A. J. Foyt

A. J. Foyt
Related to	A. J. Foyt IV (grandson) Larry Foyt (adopted son)
USAC & CART Championship Car series
Years active	1957–1993
Teams	Dean Van Lines Special Anstead-Thompson Racing Gilmore Racing A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Starts	369
Wins	67
Poles	53
Best finish	1st in 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1975, & 1979 (USAC)
Championship titles
1960 1960 1961 1963 1964 1967 1968 1972 1975 1975-76 1976-77 1978 1979 1979	USAC Sprint Car Series Champion USAC National Champion USAC National Champion USAC National Champion USAC National Champion USAC National Champion USAC Stock Car Champion USAC Silver Crown Series Champion USAC National Champion IROC Champion IROC Champion USAC Stock Car Champion USAC Gold Crown Champion USAC Stock Car Champion

A. J. Foyt
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	American
Active years	1958–1960
Teams	Kuzma, Kurtis Kraft
Races	3
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1958 Indianapolis 500
Last race	1960 Indianapolis 500

Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr., or as he is universally known as in motorsports circles, A. J. Foyt (born January 16, 1935), is a retired American automobile racing driver. He raced in numerous genres of motorsports. His open wheel racing includes USAC Champ cars and midget cars. He raced stock cars in NASCAR and USAC. He won several major sports car racing events. He holds the all-time USAC career wins record with 159 victories,^[1] and the all-time American championship racing career wins record with 67.^[2]

He is the only driver to win the Indianapolis 500 (which he won four times), the Daytona 500, the 24 Hours of Daytona, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Foyt won the International Race of Champions all-star racing series in 1976 and 1977. Foyt's success has led to induction in numerous motorsports halls of fame.

Since his retirement from active racing, he has owned A. J. Foyt Enterprises, which has fielded teams in the CART, IRL, and NASCAR.

1 Early life
2 Driving career
3 Car owner
4 Family
5 Racing record
6 References
7 External links

Early life

Foyt was born in Houston, Texas. He attended Pershing and Hamilton middle schools and Lamar and San Jacinto high schools,^[3] but he dropped out to become a mechanic.^[4]

Driving career

Midget car career

He started his USAC career in a midget car at the 1956 Night before the 500 in Anderson, Indiana. His first midget car win was at a 100 lap event at Kansas City in 1957, and finished seventh in the season points standings.^[1] He left midget cars after the 1957 season to drive in sprint cars and Championship Car. He did occasionally compete in midget car events. He won the 1960 and 1961 Turkey Night Grand Prix, the first two years that it was held at Ascot Park. He won the 1961 Hut Hundred after starting last, and finished seventh in National Midget points that year. He won the 1970 Astro Grand Prix, an event that he promoted in his hometown of Houston. He ended his career with 20 midget car feature wins.

Championship car career

In 1961, he became the first driver to successfully defend his points championship and win the Indianapolis 500 race. Late in the 500, Foyt stopped for fuel, but a refueling malfunction meant that he returned to the race without enough fuel to finish. Eddie Sachs, unaware that Foyt's now-quicker car was light on fuel, pushed hard to keep up—and Sachs had to pit from the lead with just three laps remaining to replace a shredded right-rear tire. Foyt pitted again also but only for enough fuel to finish. He took over the lead and beat Sachs by just 8.28 seconds—the second-closest finish in history at the time. He raced in each season from 1957–1992, starting in 374 races and finishing in the top ten 201 times, with 67 victories. In 1958, Foyt raced in Italy in the Trophy of the Two Worlds on the banking at Monza.

Ford-powered entries were widely expected to dominate the 1964 Indianapolis 500. 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 (backup) Team Lotus-Ford. Foyt wanted the use of the car for the entire month, but Lotus team owner Colin Chapman was reluctant to give up the reserve car in case something happened to team drivers Jim Clark and Dan Gurney, so discussions ended and Foyt stayed with his reliable, well-sorted Offenhauser-engined roadster. When the two fastest Lotus-Fords, driven by Jim Clark and Bobby Marshman, fell out of the race with mechanical problems, and Parnelli Jones was knocked out when his fuel tank exploded during a pit stop, Foyt was left alone at the front of the field, and cruised home to win his second Indianapolis 500. The race is remembered for the fiery second-lap crash that claimed the lives of Dave MacDonald and Eddie Sachs. 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.

