"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.". A crash story. Gilmore is a shaggily gray-haired, cheerfully rumpled man who may be Foyt's biggest fan. 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. In 1961, he became the first driver to successfully defend his points championship and win the Indianapolis 500 race. On the side, as time permits, Foyt serves on the board of directors of Houston's Greenway Bank and SCI (Service Corp. International), the country's largest funeral service outfit, and he owns a piece of the Houston Astros. '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. For years Foyt has driven at a scary, talented point somewhere beyond luck; mere luck would have run out years ago. 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. NASCAR Driver's Career Statistics. Foyt IV. He finished second in 1963 and 1969, and third in 1970. He is a great friend with iconic driver Mario Andretti, and is a godfather to Andrettis son John. had his first racer at fourat four?a tiny car powered by a Briggs & Stratton lawnmower engine. After running hard to catch leader Gurney, Foyt's brakes failed entering turn nine at the end of Riverside's mile-long, downhill back straight. As of June 2022, Foyt stands as not only the second-oldest living winner of the Indianapolis 500 (only Parnelli Jones is older), but the oldest with the earliest win (1961). 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. I'll get up out of that car and say, 'You just seen ol' A.J. For his grandson, see, Complete Formula One World Championship results, "A.J. That happened on Jan. 17, 1965 at the Riverside (Calif.) 500. As Foyt moved through turn four on the 200th lap, he had a premonition of trouble and slowed down. But no false pose from Foyt. This retired legendary racing driver dreads African killer bees. He sustained grievous chest injuries and a broken back in a NASCAR race in1965 at Riverside, California. It sort of puts you in shock. Foyt Jr., grandfather of NASCAR driver Larry Foyt and great grandfather of Indy Racing League Driver A.J. Career Foyt began his racing career in 1953 when he was 18 years old. I hadda hit him twice. Or they do worse. 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 . In the 1967 Indianapolis 500, Parnelli Jones' STP-Paxton Turbocar was expected to easily defeat the field of piston engines. In addition to being a famous auto driver, Foyt was also a racing car owner which further improved his wealth. 00 Ford, owned by Holman Moody, is featured in the final scene of the movie Red Line 7000. To the raceah, the raceand the hell with the rest of it. [3] Tony recalled that when he and his wife left an eleven-year-old A. J. home to attend a race, they returned to find the boy had done considerable damage to the home driving the family's other race car in the yard, and had caused the car's engine to catch on fire. A rotund NASCAR official, wearing a radio rig on his head, is there to greet him. Call it immediate news or whatever, up close and personal, something. His father (Tony) ran a shop that specialized in race cars. And then he said to me, 'A.J., yer aoff.' Foyt lies fidgeting on a cot in the infield track hospital while doctors work on him. finished 16th at the Indy 500 in 1965 is now a dusty relic in his garage. We encourage you to research and examine . Inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2007. 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. 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. His open wheel racing includes United States Automobile Club Champ cars, sprint cars, and midget cars. "That there foot is what'll make me famous.". 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. On August 24, 1956, Foyt outqualified a field of 42 drivers at the Minnesota State Fair and, the following day, he won his first sprint car race, running away with the IMCA feature at the Red River Fair in Fargo, N.D. On June 16, 1957, on the high banked asphalt track at Salem, Indiana, Foyt came out on top in a race-long battle with Bob Cleberg. "Aw, hurry up, you guys," he growls. Fair enough. "I'm not drawn back every year by a lot of money from this major company or that one. Determined to get back on to the racing tracks, he was able to qualify at the Indy 500, the next year. "You can't let this get you down, about those guys getting killed. III), Terry, Jerry, and Larry. His body has thickened, as it seemed it wouldnot to fat, but to a broadening through the rib cage, shoulders and neck. When it was all over at sundown, Foyt stood alone in Gasoline Alley. "It was at last year's Kentucky Derby," Foyt says. His height is 1.7m tall, and his weight is 72 kg. Foyt, a veteran who had been racing professionally for eight seasons before trying his hand at NASCAR racing, only needed ten races to get his first victory. He qualified 23rd here, as the. He took over the lead and beat Sachs by just 8.28 secondsthe second-closest finish in history at the time. A serious crash, in which he sustained severe injuries to his lower limbs, happened at a 1990 CART race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, but he returned the next year for Indianapolis 500. After all, look at the Foyt silks as described in the official Churchill Downs racing program: Orange and white, with the letters A.J. And while the venue might change, rest assured that A.J. In 1958, Foyt raced in Italy in the Trophy of the Two Worlds on the banking at Monza. He won several major sports car racing events. 