyt 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. Well, that's no longer necessary. Foyt's face was once dotted with shiny, dime-size burn scars from a 1966 smashup, but now they've dulled to the point where they show only in strong sunlight. And this is the emerging Foyt: Gentleman breeder and racer of thoroughbreds. It's this: A.J. Father of 4-time Indianapolis 500 winner A.J. His first car was owned and maintained by his father. Listen. It took him a while to get back to full fitness; and at the Indy 500 the following year he qualified third. But," he holds up his right index finger, "but you know what really scares me? The orange Olds comes yowling in and slams to a stop. He scowls at the offending knee. It's said he vaulted out of his sprint car after a race at Williams Grove, Pa. and attacked another driver, who, A.J. Revealed His Mellow Sidehe volunteers, for the first time anywhere, how he came to be a millionaire. But his talent could not be ignored.
His father (Tony) ran a shop that specialized in race cars. "[7] Also, he reportedly only got 10 laps of pre-race practice. championships as a driver Voted "Driver of the Century" He is also the godfather of driver John Andretti. Back around that time racing sponsor J.C. Agajanian once pleaded with Foyt to grant SPORTS ILLUSTRATED an interview. Foyt couldnt have children, so he and wife Lucy (m. 1956) adopted a boy they named Larry Foyt and has a grandson A. J. Foyt IV who is married to the Indianapolis Colts owners daughter, so the Foyts are also part owners of the NFL franchise. He sprayed the mud off the car, installed pavement tires and a set-up for the one mile (1.6km) oval. We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each person's profile. McCluskey testifies earnestly that "A.J. A couple of times I've fired that kid's fanny, but he works hard and we're actually making a little bit of money.
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tony foyt iii. He's a real racer. First 4-time winner of the Indianapolis 500: . Listen, now I've got a right kneecap that pops out all the damn timeI can just be standing here or walking along real easy and floop! Which brings us to one final anecdote. may not have had much education, but he certainly knows how to read a contract." He raced in NASCAR and USAC stock cars. "The language thing has always been rough." So the family should have figured he would turn out. Lord, in those old days, if you was better than the other guy, that is, if you was a good driver and also worked hard on your car, well, then you'd win, see? By the time Foyt appeared as an Indy rookie in 1958, his reputation was established. ", A.J. Foyt entered the race again in 1995 and 1996, but failed to qualify both times. He earned numerous awards and recognitions, including being the only driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Indianapolis 500 the same year (1967), and the only racer ever to win the Indy 500 with both rear and front-engined vehicles. He was a mechanic who established his reputation building racecars in Texas. He soon found a place in a team and competed in his first Indianapolis 500 race; he could not complete the race due to a mechanical snag. Encouraged by his father, he became a racer at the age of 17 and competed in races in nearby places, but success eluded him initially. One important thing about survival: If his machine isn't exactly right, well, he won't soldier on through with it. Encouraged by his father, he became a racer at the age of 17 and competed in races in nearby places, but success eluded him initially. They've had shows on TV that are supposed to take place inside a man's head. Foyt is coming. Even after he had reached the pinnacle of his sport, Foyt was known to make occasional appearances in small, local events as a way of thanking promoters who had supported him in his struggle up the ladder. After retiring as a driver, he continued his involvement in racing as a car owner of A. J. Foyt Enterprises in the CART series, then the Indy Racing League (IRL) and NASCAR. Foyt 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J.