Also, in 1964 Foyt won a record 10 of 14 races enroute to his championship.

In 1966 at the Milwaukee, WI. August 200-mile (320 km) Championship Car race his rear engined Lotus pavement car was not at the track so Foyt unloaded the Offenhauser engined dirt track car he had won the 100-mile (160 km) race with at Springfield, Il. the previous day sprayed the mud off of the car, installed pavement tires and a set-up for the one mile (1.6 km) oval. He received permission to take two extra warm up laps during qualifying as he had no time for practice and 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 2nd to Gordon Johncock driving a rear engined Gerhardt-Offy indy car.

In the 1967 Indianapolis 500, Parnelli Jones' STP-Paxton Turbocar was expected to easily defeat the field of piston engines. Jones lapped the field, but his car expired with three laps remaining, and Foyt inherited the lead. But as he drove down the back straightaway on the last lap, Foyt suddenly remembered an odd premonition that had struck him the night before, when he wondered aloud what would happen in the event of a big last-lap accident. As Foyt moved through Turn 3 on the 200th lap, he slowed down. A few hundred yards ahead of him, Carl Williams spun out as he exited Turn 4, triggering a five-car front-stretch accident right in front of Foyt. Traveling at no more than 100 mph, Foyt threaded his way through the wreckage and safely took the checkered flag. The race took two days to complete when rain stopped the race on the 18th lap on the first day.

In the 1977 Indianapolis 500, Foyt ran out of fuel, and had to make up around 32 seconds on Gordon Johncock. Foyt made up 1.5 to 2 seconds per lap by turning up his turbo boost, which risks destroying the engine. Johncock's own engine expired just as Foyt had closed to within eight seconds back after both drivers' final pit stops, and Foyt passed for the win.

He won the Indianapolis 500 4 times, in 1961, 1964, 1967, 1977. He was the first driver to do so. The feat has since been matched by Al Unser (1970, 1971, 1978, 1987) and Rick Mears (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991). Of his 67 career championship car race victories, twelve (12) were won at Trenton (NJ) Speedway. Foyt also won the Indycar Series 7 times; a record that still stands.

In a 1990 CART race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, Foyt was involved in a serious crash that damaged his legs and feet severely. He would return the following year for the 1991 Indianapolis 500 to qualify 2nd.

Stock car career

USAC Stock Car

He was the champion in USAC's stock car in 1968, 1978, and 1979. He finished second in 1963 and 1969, and third in 1970.^[5]

NASCAR

Foyt only needed 10 races to get his first NASCAR victory. Richard Petty dominated the 1964 Firecracker 400 until he went out with engine problems. Foyt swapped the lead with Bobby Isaac for the final 50 laps of the summer event at the Daytona International Speedway. Foyt passed Isaac on the final lap to win the race.

In January 1965, Foyt qualified and ran in the front of the pack most of the day with Dan Gurney and Parnelli Jones in the Motor Trend 500 at Riverside. Parnelli retired with mechanical issues, leaving Gurney and Foyt to contest the lead. Late in the race, dueling with Gurney, Foyt spun. His car refired, and he charged through the field in an attempt to regain lost positions. After running hard to catch leader Gurney, Foyt's brakes failed entering Turn 9 at the end of Riverside's mile-long, downhill back straight. Foyt turned the car into the infield at more than 100 mph, and the car tumbled violently end-over-end several times. 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. Foyt suffered severe chest injuries, a broken back, and a fractured ankle. Footage of his flipping #00 Ford, owned by Holman Moody, is featured in the final scene of the movie Redline 7000.

