A. J. Foyt

A. J. Foyt
Foyt in 2015
Nationality	American
Born	Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr. January 16, 1935 Houston, Texas, U.S.
Related to	A. J. Foyt IV (grandson) Larry Foyt (adopted son)
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
Awards
Only driver to win the Indianapolis 500 (four times), the Daytona 500, the 24 Hours of Daytona, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. International Motorsports Hall of Fame Inductee (2000) Named co-Driver of the Century by the Associated Press Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) Inducted in the first class in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (U.S.) (1990) Inducted in the first class into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (1989) Inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame (1988)
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career 128 races run over 30 years Best finish 40th—1989 (Winston Cup) First race 1963 Motor Trend 500 (Riverside) Last race 1994 Brickyard 400 (Indianapolis) First win 1964 Firecracker 400 (Daytona) Last win 1972 Miller High Life 500 (Ontario) Wins Top tens Poles 7 36 9 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career 3 races run over 2 years Best finish 81st (1995) First race 1995 GM Goodwrench/Delco Battery 200 (Phoenix) Last race 1996 Carquest 420K (Las Vegas) Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
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)
Formula One World Championship career Active years 1958–1960 Teams Kuzma, Kurtis Kraft Entries 3 Championships 0 Wins 0 Podiums 0 Career points 0 Pole positions 0 Fastest laps 0 First entry 1958 Indianapolis 500 Last entry 1960 Indianapolis 500

Anthony Joseph "A. J." Foyt, Jr. (born January 16, 1935) ("Super Tex") is a retired American automobile racing driver who has raced in numerous genres of motorsports. His open wheel racing includes United States Automobile Club Champ 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 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. In the NASCAR stock car circuit, he won the 1964 Firecracker 400 and the 1972 Daytona 500. Foyt survived three major crashes that caused serious injuries, and narrowly escaped a fourth. 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.

Early life

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

Driving career

Midget car career

Foyt began racing midgets in 1953 at age 18 in a car owned and maintained by his father. 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. 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.

In 1975 and 1976, Foyt won the Australian Speedcar Grand Prix at the Liverpool International Speedway in Sydney when the speedway had an asphalt surface. (Note: In Australia Midgets are called Speedcars).

Sprint car career

Foyt began his sprint car career in 1956, at age 21, driving the Les Vaughn Offy with the International Motor Contest Association. 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. That victory put Foyt on the radar for USAC car owners and he switched from the IMCA to USAC later that season. Foyt eventually won 28 USAC National sprint car feature races and the USAC Eastern Championship in 1960. Foyt continued to race sprint cars long after he was firmly established as one of the top drivers at the Indy 500.

Championship car career

The car Foyt drove to Indy victory in 1977

Foyt racing at Pocono in 1984

In 1961, he became the first driver to successfully defend his points championship and win the Indianapolis 500 race. 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. 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 Team Lotus-Ford, a team reserve vehicle. 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.

So discussions ended and Foyt stayed with his reliable, well-sorted Offenhauser-engined roadster. In the 1964 season, Foyt won a record 10 of 14 races en route to his championship, including the Indy 500. 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.

In August 1965, at the Milwaukee 200-mile (320 km) Championship Car race, Foyt's 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 the previous day. He sprayed the mud off the car, installed pavement tires and a set-up for the one mile (1.6 km) oval. Foyt received permission to take two extra warm up laps during qualifying, as he had no time for practice. 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.

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. As Foyt moved through turn three on the 200th lap, he slowed down. A few hundred yards ahead of him, Carl Williams spun out as he exited turn four, 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 a pit stop. He 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 risked 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.

In 1981, Foyt was involved in an accident at the Michigan 500 and nearly lost an arm. It took him a while to get back to full fitness; and at the Indy 500 the following year he qualified third.

Foyt won the Indianapolis 500 four times, in 1961, 1964, 1967 and 1977. He is the first driver to have done 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 were won at Trenton Speedway. Foyt also won the Indycar Series seven times, a record that still stands.