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. "You want to know what will make me famous?" We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each person's profile. Anthony Joseph Foyt Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018 A.J. It seemed to be a modest enough affectation, Lord knows, until someone made the mistake of calling him Fancy Pants. The checkered flag. A.J. A.J. The poses are pretty much the same as they've always beenman standing beside horse/car. His open wheel racing includes United States Automobile Club Champ cars and midget cars. "He's driven by obsession. He's a real racer. 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. is indeed driving a bit more careful, as he puts it, then it sure isn't noticeable from the stands or at trackside. 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. Anthony Joseph Foyt Jr. (born January 16, 1935) is an American retired auto racing driver who has raced in numerous genres of motorsports. If he'd hit him, he would've torn his head off. "The language thing has always been rough." So the family should have figured he would turn out. He'll be credited with 35th spot out of 42 entrants. "I'm going to try and make it through this season and, I guess, have it repaired next winter. It's tugging and pulling. NASCARs vice president of competition Les Richter reviewed the incident and lifted the suspension. He is very much good in his work as he has participated into very multiple motorsports genres. I don't know. He sprayed the mud off the car, installed pavement tires and a set-up for the one mile (1.6km) oval. Parnelli retired with mechanical issues, leaving Gurney and Foyt to contest the lead. Foyt significantly increased his net worth. is the bench markand he understands one more important thing. He began his career racing karts. (In Australia Midgets are called Speedcars.). He holds the USAC career wins record with 159 victories,[1] and the American championship racing career wins record with 67.[2]. First 4-time winner of the Indianapolis 500: . 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). Foyt has grown bulky and bull-like. Foyt 1967 NASCAR Grand National Results", "A.J. over 40 years. Thanks to his driving skills, A.J. Foyt significantly increased his net worth. 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. Black blocks on white? "I was just pulling out of the parking lot at Churchill Downs and this stranger came up to the window of my wagon. Anthony Joseph A. Well, here's what has gradually happened: I've always been outspoken, but I've got a commitment to racing, by God, and I'm going to keep that commitment. But through almost 30 years of competition, 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. I hope that you enjoy them as much as I have while owning them. The surviving cars were pushed and tugged to the main straightaway in front of the grandstand. There was a special reason for starting with the anecdotes, all of which date back a few years, as we are about to see. ", This is the veteran Foyt assessing a rookie sensation: "I warned him four times about chopping me off in the corners. 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. "Maybe it's television. Late in the race, dueling with Gurney, Foyt spun. 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. ", A.J. He had entered the track ahead of the pace car and had begun gaining on the field under the yellow light. Maybe it's also that my interests are changing. He won the 1970 Astro Grand Prix, an event that he promoted in his hometown of Houston. A.J. Regarding his personal life, A.J. 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. didn't hit him. 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 was known to be tough and touchy. Foyt's final NASCAR Winston Cup Series race was the 1994 Brickyard 400, the inaugural running of that race. "My insides is bent out of shape," he said, "with pieces all here and there. If you are going to race, you've got to race alone.". Racing just ain't the same anymore. He was still in his driving coveralls. Foyt explains that he has just come back from the No. Maybe he'd seen me on television or something, and now he had me live." I couldnt drive and be the car owner that a young driver needs, he said. Foyt 1963 NASCAR Grand National Results", "A.J. 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. 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. The NASCAR guy listens to some instruction on his earpiece and tells Foyt the bad news: It seems that after his last pit stop, Foyt had bypassed the traffic controller's stop sign. One of his drivers, Billy Boat, had been declared the winner of the inaugural IRL race at Texas Motor Speedway that had been held that night, and his other driver, Davey Hamilton, had come in second. He's roughly as unquotable now as he was then. 