Winner of: 50 Sprint Car, Midget, Dirt Champ Car wins, Winner of total of 7 NASCAR races, including the 1972 Daytona 500,NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998), National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (U.S.) (1990), Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (1989), National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame (1988), , Indianapolis 500: The 70s, 1979 Daytona 500, Indianapolis 500: The 70s, 1979 Daytona 500, 30 for 30 (2010), ESPN 25: Who's #1? I don't know. Or they do worse. But three years later, at 26, he won the first of his four Indy 500 titles. This is early in the 1981 Daytona 500; Foyt is destined to run only 120 laps before a dropped valve spring will force him out. Edges are clean and sharp. In the meantime, Rudy points out, horse racing has additional benefits for Foyt. Foyt won the 1971 and 1972 races at the Ontario Motor Speedway for Wood Brothers Racing. Foyt bulldozes to the fore. "Maybe it's television. ", It remains for Foyt to wind down one activity while cranking up the other. You could be running 200-and-something miles an hour and they [the officials] will make us back off to where the slow guys can keep up. But.", He pauses, thinking about the surgery on the knee. He won the 1960 and 1961 Turkey Night Grand Prix, the first two years that it was held at Ascot Park. It's one of the gestures he has learned to use to great effectlike ol' Frank Merriwell in Tip Top Weekly: "Frank continued to laugh, and it had been said at Yale that he was most dangerous in an encounter when he laughed." He won several major sports car racing events. Then there is a lightning bolt of insight: "Right now, what we got is a gang of horses and one poor little ol' human who is racing out there and making the million," Foyt says.
* Most laps led. "I came boiling out of the car," Foyt .says, "and fwwaaaaap! I'm just ol' A.J., and you got to take me the way I come.". Foyt is the grandfather of A. J. Foyt IV. We know that Anthony's political affiliation is unknown . Foyt 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. Ford-powered entries were widely expected to dominate the 1964 Indianapolis 500. That brings the pack closer together, all right, and them cars run in a bunch, all right, and it looks exciting to the fans. But that's it. The day after his 196.078-mph run, Foyt's mother died back in Houston.
He also has 41 USAC Stock Car wins and 50 Sprint Car, Midget, and Dirt Champ Car wins. He switched on turbo boost to compensate for lost time risking engine damage.
Foyt suffered severe chest injuries, a broken back, and a fractured ankle. During his racing days, he used to be dogged by the fear that his car would go up in flames. He won his first NASCAR race in July 1964 at Daytona Beach, after taking the lead from Bobby Isaac, during the final 50 laps at the Daytona International Speedway. Foyt repaired his car during the red flag and led the first quarter of the race but dropped out due to lingering damage from the crash. He's taken some setbacks, true, but in five years or so he's going to be a definite threat in this sport." There's so much image-polishing going on these days, such a steady buffing of personality to a high gloss for television and media display that it's a definite comfort to note here, for the record, that the World's Greatest Race Driver hasn't changed. In 1958, Foyt raced in Italy in the Trophy of the Two Worlds on the banking at Monza. It's just that Foyt speaks a special racing language that can be described as creatively salty and that he tones down only in the presence of women or preachers or Rotarians. His USAC wins tally is a record 138 (The late, Foyt is the last living driver, who started in the, Foyt holds the closed course speed record driving the, This page was last edited on 16 January 2023, at 15:35. Foyt went on to drive anything that rolled, achieving remarkable successes in sports cars, stockers, midgets, on pavement, on dirt, with engines mounted in front of him or behind, but it's his record on the championship-car circuit and at the Brickyard that remains the most telling. Though he switched to sprint and championship cars after 1957, he was able to win two consecutive Turkey Night Grand Prix titles, an Astro Grand Prix, a Hut Hundred subsequently. may have lost in daring, he makes up for in cunning. Have you ever wondered how rich A.J. Anthony Joseph Foyt The formula 1 driver