Foyt ran out of gas near the end of the 1971 Daytona 500, and Petty passed him for the win. Foyt again had the car to beat in the 1972 Daytona 500, but this time succeeded in a dominating performance. Only three drivers led during the race.

Foyt won the 1971 and 1972 races at the Ontario Motor Speedway for Wood Brothers Racing. The track was shaped like the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The 1972 race was his last NASCAR win.

Career summary

Foyt drove in the Indianapolis 500 for 35 consecutive years, winning it four times (the first of only three to do so).
Foyt is the only driver to win the Indy 500 in both front and rear-engined cars, winning twice with both configurations.
Foyt is the only driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Indianapolis 500 the same year (1967).
He is the only person to record victories in the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona 500 stock car race, the 24 Hours of Daytona (twice, with co-driver Bob Wollek), the 24 Hours of Le Mans international sports car endurance race in Le Mans, France, as well as the 12 Hours of Sebring (his last major professional win, in 1985, with co-driver Bob Wollek). Foyt had never competed in European sports-car racing or driven at LeMans prior to his 1967 winning performance in a Ford Mk. IV co-driven by Dan Gurney. He reportedly only got 10 laps of pre-race practice on the fast, intimidating tree-lined course. When Gurney overslept and missed a driver change in the middle of the night, Foyt was forced to double-stint and wound up driving nearly 18 hours of the 24-hour race. While being sprayed with champagne on the victory podium, he is reported to have asked, "Do I win Rookie Of The Year?"
He also has 41 USAC Stock Car wins and 50 Sprint Car, Midget, and Dirt Champ Car wins.
He has won 12 total major driving championships in various categories.
His USAC wins tally is a record 138 (The late Rich Vogler is second with 132.)
Foyt won the 1976 and 1977 IROC championships.
Foyt won 7 NASCAR races, including the 1972 Daytona 500.
Foyt holds the closed course speed record driving the Oldsmobile Aerotech at an average speed of over 250 mph (400 km/h).
Despite having won more USAC sanctioned events than any other driver Foyt never won a CART sanctioned event.

Awards

Foyt was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2000.
Foyt was named to NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers list in 1998.
He was named to the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1990.
He was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America as the only open wheel driver in the first class of 1989.
He was inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1988.

Indianapolis 500 records

Foyt has numerous career records at the Indianapolis 500: the first of to date three drivers to win a record four times, the most consecutive and career starts (35), most races led (13), most times led during the career (39), and most competitive laps and miles during a career (4,909 laps, 12,272.5 miles). 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.

As of November 2011, Foyt stands as only the third-oldest living winner of the Indianapolis 500 (Parnelli Jones and Bobby Unser are older), but the longest-ago living winner (1961).

Car owner

Main article: A. J. Foyt Enterprises

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.

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.

Scott Sharp took a share of the 1996 Indy Racing League (IRL) title driving for Foyt while Kenny Bräck won the 1998 IRL title, also in a Foyt car. Bräck won the 1999 Indianapolis 500 in Foyt's car, putting Foyt in the winner's circle at Indy for the fifth time. The current driver for his IRL team, A. J. Foyt Enterprises, is Vitor Meira.

On June 7, 1997, Foyt (as an owner) was involved in an incident that helped shape the history of the Indy Racing League and added to his reputation as a man of little patience. 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. 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. 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 tulips (ironically given Luyendyk's Dutch nationality). Luyendyk then requested a review of the race; a few days later, USAC reversed its position and declared Luyendyk the winner; Foyt kept the victory lane-awarded trophy. Following the controversy, the IRL relieved USAC of the scoring duties for its events.

Family

Foyt is the grandfather of A. J. Foyt IV. Foyt is the grandfather and adoptive father of Larry Foyt. He is also the godfather of driver John Andretti.

