Foyt is the only driver to have won the Indy 500 in both front and rear-engined cars, having won twice with both configurations. In the mid-1960s, Foyt became a team owner, fielding cars for himself and other drivers. Foyt 1967 NASCAR Grand National Results", "A.J. Same country, a few days later. 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. Foyt 1965 NASCAR Grand National Results", "A.J. He is the only person to have recorded victories in the. In the 1964 season, he progressed to a fourth national Indy car title. I hope that you enjoy them as much as I have while owning them. He is also the godfather of driver John Andretti. Foyt has rearranged his life to spend less time with sponsors and more at his lavish Houston residence. There was a special reason for starting with the anecdotes, all of which date back a few years, as we are about to see. But a horse." He blinks at the wonder of it. 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. Showing barely - if any signs of age, toning, wear or handling. Italics Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. But," he holds up his right index finger, "but you know what really scares me? 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. Foyt also won the Indycar Series seven times, a record that still stands. Young Anthony went to Pershing and Hamilton middle schools. Well, it turns out there's no other way, and at least that's something one can count on. 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. [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. Maybe he'd seen me on television or something, and now he had me live." Foyt IV. 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. He raced stock cars in NASCAR and USAC. Can it be an attack of mellowness, for heaven's sake, some new facet of Foyt emerging in his 47th year? Foyt 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. "The language thing has always been rough." So the family should have figured he would turn out like his "Paw. In 1961, Foyt defended his points championship and won the Indy 500, the first driver to do so. He was still in his driving coveralls. 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. 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. McCluskey testifies earnestly that "A.J. 's car at a time like this.". Only a few numbers have been altered. Late in the race, dueling with Gurney, Foyt spun. He also has 41 USAC Stock Car wins and 50 Sprint Car, Midget, and Dirt Champ Car wins. "[7] Also, he reportedly only got 10 laps of pre-race practice. III serves as his dad's full-time trainer. All of it is surrounded by the obligatory white fences. 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. It's that part where you're in the hospital and they come in and prick your finger for the blood test.". It sort of puts you in shock. He won the 1970 Astro Grand Prix, an event that he promoted in his hometown of Houston. In a 1990 CART race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin Foyt's car left the track and plowed straight through a dirt embankment, severely injuring his legs and feet. Foyt pitted again also but only for enough fuel to finish. (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). over 40 years. NASCAR Driver's Career Statistics. A.J. But his talent could not be ignored. 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. Black blocks on white? But, well, if he's brave enough to sit there and do that, then I'm brave enough to sit there right alongside him. He partnered legendary driver Dan Gurney to prevail in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The orange Olds comes yowling in and slams to a stop. "I didn't hit him," Foyt says. He is a great friend with iconic driver Mario Andretti, and is a godfather to Andrettis son John. [6] When he obtained a driver's license, Foyt purchased a used Oldsmobile and practiced the mechanical skills he had learned working on his father's cars on it. Directly in front of him were Marvin Panch and Junior Johnson, and to avoid wiping them out, Foyt made the heroic move that sooner or later all drivers face. championships as a driver Voted "Driver of the Century" He won the 1960 and 1961 Turkey Night Grand Prix, the first two years that it was held at Ascot Park. 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. 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. 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. 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. Foyt's mood is still mellow; he talks calmly, if forcefully, to the crew. It's dangerous as hell for both of us. 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). Will I take just a minute to step over here and pose with his wife and kids? 