section allows you to select your favorite F1 driver and view different breakdowns on their career F1 points, team battle statistics, race by race breakdown, how they performed for specific constructors and general career statistics. A rotund NASCAR official, wearing a radio rig on his head, is there to greet him. ), This article is about the four-time Indianapolis 500 winner. His open-wheel racing experience includes US Automobile Club Champ cars, sprint cars, and midget cars. But a horse." He blinks at the wonder of it. He qualified 23rd here, as the. Since 1988, he was inducted to the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, National Sprint Car Hall of Fame, the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, and the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame. Foyt drove in the Indianapolis 500 for 35 consecutive years, winning it four times (the first of only four to have done so). Foyt received permission to take two extra warm up laps during qualifying, as he had no time for practice. There are two grandchildren, Tony's daughter and Terry Lynn's son, in whose presence Foyt turns to Jell-0. And he was right. Anthony Joseph Foyt III Edward Norton 0 1,323 AJ Foyt Net Worth Anthony Joseph "A. J." Foyt was born on the 16th January 1935, in Houston, Texas USA, and is a retired automobile auto racing driver who participated in numerous genres of Read More Don't owe nobody. In last Saturday's qualifying session, the pole went to Bobby Unser, and when Mike Mosley also bettered his time, Foyt was relegated to third on the grid. He finished second in 1963 and 1969, and third in 1970. In 1988 Foyt was banned from NASCAR for six months and fined $5,000 following a series of incidents during the Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Foyt 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. Foyt started his racing career in 1953 in his father- owned midget car, and had his first race at night before the 500 in Anderson, Indiana. The jawline has now firmed into place in that determined outcrop, and straight-on or in profile, there's no mistaking its meaning or intent. [8] Among his wins in USAC stock car racing was his 1964 win at the Billy Vukovich Memorial 200 at Hanford Speedway in California. "I don't know," he says, "but if I was to fall over dead here talking to you, it's been a good life-style and I wouldn't change it.". When Luyendyk entered victory lane after the race to confront TMS general manager Eddie Gossage about the finish uttering obscenities, an irate Foyt approached Luyendyk from behind and slapped and shoved him into a tulip bed (coincidentally given Luyendyk's Dutch nationality). Slamming in the clutch, he pops the car into gear and starts revving the engine. Certainly he's the only one who has one of Foyt's Indy Coyote race cars, parked in his den, doing duty as a piece of pop-art sculpture. A. J. Foyt. Here's how he has done it: No man has ever driven race cars better or more consistently; no one now driving has ever risked more in as impressive a variety of cars and perilous situations, taking himself to the far edge time after time.
Well, I bought her and her full sisterand her sister can't run a lick. He is the only driver to win the Indianapolis 500 (which he won four times1961, 1964, 1967 and 1977), the Daytona 500, the 24 Hours of Daytona, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In addition to being a famous auto driver, Foyt was also a racing car owner which further improved his wealth. Luck favored him as Johncocks engine shut down. Thanks to his driving skills, A.J. A.J. Can it be an attack of mellowness, for heaven's sake, some new facet of Foyt emerging in his 47th year? He then qualified the car on the pole, led the race for 18 out of 200 laps but then had to stop for a new rear tire, and finished second to Gordon Johncock, driving a rear-engined Gerhardt-Offy Indy car. (Economaki: "Who are you talking about?") The next day, Foyt hit an official 196.078 mph to lead the first weekend of qualifying. Thus, he achieved the Triple Crown of endurance racing. Foyt significantly increased his net worth. Well, it turns out there's no other way, and at least that's something one can count on. A.J. ", Wait a minute. [4] A. J. attended Pershing and Hamilton middle schools and Lamar, San Jacinto and St. Thomas Catholic high schools,[5] but he dropped out to become a mechanic and spend more time concentrating on racing.