Foyt's worst Indy 500 finish is 31st in the 1982 event. Foyt started on the front row but on the pace laps he was victimized by a controversial wreck when rookie Kevin Cogan suddenly spun out for no apparent reason. Cogan wrecked seven cars in the incident including Foyt and Mario Andretti. Foyt was livid with Cogan and famously said "That damn Coogan," on live radio, and when asked by Chris Economaki who wrecked him in an interview, Foyt shouted "Coogan". Foyt repaired his car during the red flag, and led the first quarter of the race but dropped out due to damages linked to the Cogan crash.

In a 1990 CART race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, Foyt was involved in a serious crash that injured his legs and feet severely. He returned the following year for the 1991 Indianapolis 500 and qualified second.

Sports car racing

Foyt is famous for winning the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans race in his first and only attempt, in 1967; Foyt drove a Ford GT40 Mk IV, partnered with Dan Gurney and entered by Carroll Shelby's team. 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."^[5] Also, he reportedly only got 10 laps of pre-race practice. But 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?" Foyt would also later win the 12 Hours of Sebring and 24 Hours of Daytona during the 1980s driving Porsches, making him one of only 12 drivers to complete the "triple crown" of endurance racing.

Foyt in a midget car in 1961

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.^[6] Among his wins in USAC stock car racing was his 1964 win at the Billy Vukovich Memorial 200 at Hanford Speedway in California. He also was a multiple winner in USAC stockers at Milwaukee, Texas World Speedway, and Michigan International Speedway.

NASCAR

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. Richard Petty dominated the 1964 Firecracker 400 until he dropped 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 nine 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 No. 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. 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 third spot behind Darrell Waltrip and Richard Petty who again won the race. When Foyt pulled up next to Petty after the checkers to congratulate him, he was called "a true gentleman" during the broadcast.

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 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 1988 Foyt was banned from NASCAR for six months and fined $20,000 following a series of incidents during the Winston 500. His ban was reduced to two months following an appeal and his fine was raised to $35,000.

Foyt's final NASCAR Winston Cup Series race was the 1994 Brickyard 400, the inaugural running of that race. Foyt finished 30th, four laps behind winner Jeff Gordon. Foyt entered the race again in 1995 and 1996, but failed to qualify both times. In 1995, his attempt was stymied when rain washed out second round time trials.

Foyt would end up racing three times in the early days of the NASCAR Craftsman (now Camping World) Truck Series, with a best finish of 18th coming in the 1995 GM Goodwrench / Delco Battery 200, a race he qualified ninth for.

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).
• He is one of only 12 drivers to have completed the Triple Crown of endurance racing (victories in the 12 Hours of Sebring, 24 Hours of Daytona and 24 Hours of Le Mans).
• He also has 41 USAC Stock Car wins and 50 Sprint Car, Midget, and Dirt Champ Car wins.
• He won the 1975 and 1976 Australian Speedcar Grand Prix at the Liverpool International Speedway in Sydney (in Australia midgets are called Speedcars).
• 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 seven NASCAR races.
• Foyt, along with Mario Andretti, are the only men to win both the Indianapolis and Daytona 500s.
• Foyt holds the closed course speed record driving the Oldsmobile Aerotech at an average speed of 257.123 miles per hour (413.799 km/h). He set the record on 27 August 1987 at a 7.712-mile (12.411 km) test track near Fort Stockton, Texas.
• 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

A. J. Foyt (right) and former driver Darren Manning (left) at the 2007 Indianapolis 500.

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 Takuma Sato. 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 a tulip bed (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. When not busy with the racing season, A.J. Foyt likes to spend time at the family Ranches, The Foyt Ranch located in Hockley, Texas and Brackettville, Texas.

The Foyts are also, via marriage, part of the ownership group of the Indianapolis Colts. A. J. Foyt IV is married to the daughter of Colts owner Jim Irsay.