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. ", The race car flickers through the back straightaway at 170-plus mph when suddenly something snaps. In the 1967 Indianapolis 500, he beat favorite Parnelli Jones in a STP-Paxton Turbocar, when Carl Williams lost control to set off a five-car accident ahead of him. Foyt 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. The sleevesah, the sleeves. Attended Hamilton Junior High School in Houston, Texas. For one thing, all the physical promises of his youth have finally been delivered. Sometimes we're scaring ourselves to death doing it, like they say in car racing, but we're doing it. After all, look at the Foyt silks as described in the official Churchill Downs racing program: Orange and white, with the letters A.J. "Jump in the car and run that sumbitch, and do it better'n anybody else. It's their form of ballet. (2004), ABCs Wide World of Sports (1964-1976), Daytona 500 (1979), Jim McKay: My World in My Words (2003), ABCs Wide World of Sports 30th Anniversary Special (1991), 1966 Indianapolis 500 (1966), ABCs Wide World of Sports 30th Anniversary Special, Himself Driver #28, Chevrolet / Himself Driver #00. Foyt significantly increased his net worth. Foyt punctuates his speech with sound effectsit's the only way he can easily explain something that otherwise defies quick descriptionand it comes out in a form of verbal italics and exclamation points, all accompanied by fierce gestures and twists of the body. Hell, I'm the Secretariat of this whole operation.". 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. 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. 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. "Everything you do is a chance. But it's when he's with horses that Foyt looks happiest. Foyt and Dan Gurney have just won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the first Americans ever to do so. A horse that'll make a million for you. ", And Gurney, now a car builder, says, "What A.J. Only the costumes and the setting had changed, but here was a familiar scene being replayed. Because they can afford it, Foyt and Gilmore will hit selected 1981 major races pretty much on their own, without being tugged and pulled atand definitely not dominatedby major sponsors. 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. He is the only individual to win the "Triple Crown" of professional racing the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona 500, and the 24 Hour Le Mans. They feature black blocks on white. Anthony married Elizabeth . Well, along came 1960 and I won my first national title in championship cars, and I said to myself, 'Well, hell, this here is it; I'll never ever again make this much money in one year in my life.' The house is more than big enoughit was built on four lotsand the kids are pretty much raised. His company, A. J. Foyt Enterprises teams participated in the CART, IRL, and NASCAR. Anthony Joseph Foyt III, 24, works for his dad; daughter Terry Lynn Foyt Roberds, 22, lives in Houston, and the youngest, 18-year-old Jerry, is in college, "a business major," Foyt says firmly. A crash story. is still quick, all right. Career. Foyt received permission to take two extra warm up laps during qualifying, as he had no time for practice. He finished second in 1963 and 1969, and third in 1970. Foyt later competed in Championship car, Sports car, Stock car and NASCAR championships, collecting numerous wins and awards. 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. 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. 2023 ABG-SI LLC. If he'd hit him, he would've torn his head off. [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. Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation . 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. He raced in NASCAR and USAC stock cars. Foyt 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. They shared the driving, wrestling a burly Ford sports car around the tricky 8.36-mile course for a record 3,249.6 miles at an average speed of 135.48 mph. Foyt 1968 NASCAR Grand National Results", "A.J. ", This is the veteran Foyt assessing a rookie sensation: "I warned him four times about chopping me off in the corners. When push comes to shove, at his ranch in Texas or on a racetrack anywhere in the world, A.J. Scott Sharp took a share of the 1996 Indy Racing League (IRL) title driving for Foyt while Kenny Brck won the 1998 IRL title, also in a Foyt car. 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. (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position), (key) (Bold Pole position awarded by qualifying time. At the start of the 500 miles there had been a tiny hole in the right elbow of the suit, and the force of the wind during the race had ripped it wide open. 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. 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. Foyt was livid with Cogan and famously said "That damn Coogan," on live radio, and when asked by Chris Economaki in a TV interview what had happened, Foyt shouted, "I don't know, he just ran right square into my Goddamn left front! "I'm going to try and make it through this season and, I guess, have it repaired next winter. He did occasionally compete in midget car events. Anthony Joseph "A. J." Foyt Wiki Biography. 