Italics Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. His team has won the national Indy car title five times between 1967 and 1998. In 1958, he made his debut at Indy, but he spun out of the race on lap 148. Same country, a few days later. In the 1982 Indianapolis 500, Foyt started on the front row but on the pace laps he was victimized by a controversial wreck when 2nd-year driver Kevin Cogan suddenly spun out for no apparent reason. Gilmore hands Foyt a drink of water in a paper cup attached to the end of a long pole and then phrooooom! He won't even put any foolish moves on you. About Anthony Joseph Foyt, Sr. Patriarch of the Foyt racing family. He is a great friend with iconic driver Mario Andretti, and is a godfather to Andrettis son John. Jerry Foyt is the son of A.J. As Foyt moved through turn four on the 200th lap, he had a premonition of trouble and slowed down. Foyt lies fidgeting on a cot in the infield track hospital while doctors work on him. A horse that'll make a million for you. Patriarch of the Foyt racing family. is indeed driving a bit more careful, as he puts it, then it sure isn't noticeable from the stands or at trackside. This retired legendary racing driver dreads African killer bees. Foyt's smile doesn't spread across his face; he grins in a quick burst, all at once, flashing strong and white teeth. I'm telling you, A.J., this story would make you famous. There Will Be Blood Andre Barnes, Anthony Best, Omar Gerryl Credle, William Brewster Dixon Iii, Joseph Kirkland, Derek Murphy, Todd Neubert Can I do > > Celph Titled > Nineteen Ninety Now > There Will Be Blood Later in the week A.J. He was the champion in USAC's stock car in 1968, 1978, and 1979. As most folks know by now, Foyt began striding across the American landscape in the mid-1950s, a midget and sprint-car racer who just sort of materialized out of the half-mile ovals and dirt tracks of Texas and the Midwest. Will the Who is Bill Burrs wife? He has raced the most miles there, 8,567.5 to date, and he has been on the pole four times; only the late Rex Mays held that position as often. Foyt significantly increased his net worth. That happened on Jan. 17, 1965 at the Riverside (Calif.) 500. cameron mcinnes salary; May 21, 2022; That put him on the pole for that moment but because rain had shortened the opening weekend's program, it also left him with a full week of waiting to see if he would hold the pole. It isn't that his voice has a threatening quality; in fact, it has a pleasant sound, a gentle, almost soft drawl. A few hundred yards ahead of him, Carl Williams spun out as he exited turn four, triggering a five-car front-stretch accident right in front of Foyt. Late in the 500, Foyt made a pit stop for fuel, but a refueling malfunction meant that he returned to the race without enough fuel to finish. A few minutes later A.J. In the hospital he remained typically stoic. said, cut him off. In addition to being a famous auto driver, Foyt was also a racing car owner which further improved his wealth. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/a-j-foyt-4416.php. But his talent could not be ignored. He emerged with a grin, popped open a can of Pepsi, slid behind the wheel of Gilmore's grape-colored Cadillac sedan and allowed that, well, possibly the penalty had caused the valve stem to go bad. While an active driver, Foyt entered into a longtime partnership with Kalamazoo, Michigan businessman Jim Gilmore, and raced under the Gilmore-Foyt Racing name for many years. Some cheap horses'll outrun the expensive ones. Foyt carries his racing senior citizenship well. The house is more than big enoughit was built on four lotsand the kids are pretty much raised. He was born to it, down in Houston to be exact, where his dad operated a garage and campaigned a couple of midget racers on the side. Foyt remains true unto himself. A.J. A.J. So here's the master plan according to Foyt: Start at the bottom and work up, campaign maybe 20 to 25 horses at a time and keep trying various fuel mixtures and suspensions until you win the Kentucky Derby. The sleevesah, the sleeves. And now in clusters, running dangerously close, Foyt and the others head for the pits. In the 1961 Indianapolis 500 Foyt won over Eddie Sachs with a lead of 8.28 seconds, the second closest finish in Indianapolis history at the time. That's like Reggie Jackson living on the royalties from his candy bar and socking away everything else. "All that circulation," Agajanian said, "all those readers. For years Foyt has driven at a scary, talented point somewhere beyond luck; mere luck would have run out years ago.