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC
1958	Dean Van Lines	Kuzma	Offenhauser	ARG	MON	NED	500 Ret	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	MOR	NC
1959	Dean Van Lines	Kuzma	Offenhauser	MON	500 10	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	USA			NC
1960	Bowes Seal Fast	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	ARG	MON	500 Ret	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	POR	ITA	USA		NC

CART results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
1979	Gilmore Racing	PHX	ATL1	ATL2	INDY 2	TRE1	TRE2	MIS1	MIS2	WGL	TRE3	ONT	MIS3	ATL3	PHX2				NC	0
1980	Gilmore Racing	ONT Wth	INDY Ret	MIL	POC Ret	MDO	MIS1	WGL	MIL	ONT2	MIS2	MEX	PHX						44th	45
1981	Gilmore Racing	PHX1	MIL1	ATL1	ATL2	MIS Ret	RIV	MIL2	MIS2	WGL	MEX	PHX2							NC	0
1982	Gilmore Racing	PHX1	ATL	MIL1 2	CLE Ret	MIS1 Ret	MIL2	POC Ret	RIV	ROA	MIS2 Ret	PHX2							28th	22
1983	Gilmore Racing	ATL	INDY Ret	MIL	CLE	MIS1	ROA	POC	RIV	MDO	MIS2	CEA	LAG	PHX					NC	0
1984	Gilmore Racing	LBH	PHX1	INDY 6	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MIS1 Ret	ROA	POC Ret	MDO	SAN	MIS2 DNS	PHX2 Ret	LS	LVG Ret		21st	22
1985	Gilmore Racing	LBG	INDY Ret	MIL	POR	MEA Ret	CLE DNS	MCH DNS	ROA	POC Ret	MDO	SAN Ret	MCH	LAG	PHX Ret	MIA Ret			NC	0
1986	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	PHX Ret	LBG	INDY Ret	MIL Ret	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MCH 9	POC 4	MDO	SAN	MCH 16	ROA	LAG	PHX Ret	MIA Ret	21st	16
1987	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	LBG	PHX	INDY Ret	MIL 6	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MCH Ret	POC 7	ROA	MDO	NAZ 7	LAG	MIA Ret			23rd	14
1988	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	PHX 4	LBH 11	INDY Ret	MIL 5	POR 15	CLE 11	TOR 15	MEA Ret	MIS Wth	POC Ret	MDO Ret	ROA 10	NAZ Ret	LS Ret	MIA Ret			16th	29
1989	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	PHX Ret	LBH Ret	INDY 5	MIL Ret	DET Ret	POR Wth	CLE	MEA Ret	TOR 17	MIS Ret	POC Ret	MDO Ret	ROA Ret	NAZ Ret	LS			18th	10
1990	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	PHX Ret	LBH Ret	INDY 6	MIL 9	DET Ret	POR 10	CLE 7	MEA 5	TOR 16	MIS 6	DEN 10	VAN 13	MDO 15	ROA Ret	NAZ	LS		11th	42
1991	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	SRF	LBH	PHX	INDY Ret	MIL Ret	DET Ret	POR 16	CLE Ret	MEA 13	TOR	MIS Ret	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ Ret	LS	32nd	0
1992	Walker Motorsport/Gilmore Racing	SRF Ret	PHX DNQ	LBH	INDY 9	DET	POR	MIL	NHA	TOR	MIS	CLE	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LS		26th	4
1993	Copenhagen Racing	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY DNQ	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	NHM	ROA	VAN	MDO	NZR	LS		NC	0

Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
1958	Kuzma/Brawner	Offy	12th	16th
1959	Kuzma	Offy	17th	10th
1960	Kurtis/Epperly	Offy	16th	25th
1961	Trevis	Offy	7th	1st
1962	Trevis	Offy	5th	23rd
1963	Trevis	Offy	8th	3rd
1964	Watson	Offy	5th	1st
1965	Lotus 34	Ford	1st	15th
1966	Lotus 38	Ford	18th	26th
1967	Coyote	Ford	4th	1st
1968	Coyote	Ford	8th	20th
1969	Coyote/Kuzma	Ford	1st	8th
1970	Coyote	Ford	3rd	10th
1971	Coyote	Ford	6th	3rd
1972	Coyote	Foyt	17th	25th
1973	Coyote/Riley	Foyt	23rd	25th
1974	Coyote	Foyt	1st	15th
1975	Coyote	Foyt	1st	3rd
1976	Coyote	Foyt	5th	2nd
1977	Coyote	Foyt	4th	1st
1978	Coyote	Foyt	20th	7th
1979	Parnelli	Cosworth	6th	2nd
1980	Parnelli	Cosworth	12th	14th
1981	Coyote	Cosworth	3rd	13th
1982	March 82C	Cosworth	3rd	19th
1983	March 83C	Cosworth	24th	31st
1984	March 84C	Cosworth	12th	6th
1985	March 85C	Cosworth	21st	28th
1986	March 86C	Cosworth	21st	24th
1987	Lola	Cosworth	4th	19th
1988	Lola	Cosworth	22nd	26th
1989	Lola	Cosworth	10th	5th
1990	Lola	Chevrolet	8th	6th
1991	Lola	Chevrolet	2nd	28th
1992	Lola	Chevrolet	23rd	9th
1993	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	Retired

Indy 500 qualifying results

Year	Att #	Date	Time	Qual Day	Car #	Laps	Qual Time	Qual Speed	Rank	Start	Comment
1967	22	05-13	22	1	14	2	—	—	—	—	PULLED OFF
1967	28	05-13	28	1	14	4	—	166.289	4	4
1968	8	05-18	8	1	1	4	—	166.821	8	8
1969	4	05-24	4	2	6	4	3:31.0600	170.568	1	1
1970	5	05-16	5	1	7	4	—	170.004	3	3
1971	2	05-15	2	1	9	4	3:26.5200	174.317	6	6
1972	3	05-13	17:57	1	2	0	—	—	—	—	BLOWN ENGINE
1972	30	05-20	11:30	2	2	4	3:10.4800	188.996	5	16
1973	25	05-12	14:27	1	14	3	—	—	—	—	WAVED OFF
1973	27	05-12	15:20	1	14	4	3:10.5500	188.927	32	23
1974	8	05-11	11:05	1	14	4	3:07.8600	191.632	1	1
1975	4	05-10	11:38	1	14	1	—	—	—	—	PULLED OFF
1975	19	05-10	16:10	1	14	4	3:05.5900	193.976	1	1
1976	12	05-15	16:55	1	14	4	3:14.3200	185.261	10	5
1977	1	05-14	11:02	1	14	4	3:06.0800	193.465	—	—	ATTEMPT WITHDRAWN BY USAC
1977	12	05-14	12:39	1	14	4	3:05.0300	194.563	5	4
1978	14	05-20	12:47	1	14	0	—	—	—	—	PULLED OFF
1978	39	05-21	13:24	3	14	4	2:59.8900	200.122	3	21
1979	33	05-13	16:32	1	14	4	3:09.8600	189.613	6	6
1980	24	05-10	14:24	1	14	0	—	—	—	—
1980	32	05-10	16:14	1	14	1	—	—	—	—	FLAGGED OFF; RAIN
1980	33	05-10	17:59	1	14	4	3:14.0700	185.500	16	12
1981	2	05-09	15:49	1	14	4	3:03.6000	196.078	6	3
1982	25	05-15	16:23	1	14	4	2:57.0500	203.332	3	3
1983	30	05-21	14:59	2	14	4	3:00.4000	199.557	14	24
1984	25	05-12	15:23	1	14	1	—	—	—	—	PULLED OFF
1984	39	05-12	17:39	1	4	4	2:56.5920	203.860	12	12
1985	10	05-11	11:55	1	14	4	2:54.9420	205.782	27	21
1986	36	05-11	12:09	2	14	4	2:48.8460	213.212	5	22
1987	21	05-09	17:07	1	14	4	2:50.6690	210.935	4	4
1988	4	05-14	—	1	14	0	—	—	—	—	PULLED OFF
1988	31	05-14	17:23	1	14	3	—	—	—	—	PULLED OFF
1988	47	05-21	14:35	3	41	4	2:51.6770	209.696	15	22
1989	15	05-14	13:24	1	14	4	2:45.7950	217.136	12	10
1990	24	05-19	11:32	1	14	4	2:43.3210	220.425	8	8
1991	1	05-11	11:00	1	14	4	2:41.8390	222.443	6	2
1992	23	05-09	17:57	1	14	3	—	—	—	—	PULLED OFF
1992	28	05-10	12:20	2	14	4	2:41.5810	222.798	16	23