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. " But then came the really good years, adorned with more national titles and the four Indy victories, and as Bill Ansted, one of Foyt's early sponsors, noted dryly, "A.J. And he will, too. Which brings us, as promised, to the story of the World's Greatest Race Driver. If you can do it at Indy, you can do it anyplace. If a car don't run, you can fix it. I'm drawn back to racing by the competition and because I enjoy it.". ", Several weeks later Foyt was asked how badly he'd been hurt. He won several major sports car racing events. has been accused of fighting in the pits. Shortly thereafter, Foyt and Ray Harroun (who won the first Indianapolis 500 in 1911) appeared together on a segment of the TV program I've Got a Secrettheir secret being their respective wins 50 years apart. He announced his decision to retire from driving on Indianapolis Pole Day 1993 to groom his racing team. And suddenly Foyt, who had been poor all his life"just walking along there with a race helmet under one arm"was a millionaire. "Ob-sessed! But I'll make it. His career started in 1957 and ended in 1993. "It was at last year's Kentucky Derby," Foyt says. His fourth win at Indy in 1977 was a record. Foyt's chief character witness is Roger McCluskey, a fellow-driver (who has since become the USAC official in charge of screening new drivers). 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. And now the moneyin cash, not creditgoes into horse racing. 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. 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. Foyt finished 30th, four laps behind winner Jeff Gordon. Foyt has come to be America's, and perhaps the world's, greatest race driver ever. "I was hurt so bad," he quipped to the AP, "that I couldn't enjoy the nurses.". "You know what? Foyt and his wife Lucy have four children Tony (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. "He came shooting through there going shooooommm!" 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. 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. "You want to talk about a sport that's scary," he says. You got to get in there and make your own mistakes and learn by them. will not. Foyt 1970 NASCAR Grand National Results", "A.J. "Foyt is tenacious," Rudy says. It didn't used to be this way, or is it that I'm getting older? He took his stock car off the track and into the embankment. So discussions ended and Foyt stayed with his reliable, well-sorted Offenhauser-engined roadster. It's exactly what I've been telling you. Now, then. (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. Thanks to his driving skills, A.J. Inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2007. A.J. He grins ferociously at the waiter and says, "Uh, what the hell is this, fella? A.J. 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. 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. Young A.J. I hit that sucker. 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 raced in each season from 1957 to 1992, starting in 374 races and finishing in the top ten 201 times, with 67 victories. The statement crackles in the air, and thus goes the Foyt philosophy of life. That's Mister Foyt, the horse-owner, you know.". Foyt wanted the use of the car for the entire month, but Lotus team owner Colin Chapman was reluctant to promise him the reserve car, in case something happened to cars driven by team drivers Jim Clark and Dan Gurney. He built many of the cars his son A.J.. That'll be it. It's Gary Coopering a sport that should be pure. 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. Colors are vibrant. Back around that time racing sponsor J.C. Agajanian once pleaded with Foyt to grant SPORTS ILLUSTRATED an interview. Foyt 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. Over here, A.J., and c'mere, A.J. I can handle the pain. finds the escape he seeks. However, his fine was raised to $7,500. For years Foyt has driven at a scary, talented point somewhere beyond luck; mere luck would have run out years ago. Two cars whomp together, one of them spinning out of control on Turn Two, and suddenly the yellow caution light flicks on. He scowls at the offending knee. When the race is over, the rest of it is empty smiles and false marquees and the pretend-modest posturing that's expected of all drivers. 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. 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. III), Terry Foyt, Jerry Foyt, Larry Foyt, USAC National Champion, USAC Stock Car Champion, USAC Silver Crown Series Champion, IROC Champion, USAC Stock Car Champion, USAC Gold Crown Champion. In the 1967 Indianapolis 500, Parnelli Jones' STP-Paxton Turbocar was expected to easily defeat the field of piston engines. Foyt's success has led to induction in numerous motorsports halls of fame. But right now: "Honestly, I've never seen him in a better mood," says Jim Gilmore, Foyt's pal and sponsor for the past 10 years. Traveling at no more than 100mph, Foyt threaded his way through the wreckage and safely took the checkered flag. Oh, I don't know. Thus, he achieved the Triple Crown of endurance racing. He also began street racing with the car until discovered by his father.