But that's it. Only a few numbers have been altered. Oh, I don't know. Foyt turned the car into the infield at more than 100mph, was launched off an embankment, dropped into a lower area and slammed into a sandy embankment, violently tumbling end-over-end several times. went racing, now attends only selected major events. Foyt explains, "and then, when he backed off her a bit, she went raaaaawwwwr! Half of the car is reduced to flying pieces of metal and fiber glass. 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. Foyt swapped the lead with Bobby Isaac for the final 50 laps of the summer event at the Daytona International Speedway. He remains reflective for the moment. Or they do worse. "The language thing has always been rough." So the family should have figured he would turn out like his "Paw. Not bad for a kid who dropped out in the 11th grade. He grins at that thought. Gander RV & Outdoor Series Statistics; Year Rank Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Poles Laps 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. 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. The men work efficiently and ultra-fast. "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? What's this? And then he flashed the smile at everybody and drove off, paying absolutely no attention to the race still going on around him. Johncock's own engine expired just as Foyt had closed to within eight seconds after both drivers' final pit stops, and Foyt passed for the win. 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. Unhappily, it went up and over. "That there foot is what'll make me famous.". I hit that sucker. He is the third generation of the famous Foyt family. Foyt 1967 NASCAR Grand National Results", "A.J. ", Foyt is sitting in his office in Houston, still strangely mellow, as he looks back at his life and fast times. didn't hit him. Following the controversy, the IRL relieved USAC of the scoring duties for its events. For his grandson, see, Complete Formula One World Championship results, "A.J. You come up with, "well, something like a Secretariat, see? SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. The car veers sickeningly and slashes along the concrete wall. 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. Anthony Joseph Foyt IV started cussing "from birth," says his mother, Nancy. He raced stock cars in NASCAR and USAC. on the back. And that's what bugs me about this sport; it's the pressure of the people. 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. In 1998, he was included to the list of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers. 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. Foyt survived three major crashes that caused serious injuries, and narrowly escaped a fourth. "Foyt is tenacious," Rudy says. He won his second Indy 500, after the cars driven by Jim Clark, Bobby Marshman, and Parnelli Jones developed mechanical snags. 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. 00 Ford, owned by Holman Moody, is featured in the final scene of the movie Red Line 7000. He has been bestowed with many awards and honors in racing, and was declared the "Best Driver of the Century" (with Mario Andretti) by the Associated Press. 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). 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. has been accused of fighting in the pits. But there's one more statistic that perhaps tells a lot more about motor sports and Foyt: Of the 33 drivers who started with him in his first Indy 500 in 1958, he's the only one still active. Gilmore hands Foyt a drink of water in a paper cup attached to the end of a long pole and then phrooooom! Nia Renee Hills Biograp Jill Flint (The Night Shift) Wiki Bio, measurement mechanic and auto racer himself, owned Burt and Foyt Garage, Jerry Foyt, Anthony Joseph Foyt III,Terry Foyt, Tony (A.J. Thanks to his driving skills, Anthony Joseph A. In his days as a young charger, say in the late '50s and early '60s, he actually had to work at projecting a hard look by thrusting his jaw out pugnaciously. Well, then the fans get on meit seems like they've been more vicious in the past few yearsand then the newspapers and magazines have wrote bad on me, and I just can't help it. He finished second in 1963 and 1969, and third in 1970. Foyt Jr., grandfather of NASCAR driver Larry Foyt and great grandfather of Indy Racing League Driver A.J. ", The race car flickers through the back straightaway at 170-plus mph when suddenly something snaps. He is the first driver to have done so. Foyt explains that he has just come back from the No. I hope that you enjoy them as much as I have while owning them. He was a mechanic who established his reputation building racecars in Texas. In addition to being a famous auto driver, Foyt was also a racing car owner which further improved his wealth. He qualified 23rd here, as the. Foyt began racing midgets in 1953 at age 18 in a car owned and maintained by his father. I hope that you enjoy them as much as I have while owning them. And now the moneyin cash, not creditgoes into horse racing. In 1956, he won his first sprint car race at Salem, Indiana. For now, he and his son have a stable of more than 100 horses and a 10-year plan. In 1961, Foyt defended his points championship and won the Indy 500, the first driver to do so. A.J. Only the costumes and the setting had changed, but here was a familiar scene being replayed. It isn't that his voice has a threatening quality; in fact, it has a pleasant sound, a gentle, almost soft drawl. 