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Points
1958	Dean Van Lines	Kuzma	Offenhauser	ARG	MON	NED	500 16	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	MOR	NC	0
1959	Dean Van Lines	Kuzma	Offenhauser	MON	500 10	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	USA			NC	0
1960	Bowes Seal Fast	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	ARG	MON	500 25	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	POR	ITA	USA		NC	0

USAC results

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Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	Rank	Points
1957	Hoover Motor Express	INDY	LAN	MIL	DET	ATL	SPR 9	MIL 23	DQSF DNQ	SYR DNQ	ISF DNQ	TRE 11	SAC 9	PHX 7																26th	160
1958	Dean Van Lines	TRE1	INDY 16	MIL 21	LAN 2	ATL 11	SPR 11	MIL 7	DSQF 8	SYR 14	ISF 8	TRE 11	SAC 3	PHX 4																10th	700
1959	Dean Van Lines	DAY 8	TRE DNQ	INDY 10	MIL 3	LAN 13	SPR 15	MIL 25	DQSF DNQ	SYR 9	ISF 3	TRE 19	SAC 2	PHX DNS																5th	910,2
1960	Bowes Seal Fast	TRE 4	INDY 25	MIL 2	LAN 16	SPR 17	MIL 2	DQSF 1	SYR 3	ISF 1	TRE 3	SAC 1	PHX 1																	1st	1680
1961	Bowes Seal Fast	TRE 5	INDY 1	MIL 22	LAN 1	MIL 3	SPR 2	DQSF 1	SYR 18	ISF 1	TRE 14	SAC 12	PHX 15																	1st	2150
1962	Ansted-Thompson Racing	TRE 1	INDY 23	MIL 1	LAN 1	TRE 7	SPR 7	MIL 2	LAN 4	SYR 2	ISF 16	TRE 4	SAC 1	PHX 2																2nd	1950
1963	Ansted-Thompson Racing	TRE 1	INDY 3	MIL 4	LAN 1	TRE 1	SPR 2	MIL 2	DQSF 1	ISF 3	TRE 1	SAC 2	PHX 8																	1st	2950
1964	Ansted-Thompson Racing	PHX 1	TRE 1	INDY 1	MIL 1	LAN 1	TRE 1	SPR 1	MIL 26	DQSF 1	ISF 1	TRE 20	SAC 1	PHX 19																1st	2900
1965	Ansted-Thompson Racing	PHX 19	TRE 17	INDY 15	MIL 16	LAN 17	PIP	TRE 1	IRP 4	ATL 19	LAN 2	MIL 19	SPR 1	MIL 2	DQSF 3	ISF 1	TRE 1	SAC 2	PHX 1											2nd	2500
1966	Ansted-Thompson Racing	PHX 11	TRE 15	INDY 26	MIL DNQ	LAN	ATL 29	PIP	IRP 24	LAN Wth	SPR 3	MIL 24	DQSF 7	ISF 2	TRE 3	SAC 17	PHX 17													13th	755
1967	Ansted-Thompson Racing	PHX 5	TRE 15	INDY 1	MIL 21	LAN 5	PIP	MOS 7	MOS 7	IRP 7	LAN 17	MTR 2	MTR 2	SPR 1	MIL 8	DQSF 1	ISF 2	TRE 1	SAC 1	HAN 4	PHX 17	RIV 17								1st	3440
1968	Sheraton-Thompson Racing	HAN 4	LVG 13	PHX 23	TRE 21	INDY 20	MIL 14	MOS	MOS	LAN	PIP	CDR 1	NAZ	IRP 4	IRP 3	LAN	LAN	MTR 18	MTR	SPR 17	MIL 24	DQSF 2	ISF 1	TRE 24	SAC 1	MIC 14	HAN 1	PHX 23	RIV 20	6th	1860
1969	Sheraton-Thompson Racing	PHX 21	HAN 25	INDY 8	MIL 3	LAN	PIP	CDR 3	NAZ	TRE 10	IRP 5	IRP 4	MIL 9	SPR 5	DDIS 19	DQSF 3	ISF 1	BRN 8	BRN 8	TRE 13	SAC DNQ	KEN	KEN	PHX 25	RIV DNQ					7th	1570