fiercely brow-beat a local newspaper reporter whose account of that high-speed run had riled Foyt. In the 1964 season, Foyt won a record 10 of 14 races en route to his championship, including the Indy 500. And now, back in Houston on this bright, historic morningthe Day A.J. Who, me? Foyt 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. Foyt had been fond of the fun-loving Sachs, a good driver who was often described as the Clown Prince of racing, and had been impressed with young MacDonald. Foyt again had the car to beat in the 1972 Daytona 500, but this time succeeded in a dominant performance. According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that A.J.s net worth is as high as $35 million, largely earned through his successful career as a race driver. The track was shaped like the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Other names always arise: five-time world driving champion Juan Manuel Fangio, Jimmy Clark, Stirling Moss, Richard Petty, but the inescapable fact remains that, while they were stunning in their talents, they were specialists. He announced his decision to retire from driving on Indianapolis Pole Day 1993 to groom his racing team. It didn't used to be this way, or is it that I'm getting older? Foyt won the Turkey Night Grand Prix in 1960 and 1961 and also the Hut Hundred in 1961 despite starting last, which only increased his status and net worth. Maybe it's also that my interests are changing. ABCs Wide World of Sports (1964-1976) ABCs Wide World of Sports 30th Anniversary Special (1991) Actress AJ Foyt Net Worth American and is a retired automobile auto racing driver who participated in numerous genres of motorsports and USAC with 159 victories. Anthony also answers to Anthony J Foyt, Anthony J Foyt, A J Foyt, Anthony Joseph Foyt and Anthony Joseph Foyt, and perhaps a couple of other names. The race is remembered for the fiery second-lap crash that claimed the lives of Dave MacDonald and Eddie Sachs. Foyt was born in Houston, Texas, to Anthony (Tony) Foyt Sr. (1918-1985) and Emma Evelyn Monk Foyt (1920-1988).
Anthony Joseph Foyt Jr., the man called "Super Tex" - Driver of the Century, master of front-engine cars, rear-engine cars, midget cars, sprint cars, oval racing, road racing, dirt racing . He is an actor, known for Daytona 500 (1979), Jim McKay: My World in My Words (2003) and ABC's Wide World of Sports 30th Anniversary Special (1991). You're out there, racing door handle to door handle, and some guys, they'll put a sudden move on you. To Foyt his new sport is simple as well as scary: You keep buying and breeding and training and dealing, and pretty soon you get a horse that will make you rich. "You can't let this get you down, about those guys getting killed. Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr. January 16, 1935 (age 87) Houston, Texas, U.S. Related to: A. J. Foyt IV (grandson) Larry Foyt (adopted son) Championship titles; 1960 1960 1961 1963 1964 . Gander RV & Outdoor Series Statistics; Year Rank Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Poles Laps He was saying, 'Please don't hit me again, Mister Foyt, please don't hit me again.
He began his career racing karts. So discussions ended and Foyt stayed with his reliable, well-sorted Offenhauser-engined roadster. Some of them were a four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500, 24 Hours of Daytona, and 24 Hours of Le Mans, a unique combination for racing car drivers. Colors are vibrant. Eddie Sachs, unaware that Foyt's now-quicker car was light on fuel, pushed hard to keep upand Sachs had to pit from the lead with just three laps remaining to replace a shredded right rear tire. First man to become a 4-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, doing so in 1961, 1964, 1967, and 1977. "Jump in the car and run that sumbitch, and do it better'n anybody else.