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. Late in the race, dueling with Gurney, Foyt spun. However, Dutch driver Arie Luyendyk disputed Boat's win, claiming that he was in the lead when a scoring error by USAC (who had scored all IRL races up until that time) gave Boat the checkered flag. Nobody else has won as much in such a variety of equipment as Foyt has. Colors are vibrant. One of the greatest racing drivers ever, he is the only one to win the Indianapolis 500 four times, the Daytona 500, the 24 Hours of Daytona, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Foyt made up 1.5 to 2 seconds per lap by turning up his turbo boost, which risked destroying the engine. And he will, too. Anthony Foyt lives in Hockley, TX; previous cities include Houston TX and Waller TX. Like that. Foyt 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results", International Motorsports Hall of Fame page, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A._J._Foyt&oldid=1134009122. He'll demand that the car is perfector he'll park it and not race at all.". It's tugging and pulling. During his racing days, he used to be dogged by the fear that his car would go up in flames. 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. ", Then he leans back and flashes the explosive grin. 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. His open wheel racing includes United States Automobile Club Champ cars, sprint cars, and midget cars. There are two grandchildren, Tony's daughter and Terry Lynn's son, in whose presence Foyt turns to Jell-0. FOYT, A(nthony) J(oseph), Jr. (b. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. I'm drawn back to racing by the competition and because I enjoy it.". 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. "He came shooting through there going shooooommm!" He scowls at the offending knee. But now? Shooooomm! "You want to know what will make me famous?" IROC III and IV in 1976 and 1977 14 major driving championships Seven NASCAR Grand National victories (now Winston Cup); nine pole positions . Foyt later competed in Championship car, Sports car, Stock car and NASCAR championships, collecting numerous wins and awards. Foyt 1969 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. Foyt 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. Foyt eventually won 28 USAC National sprint car feature races and the USAC Eastern Championship in 1960. Post-retirement, he continues to work as a team owner. Anthony Joseph Foyt IV (born May 25, 1984) is an American football scout and former racing driver. Foyt 1968 NASCAR Grand National Results", "A.J. 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. Edges are clean and sharp. You can't never tell. ", The Racing Family Foyt is not only serious about this horsey business, but it's also going to pay off one day soon, according to Bill Rudy, director of public relations for Churchill Downs. His height is 1.7m tall, and his weight is 72 kg. Of course. Gilmore is a shaggily gray-haired, cheerfully rumpled man who may be Foyt's biggest fan. Foyt 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. "I got to get back to my garage and get me another car." Of his 67 career Championship Car race victories, twelve were won at Trenton Speedway. And you also get to lean back and muse, as Foyt did on a bright Texas morning a few weeks ago when he sat in his office and said, "You know, I'm a lot closer to quitting than people say. 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. was running full bore, barreling along, belly to the ground, when the brakes went blooey. "I swear," says A.J. The driving is what counts. The poses are pretty much the same as they've always beenman standing beside horse/car. That brings the pack closer together, all right, and them cars run in a bunch, all right, and it looks exciting to the fans. 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. 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. 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. Ford-powered entries were widely expected to dominate the 1964 Indianapolis 500. Foyt significantly increased his net worth. He won the Daytona 500, a NASCAR race held at Daytona International Speedway driving a 1971 model Mercury, on February 20, 1972. He was pulling on his soft, red kidskin driving gloves and carefully punching them between the fingers with the edge of his hand to make sure they were tight. 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 . The car in which A.J. Foyt won the International Race of Champions all-star racing series in 1976 and 1977. Foyt ran out of gas near the end of the 1971 Daytona 500, and Petty passed him for the win. And over. He attended Lamar and San Jacinto high schools, but decided that he wanted to take up racing and left high school to become a mechanic. The Olds bobs up and plunks down under their ministrations. Foyt passed Isaac on the final lap to win the race. But three years later, at 26, he won the first of his four Indy 500 titles. He'll be credited with 35th spot out of 42 entrants. He won several major sports car racing events. Foyt 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. His open-wheel racing experience includes US Automobile Club Champ cars, sprint cars, and midget cars. He sustained grievous chest injuries and a broken back in a NASCAR race in1965 at Riverside, California. First 4-time winner of the Indianapolis 500: . ron kovic speech, 1976 democratic convention III serves as his dad's full-time trainer. J. Foyt Important Facts, www.allmusic.com/artist/aj-foyt-mn0001012115, mechanic and auto racer himself, owned Burt and Foyt Garage, Jerry Foyt, Anthony Joseph Foyt III,Terry Foyt, Tony (A.J. Anthony Joseph Foyt Jr. grew up in his father's auto repair shop, surrounded by automobiles, while listening to the Indianapolis 500 on the radio and dreamed of one day winning a spot on the starting grid. Clean and glossy front. My car can be running real bad on the track and I'm worried as hell about it, and I can be talking confidentially to one of my mechanics, and some fan will come right up and throw an arm around my shoulder and start talking to me. Foyt grew up in Houston and was educated at Pershing and Hamilton middle schools, and later Lamar, San Jacinto and St. Thomas Catholic high schools, but dropped out because he wanted to be a mechanic not an academic. Foyt ended up racing three times in the early days of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, with a best finish of 18th coming in the 1995 GM Goodwrench / Delco Battery 200, a race for which he qualified ninth. 