References

^ ^a ^b Biography at the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame
^ ChampCarStats All-Time Records
^ HISD Connect - Alumni Houston Independent School District
^ Foyt, A. J. Microsoft Encarta. Archived 2009-10-31.
^ "USAC Stock Car Championship History", ultimateracinghistory.com, Retrieved September 7, 2007

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Bobby Unser	IROC Champion IROC III (1976), IROC IV (1977)	Succeeded by Al Unser
Preceded by Bruce McLaren Chris Amon	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1967 with: Dan Gurney	Succeeded by Pedro Rodriguez Lucien Bianchi
Preceded by Jim Rathmann	Indianapolis 500 Winner 1961	Succeeded by Rodger Ward
Preceded by Parnelli Jones	Indianapolis 500 Winner 1964	Succeeded by Jim Clark
Preceded by Graham Hill	Indianapolis 500 Winner 1967	Succeeded by Bobby Unser
Preceded by Johnny Rutherford	Indianapolis 500 Winner 1977	Succeeded by Al Unser
Preceded by Richard Petty	Daytona 500 Winner 1972	Succeeded by Richard Petty

Wood Brothers Racing

Sprint Cup drivers	Trevor Bayne (#21), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (#21)

Owners	Glen Wood · Wood Brothers

Notable former drivers	Donnie Allison · Buddy Baker · Neil Bonnett · Bill Elliott · A. J. Foyt · Dale Jarrett · David Pearson · Kyle Petty · Ricky Rudd · Elliott Sadler · Morgan Shepherd · Michael Waltrip · Cale Yarborough

Partnerships & Alliances	Roush Fenway Racing

Indianapolis 500 winners

Four-time	A. J. Foyt · Al Unser, Sr. · Rick Mears

Three-time	Louis Meyer · Wilbur Shaw · Mauri Rose · Johnny Rutherford · Bobby Unser · Hélio Castroneves

Two-time	Tommy Milton · Bill Vukovich · Rodger Ward · Gordon Johncock · Emerson Fittipaldi · Arie Luyendyk · Al Unser, Jr. · Dario Franchitti · Dan Wheldon

One-time	Ray Harroun · Joe Dawson · Jules Goux · René Thomas · Ralph DePalma · Dario Resta · Howdy Wilcox · Gaston Chevrolet · Jimmy Murphy · Lora L. Corum · Joe Boyer · Pete DePaolo · Frank Lockhart · George Souders · Ray Keech · Billy Arnold · Louis Schneider · Fred Frame · Bill Cummings · Kelly Petillo · Floyd Roberts · Floyd Davis · George Robson · Bill Holland · Johnnie Parsons · Lee Wallard · Troy Ruttman · Bob Sweikert · Pat Flaherty · Sam Hanks · Jimmy Bryan · Jim Rathmann · Parnelli Jones · Jim Clark · Graham Hill · Mario Andretti · Mark Donohue · Tom Sneva · Danny Sullivan · Bobby Rahal · Jacques Villeneuve · Buddy Lazier · Eddie Cheever · Kenny Bräck · Juan Pablo Montoya · Gil de Ferran · Buddy Rice · Sam Hornish, Jr. · Scott Dixon