Foyt provided his friend and sponsor Jim Gilmore with the Coyote that won at Indianapolis in 1977 as a unique conversation, piece for Gilmore's den. Some of them were a four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500, 24 Hours of Daytona, and 24 Hours of Le Mans, a unique combination for racing car drivers. In the 1967 Indianapolis 500, Parnelli Jones' STP-Paxton Turbocar was expected to easily defeat the field of piston engines. didn't hit him. Crashes are the percussion section of racing. Foyt 1963 NASCAR Grand National Results", "A.J. "Well," sighs Anthony Joseph Foyt Sr., the driver's father and crew chief at the time, "getting too close to A.J. 's car at a time like this.". But people see the shows and then they expect that me and other sports figures will be like that in real lifeinside out just for them, up close and personally theirs. was running full bore, barreling along, belly to the ground, when the brakes went blooey. He was a mechanic who established his reputation building racecars in Texas. He throws off his safety harness and climbs out, shouting at the men in his pit crew, chewing them out, with gestures. Colors are vibrant. Anthony Joseph "A. J." Foyt was born on the 16th January 1935, in Houston, Texas USA, and is a retired automobile auto racing driver who participated in numerous genres of motorsports, but best known for being the most successful driver in the American Championship Racing with 67 wins, and USAC with 159 victories. Prior to the race, he had angered the French fans and press by remarking that the notoriously fast and dangerous tree-lined course was "nothin' but a little old country road. went racing, now attends only selected major events. He won the Daytona 500, a NASCAR race held at Daytona International Speedway driving a 1971 model Mercury, on February 20, 1972. After all, look at the Foyt silks as described in the official Churchill Downs racing program: Orange and white, with the letters A.J. He won his second Indy 500, after the cars driven by Jim Clark, Bobby Marshman, and Parnelli Jones developed mechanical snags. Attended Hamilton Junior High School in Houston, Texas. He didn't. In 1975 and 1976, Foyt won the Australian Speedcar Grand Prix at the Liverpool International Speedway in Sydney when the speedway had an asphalt surface. Seven cars were involved in the incident including Foyt and Mario Andretti, who was unable to continue. They feature black blocks on white. ', "Well. They stand in a ragged semicircle around the car which has been stripped of its fiberglass skin and is down to its bare steel skeleton. In 1998, he was included to the list of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers. Foyt 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. He raced stock cars in NASCAR and USAC. A record speed of 139.13 mph ensured that he could win over Eddie Sachs who was forced to pit due to a blistered tire. The feat has since been matched by Al Unser (1970, 1971, 1978, 1987); Rick Mears (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991); and, Helio Castroneves (2001, 2002, 2009, and 2021). But first, these anecdotes to set the proper mood: The car comes smoking into the pits at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and slams to a stop. This is some tableau: This is the Indy version of Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp. Parnelli retired with mechanical issues, leaving Gurney and Foyt to contest the lead. His height is 1.7m tall, and his weight is 72 kg. Half of the car is reduced to flying pieces of metal and fiber glass. It's dangerous as hell for both of us. It's that part where you're in the hospital and they come in and prick your finger for the blood test.". Foyt 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. J. Foyt was born on the 16th January 1935 Anthony Joseph Foyt III best known for being the most successful driver in the American Championship Racing with 67 wins Co-Driver of the Century (by the Associated Press) Daytona 500 (1979) Dirt Champ Car wins ESPN 25: Whos #1? He also won the International Race of Champions series in 1976 and 1977 and was a USAC National Champion in 1961, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968 and 1977, and clinched the IROC Championship in 1978 and 1979 increasing further his net worth. The track doctor at Riverside International Raceway pronounced Foyt dead at the scene of the severe crash, but fellow driver Parnelli Jones revived him after seeing movement.
You can't let anyone get too close to you in this game; if they get killed, it breaks your heart. Foyt survived three major crashes that caused serious injuries, and narrowly escaped a fourth. When push comes to shove, at his ranch in Texas or on a racetrack anywhere in the world, A.J. [1] He left midget cars after the 1957 season to drive in sprint cars and Championship Car. Since retiring from active race driving, he has owned A. J. Foyt Enterprises, which has fielded teams in the CART, IRL, and NASCAR. Thanks to his driving skills, A.J. Le Mans is, of course, the pride of all Europe and the granddaddy of all tough road-racing courses, and Foyt is still full of the kick of what he and Gurney have pulled off, taking a fine, savage joy in it. So Foyt unloaded the Offenhauser-engined dirt track car he had won the 100-mile (160km) race with at Springfield the previous day. 1961, 1964, 1967, 1977 Only driver to win the Indy 500, the Daytona 500 (1972) and the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1967) Holds record 67 Indy Car wins and 7 Indy Car . So you do it all, year after year, frighten them and entertain them, and there comes a moment in this deadly game when you and the audience are even; you're square at last. Summary. Foyt did not learn of the fate of his two friends until he reached victory lane, and was handed a newspaper with a headline announcing the tragedy. Foyt 1968 NASCAR Grand National Results", "A.J. On January 16, 1935, Anthony Joseph Foyt Jr. was born.