1953 marked the beginning of a 40-year driving career marked by success and adaptability. He also began street racing with the car until discovered by his father.[3]. His body has thickened, as it seemed it wouldnot to fat, but to a broadening through the rib cage, shoulders and neck. He has absolutely no nerves at all. An accident at the Michigan 500 in 1981 nearly cost him an arm. One of the doctors later points out that such shattering crack-ups quite often do more damage to a driver's psyche than to his body; yet, the doc says, "We checked Foyt's blood pressure, and so help me, it was lower than normal. Foyt comes streaking down the straight in his brand-new, bright Coyote-orange No. When push comes to shove, at his ranch in Texas or on a racetrack anywhere in the world, A.J. Gilmore, who's from Kalamazoo, is principally a radio and television station owner; he doesn't have a product to sell like other racing sponsors; he's in the sport for love and kicks. The checkered flag. He built many of the cars his son A.J.. They listen, slack-jawed, and then, when he stalks off, their heads swing to watch him. A racer from the age of 17 andunlike many driversan expert auto mechanic, Foyt participated in his first IndyCar race in 1957. Foyt again had the car to beat in the 1972 Daytona 500, but this time succeeded in a dominant performance. But suddenly Foyt is back in the pits. Inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2007. Discussions between Ford officials and Foyt (who had a stock car contract with Ford at the time) took place early in the month of May about the possibility of Foyt taking over the third Team Lotus-Ford, a team reserve vehicle. In 1979 at the Daytona 500, Foyt was running in fifth place, but when Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison had their famous tangle on the final lap, Foyt finished in the third spot behind Darrell Waltrip and Richard Petty who again won the race. Thoroughbreds three: Foyt and two of the horses he hopes will make him a leading breeder-trainer. It's said he vaulted out of his sprint car after a race at Williams Grove, Pa. and attacked another driver, who, A.J. Uh, Barbizon's Flower: She run second in the '79 Debutante Stakes for 2-year-olds. Anthony Joseph "A. J." Foyt, Jr. (born January 16, 1935) ("Super Tex") is a retired American auto racing driver who has raced in numerous genres of motorsports. Foyt finished 30th, four laps behind winner Jeff Gordon. Full name: Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr. Birthdate: January 16, 1935 Hometown: Houston, Texas Wife: Lucy Children: Tony (A.J. 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. ABC's Wide World of Sports 30th Anniversary Special, Himself - Driver #28, Chevrolet / Himself - Driver #00. "You can't let this get you down, about those guys getting killed. A.J. (2004) Houston in Houston including the 1972 Daytona 500 International Motorsports Hall of Fame (2000) IROC Champion January 16 Jerry Foyt Jim McKay: My World in My Words (2003) Lucy Zarr Midget Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (1989) NASCARs 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame (1988) National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (U.S.) (1990) Racing driver Terry Foyt Texas Texas USA United States USAC Gold Crown Champion USAC National Champion USAC Silver Crown Series Champion USAC Stock Car Champion Winner of total of 7 NASCAR races Winner of: 50 Sprint Car, Anthony Joseph A. Foyt and his wife Lucy have four children Tony (A.J. The track resembles the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in shape and is nearly rectangular oval. 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. 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). championships as a driver Voted "Driver of the Century" Foyt's father built A. J. a toy racer with a lawnmower engine when he was five years old. He's roughly as unquotable now as he was then. He partnered legendary driver Dan Gurney to prevail in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Foyt is the grandfather and adoptive father of Larry Foyt. However, his fine was raised to $7,500. "All I ever wanted to do was race," he says. is still quick, all right. ), This article is about the four-time Indianapolis 500 winner. "I didn't hit him," Foyt says. Now, then. Foyt 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. Foyt has now won the USAC driving championship seven times and the Indy 500 a record four times, in 1961, 1964, 1967 and 1977. 's new car was built in the company of many of its predecessors at his Houston race shop but came to life at Indy with a 196.078-mph run. Some cheap horses'll outrun the expensive ones. While many athletes have become modishly laid-back, blow-drying their psyches to match the times, Anthony Joseph Foyt Jr. remains a constant, if being unstintingly mercurial can be said to be a constant. 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 . 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. 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. 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). As Foyt moved through turn four on the 200th lap, he had a premonition of trouble and slowed down.
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