Winning Owners	Roger Penske · A. J. Foyt · Andretti/Green · Eddie Cheever · Chip Ganassi · Bryan Herta · Rahal/Letterman · Pat Patrick · Doug Shierson · Fred Treadway · Ron Hemelgarn · Jim Trueman · Parnelli Jones · Andy Granatelli · Jim Hall · Bruce McLaren · Dan Gurney · J. C. Agajanian · Howard Keck · Frank Kurtis · Lou Moore · Wilbur Shaw · Kelly Petillo · Louis Meyer · Jimmy Murphy · Louis Chevrolet ·

Winning Teams	All American Racers · A. J. Foyt Enterprises · Andretti-Green Racing · Bryan Herta Autosport · Chaparral Cars · Cheever Racing · Chip Ganassi Racing · Doug Shierson Racing · Penske Racing · Galles/KRACO Racing · Hemelgarn Racing · McLaren · Mecom Racing Team · Patrick Racing · Rahal Letterman Racing · Team Green · Team Lotus · Treadway Racing · Truesports · Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing ·

International Race of Champions Winners

Donohue • B. Unser • Foyt • Unser Sr • Andretti • Allison • Yarborough • Gant • Unser Jr • Bodine • T. Labonte • Earnhardt • Wallace • Rudd • Allison/Labonte • Martin • B. Labonte • Harvick • Busch • Kenseth • Stewart

24 Hours of Le Mans winners

Eight-time	Tom Kristensen

Six-time	Jacky Ickx

Five-time	Derek Bell · Frank Biela · Emanuele Pirro

Four-time	Yannick Dalmas · Olivier Gendebien · Henri Pescarolo

Three-time	Woolf Barnato · Rinaldo Capello · Luigi Chinetti · Hurley Haywood · Phil Hill · Al Holbert · Klaus Ludwig · Marco Werner

Two-time	Tim Birkin · Ivor Bueb · Ron Flockhart · Jean-Pierre Jaussaud · Gérard Larrousse · JJ Lehto · Allan McNish · Manuel Reuter · André Rossignol · Raymond Sommer · Hans-Joachim Stuck · Gijs van Lennep · Jean-Pierre Wimille · Alexander Wurz

One-time	Aïello · Alboreto · Amon · Ara · Attwood · Baldi · Bandini · Barilla · Barth · Benjafield · Benoist · Bernhard · Bianchi · Bloch · Blundell · Bouchut · D. Brabham · G. Brabham · Brundle · Chaboud · Clement · Cobb · Davis · de Courcelles · Dickens · Duff · Dumas · Dumfries · Étancelin · Fässler · Fontés · Foyt · Frère · Gachot · Gené · González · Gregory · Guichet · Gurney · Hamilton · Hawthorn · Hélary · Herbert · Herrmann · G. Hill · Hindmarsh · Howe · Johansson · Jones · Kidston · Krages · Lagache · Lammers · Lang · Léonard · Lotterer · Marko · Martini · Mass · McLaren · Mitchell-Thomson · Nielsen · Nuvolari · Oliver · Ortelli · Pironi · Riess · Rindt · Rockenfeller · Rodríguez · Rolt · Rondeau · J. Rosier · L. Rosier · Rubin · Salvadori · Sanderson · Scarfiotti · Schuppan · Sekiya · Shelby · Smith · Tréluyer · Trémoulet · Trintignant · Vaccarella · Veyron · Walker · Wallace · Warwick · Weidler · Whitehead · B. Whittington · D. Whittington · Winkelhock

3/6/24 hrs + 2000km winners at Daytona

Five-time	Hurley Haywood

Four-time	Peter Gregg · Scott Pruett · Pedro Rodríguez · Rolf Stommelen · Bob Wollek

Three-time	Derek Bell · Butch Leitzinger · Brian Redman · Andy Wallace

Two-time	Mauro Baldi · Terry Borcheller · Elliott Forbes-Robinson · A. J. Foyt · Al Holbert · Jan Lammers · Ken Miles · Juan Pablo Montoya · John Paul, Jr. · Memo Rojas · Lloyd Ruby · Wayne Taylor · Didier Theys · Al Unser, Jr.