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. Which brings us to one final anecdote. His helmet is bobbing up and down as he yells choice yells; he slams his palms on the steering wheel, and then he draws down his chin and bends his head forward. His career started in 1957 and ended in 1993. 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. I'm not driven by no obsession; any driving to be done around here, ol' A.J. Foyt IV. He also was a multiple winner in USAC stockers at Milwaukee, Texas World Speedway, and Michigan International Speedway. Foyt is one of the few folks who can truly be said to flash a smilea description too often used inaccurately. One important thing about survival: If his machine isn't exactly right, well, he won't soldier on through with it. (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position), (key) (Bold Pole position awarded by qualifying time. The world, as he says, will have to take him as he is. But his talent could not be ignored. 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. ", "Aw, bullbleep," growled Foyt. That brings the pack closer together, all right, and them cars run in a bunch, all right, and it looks exciting to the fans. Foyt 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. 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. 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. (2004), ABC's Wide World of Sports (1964-1976), Daytona 500 (1979), Jim McKay: My World in My Words (2003), ABC's Wide World of Sports 30th Anniversary Special (1991), 1966 Indianapolis 500 (1966). He indicated to me that he wanted to say something, so I rolled down the window and he kind of leaned in and." Foyt pauses to sniff the air, indicating that it was thick with the smell of bourbon and crushed mint leaves. The race is remembered for the fiery second-lap crash that claimed the lives of Dave MacDonald and Eddie Sachs. 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. Oh, I don't know. Well, the 11th grade isn't bad. 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. 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. And then comes the sudden change. 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. 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. 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. It didn't used to be this way, or is it that I'm getting older? The race was red-flagged, stopped while the charred wreckage was cleared away. Foyt 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. 16. 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 returned for a 35th consecutive start at the 1992 Indianapolis 500 and avoided all of the day's numerous crashes to finish ninth. About Anthony Joseph Foyt, Sr. Patriarch of the Foyt racing family. The following year he . Some cheap horses'll outrun the expensive ones. Here's Cale Yarborough, one of the toughest of stock-car racers and an old Foyt competitor: "Well, ol' A.J. His open wheel racing includes United States Automobile Club Champ cars, sprint cars, and midget cars. He built many of the cars his son A.J.. Foyt 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. In the meantime, Rudy points out, horse racing has additional benefits for Foyt. And in the countdown to the 65th Indy 500 two weeks ago, Foyt continued unwaveringly to add to his own legend. Foyt 1968 NASCAR Grand National Results", "A.J. Listen. You come up with, "well, something like a Secretariat, see? He scowls at the offending knee. Foyt explains, "and then, when he backed off her a bit, she went raaaaawwwwr! Same country, a few days later. Foyt and nobody saysoff to me, no matter where it is.". When Foyt pulled up next to Petty after the checkers to congratulate him, he was called "a true gentleman" during the broadcast. Foyt 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. He'll demand that the car is perfector he'll park it and not race at all.". 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. His career started in 1957 and ended in 1993. A.J. Foyt 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. III serves as his dad's full-time trainer. But three years later, at 26, he won the first of his four Indy 500 titles. Anthony Joseph A. It's dangerous as hell for both of us. He won the 1977 Indianapolis 500, despite running out of fuel. A racer from the age of 17 andunlike many driversan expert auto mechanic, Foyt participated in his first IndyCar race in 1957. The day after his 196.078-mph run, Foyt's mother died back in Houston. was running full bore, barreling along, belly to the ground, when the brakes went blooey. His team has won the national Indy car title five times between 1967 and 1998. In 1998, he was included to the list of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers. In 2000, Foyt was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame following his selection to the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1990, Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1989, and National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1988. He was the champion in USAC's stock car in 1968, 1978, and 1979. It's at this juncture that you get to snap and growl and bite off a head now and then. "Once," he says, "all I lived for was racing. He is also the godfather of driver John Andretti. J. 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