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A. J. Foyt

This article is about the four-time Indianapolis 500 winner. For his grandson, see A. J. Foyt IV.

A. J. Foyt
Foyt in 2015
BornAnthony Joseph Foyt Jr.
(1935-01-16) January 16, 1935 (age 89)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Championship titles
USAC Eastern Sprint Car (1960)
USAC Championship Car
(1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1975, 1979)
USAC Stock Car (1968, 1978, 1979)
USAC Silver Crown (1972)
Major victories
Indianapolis 500 (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977)
24 Hours of Le Mans (1967)
Daytona 500 (1972)
Pocono 500 (1973, 1975, 1979, 1981)
California 500 (1975)
24 Hours of Daytona (1983, 1985)
12 Hours of Sebring (1985)
Champ Car career
369 races run over 36 years
Best finish1st (1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1975, 1979 (USAC))
First race1957 Springfield 100 (Springfield)
Last race1992 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
First win1960 Ted Horn Memorial (DuQuoin)
Last win1981 Pocono 500 (Pocono)
Wins Podiums Poles
67 120 53
NASCAR Cup Series career
128 races run over 33 years
Best finish40th (1989)
First race1963 Riverside 500 (Riverside)
Last race1994 Brickyard 400 (Indianapolis)
First win1964 Firecracker 400 (Daytona)
Last win1972 Miller High Life 500 (Ontario)
Wins Top tens Poles
7 36 9
Formula One World Championship career
Active years1958 – 1960
TeamsKuzma, Kurtis Kraft
Entries3
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1958 Indianapolis 500
Last entry1960 Indianapolis 500
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1967
TeamsShelby-Ford
Best finish1st (1967)
Class wins1 (1967)

Anthony Joseph Foyt Jr. (born January 16, 1935) is an American former racing driver who competed in numerous disciplines of motorsport. He is best known for his open wheel racing career, and for becoming the first four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. He holds the most American National Championship titles in history, winning seven.

Foyt competed in United States Automobile Club (USAC) Championship cars, sprint cars and midget cars. He raced stock cars in NASCAR and USAC. He won several major sports car racing events. He holds the USAC career wins record with 159 victories,[1] and the Indy car racing career wins record with 67.[2]

Foyt is the only driver to have won the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Daytona 500, and the 24 Hours of Daytona. In the NASCAR stock car circuit, Foyt won seven times, including the 1964 Firecracker 400 and the 1972 Daytona 500. He survived three major crashes that caused serious injuries and narrowly escaped a fourth. Foyt's success has led to induction into numerous motorsports halls of fame.

In the mid-1960s, Foyt became a team owner, fielding cars for himself and other drivers. Since retiring from active race driving, he has owned A. J. Foyt Enterprises, which has fielded teams in CART, the IndyCar Series, and NASCAR.

  1. ^ "A.J. Foyt". National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  2. ^ "All-Time Records - Career". champcarstats.com. Retrieved August 26, 2015.

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