One-time	Amon · J. Andretti · Ma. Andretti · Angelelli · Ballot-Léna · Bandini · Barber · Barbosa · Beretta · Bergmeister · Bernhard · Boesel · Bouchut · Boutsen · Brundle · Buckler · Collard · Dalziel · Dismore · Dixon · D. Donohue · M. Donohue · Dupuy · Durán · Duxbury · Dyson · Elford · Fellows · Field · Fittipaldi · Fitzpatrick · Franchitti · Fréon · García · Garretson · Gentilozzi · Graves · Gurney · Hand · Hasemi · Helmick · Henn · Herrmann · Hezemans · Hill · Hoshino · Ickx · Jelinski · Joest · D. Jones · P. Jones · Kinnunen · Kneifel · Krages · Lässig · Lavaggi · Law · Lienhard · Luyendyk · Martin · Mears · Merl · Millen · Moran · Moretti · Neerpasch · Nielsen · O'Connell · Oliver · Ongais · Pace · Papis · Parsons · Paul, Sr. · Pescarolo · Pilgrim · B. Rahal · G. Rahal · Rice · Robinson · Rockenfeller · Schneider · Schrom · Sharp · Siffert · Suzuki · Unser, Sr. · van der Merwe · Weaver · Wendlinger · Werner · Wheldon

12 Hours of Sebring winners

Five-time	Tom Kristensen

Four-time	Frank Biela · Rinaldo Capello

Three-time	Mario Andretti · Allan McNish · Marco Werner

Two-time	Bob Akin · Geoff Brabham · Derek Daly · Andy Evans · Juan Manuel Fangio · Juan Manuel Fangio II · Olivier Gendebien · Hurley Haywood · Hans Herrmann · Phil Hill · Al Holbert · Jacky Ickx · Stefan Johansson · JJ Lehto · Emanuele Pirro · Brian Redman · Hans-Joachim Stuck · Eric van de Poele · Fermín Vélez · Andy Wallace · Phil Walters

One-time	Aïello · Alboreto · Baker · Baldi · Barbour · Behra · Bernhard · Bianchi · Bonnier · Gary Brabham · Castellotti · Collard · Collins · Daigh · Dalmas · Davidson · de Narvaez · Dumas · Duval · Dyer · Earl · Elford · Fitch · Fitzpatrick · Foyt · Frisselle · Garretson · Gartner · Gené · Giunti · Gray · Gregg · Gurney · Hall · Hawthorn · Helmick · Herbert · Heyer · Kaffer · Keyser · Kulok · Lapierre · Larrousse · Leven · Lloyd · Ludwig · Luyendyk · Maglioli · Mass · McFarlin · McLaren · Mendez · Miles · Millen · Moffat · Moretti · Morton · Moss · Mullen · Müller · Nierop · O'Connell · Oliver · Pace · Panis · Parkes · Paul, Jr. · Paul, Sr. · Pescatori · Peter · Rahal · Robinson · Ruby · Scarfiotti · Sharp · Siffert · Surtees · Taylor · Theys · Vaccarella · Wollek · Woods · Wurz

Daytona 500 Winners

Multiple	Richard Petty (7) · Cale Yarborough (4) · Jeff Gordon (3) · Dale Jarrett (3) · Bobby Allison (3) · Michael Waltrip (2) · Sterling Marlin (2) · Bill Elliott (2) ·

One-time	L. Petty · Junior Johnson · Panch · Roberts · Lund · Lorenzen · Andretti · Yarbrough · Hamilton · Foyt · Parsons · Pearson · Baker · Bodine · D. Waltrip · Cope · Irvan · D. Allison · Earnhardt · Burton · Earnhardt Jr. · Jimmie Johnson · Harvick · Newman · Kenseth · McMurray · Bayne

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Name	Foyt, A. J.
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Date of birth	January 16, 1935
Place of birth	Houston, Texas
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