[3]. Foyt passed Isaac on the final lap to win the race. But the NASCAR official, holding his hand up, palm pointed toward Foyt, remains in front of the car, just at the left front fender. Here's Cale Yarborough, one of the toughest of stock-car racers and an old Foyt competitor: "Well, ol' A.J. (Economaki: "Who are you talking about?") The world, as he says, will have to take him as he is. Anthony Joseph Foyt Jr. (born January 16, 1935) is an American retired auto racing driver who has raced in numerous genres of motorsports. Foyt is one of the few folks who can truly be said to flash a smilea description too often used inaccurately. It'd be pretty damn dumb if I got into a race car and got killed at Indy or Daytona at my age.". 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 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. may not have had much education, but he certainly knows how to read a contract." Well, I bought her and her full sisterand her sister can't run a lick. 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. He began his career racing karts. over 40 years. 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. 16. 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). Explore historical records and family tree profiles about Anthony Foyt on MyHeritage, the world's family history network. You can't never tell. finished 16th at the Indy 500 in 1965 is now a dusty relic in his garage. Full name: Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr. Birthdate: January 16, 1935 Hometown: Houston, Texas Wife: Lucy Children: Tony (A.J. Patriarch of the Foyt racing family. Listen. You got to carry on in racing. His love towards racing didnt end with his retirement from driving; Foyt owned A. J. Foyt Enterprises, and his cars competed in the CART, IRL, and NASCAR championships, which also added to his net worth, so he will always be remembered as one of the personalities American car racing history. Foyt IV. If we get into trouble we'll both skin the same wayand he damn well won't heal no faster.". Anthony Joseph Foyt Jr. (born January 16, 1935) is an American retired auto racing driver who has raced in numerous genres of motorsports. In 1981, Foyt was involved in an accident at the Michigan 500 and nearly lost an arm. But I'm going about this the same way I got started in automobile racing, that is, pay as you go and do it in cash. on the back. there it goesand it hurts me all the time." J. Foyt Wiki Biography, Anthony Joseph A. Foyt 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. Trusted by millions of genealogists since 2003. . A.J. Your email address will not be published. This retired legendary racing driver dreads African killer bees. Foyt sighs, remembering it. "Maybe it's television. Foyt is the grandfather and adoptive father of Larry Foyt. Foyt 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. The car in which A.J. Foyt significantly increased his net worth. Who, me? About Anthony Joseph Foyt, Sr. Patriarch of the Foyt racing family. The 1972 race was his last NASCAR points win; his final win in a NASCAR race was in the first of Daytona's 125-mile qualifying heats in 1978, driving a self-fielded superspeedway Buick. In 1956, he won his first sprint car race at Salem, Indiana. Only three drivers led during the race. And over. It's at this juncture that you get to snap and growl and bite off a head now and then. Sixteen are now dead13 of them killed while racing. He hates the thought. 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. 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. ron kovic speech, 1976 democratic convention Actually, he has been in horse racing for a few years, but quietlymaking his move slowly, sneaking up from the back of the pack, but more and more now, he's getting set to stand on it. And over. The Olds bobs up and plunks down under their ministrations. His first win came in 1957 at a 100-lap event at Kansas City, and was impressive enough to move up from midget cars to compete in sprint cars and Championship Cars. The track doctor even pronounced him dead, but fellow competitor Parnelli Jones was able to revive him. They are the parents of three children. But that's it. 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. It's strictly intuitive and hard for him to explain. "Once," he says, "all I lived for was racing. Anthony Joseph A. Foyt 1963 NASCAR Grand National Results", "A.J. Foyt 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Results", "A.J. 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 The poses are pretty much the same as they've always beenman standing beside horse/car. Foyt Jr., grandfather of NASCAR driver Larry Foyt and great grandfather of Indy Racing League Driver A.J. In 1995, his attempt was stymied when rain washed out second round time trials. 00 Ford, owned by Holman Moody, is featured in the final scene of the movie Red Line 7000. 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