1970	Sheraton-Thompson Racing	PHX 4	SON Wth	TRE 6	INDY 10	MIL 24	LAN	CDR 3	MIC 8	IRP 12	SPR 15	MIL 7	ONT 15	DQSF 10	ISF 3	SED DNQ	TRE Wth	SAC	PHX 23											9th	1105
1971	Thompson Racing	RAF	RAF	PHX 17	TRE	INDY 3	MIL 20	POC 3	MIC 17	MIL 2	ONT 16	TRE 5	PHX 1																	2nd	2320
1972	Thompson Racing	PHX 8	TRE	INDY 25	MIL Wth	MIC	POC	MIL	ONT 30	TRE 22	PHX 21																			36th	75
1973	Gilmore Racing	TWS 11	TRE 1	TRE 11	INDY 25	MIL Wth	POC 1	MCH 13	MIL 25	ONT	ONT	ONT 10	MCH 13	MCH 14	TRE 20	TWS 10	PHX DNS													10th	1580
1974	Gilmore Racing	ONT 1	ONT	ONT 30	PHX 3	TRE DNS	INDY 15	MIL 6	POC 27	MCH 13	MIL 2	MCH 24	TRE 1	TRE 4	PHX 4															8th	1510
1975	Gilmore Racing	ONT 1	ONT	ONT 1	PHX 3	TRE 1	INDY 3	MIL 1	POC 1	MCH 1	MIL 20	MCH 7	TRE 2	PHX 1																1st	4920
1976	Gilmore Racing	PHX 21	TRE 18	INDY 2	MIL 17	POC 31	MCH 3	TWS 1	TRE 19	MIL	ONT 23	MCH 1	TWS 11	PHX Wth																7th	1720
1977	Gilmore Racing	ONT 1	PHX 2	TWS 14	TRE	INDY 1	MIL Wth	POC 15	MOS 1	MCH DNS	TWS 19	MIL	ONT 2	MCH	PHX															4th	2840
1978	Gilmore Racing	PHX 3	ONT 4	TWS 17	TRE 2	INDY 7	MOS 16	MIL 19	POC 8	MCH 16	ATL 4	TWS 1	MIL 4	ONT 28	MCH 5	TRE 19	SIL 1	BRH 4	PHX 2											5th	3024
1979	Gilmore Racing	ONT 1	TWS 1	INDY 2	MIL 1	POC 1	TWS 1	MIL 12																						1st	3320
1980	Gilmore Racing	ONT Wth	INDY 14	MIL	POC 19	MDO																								35th	45
1981-82	Gilmore Racing	INDY 13	POC 1	ILL	DUQ	ISF	INDY 19																							4th	1045
1982-83	Gilmore Racing	SPR	DQSF	NAZ	INDY 31																									38th	5
1983-84	Gilmore Racing	DQSF	INDY 6																											7th	400

CART

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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	ATL	ATL	INDY 2	TRE	TRE	MCH	MCH	WGL	TRE	ONT	MCH	ATL	PHX				NC	-
1980	Gilmore Racing	ONT Wth	INDY 14	MIL	POC 19	MDO	MCH	WGL	MIL	ONT	MCH	MEX	PHX						44th	45
1981	Gilmore Racing	PHX	MIL	ATL	ATL	MCH 26	RIV	MIL	MCH	WGL	MEX	PHX							NC	0
1982	Gilmore Racing	PHX	ATL	MIL 2	CLE 22	MCH 20	MIL	POC 20	RIV	ROA	MCH 23	PHX							28th	22
1983	Gilmore Racing	ATL	INDY 31	MIL	CLE	MCH	ROA	POC	RIV	MDO	MCH	CPL	LAG	PHX					NC	0
1984	Gilmore Racing	LBH	PHX	INDY 6	MIL	POR	MEA DNS	CLE	MCH 22	ROA	POC 27	MDO	SAN	MCH Wth	PHX 14	LAG	LVS 22		21st	22
1985	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	LBH	INDY 28	MIL	POR	MEA 23	CLE	MCH DNS	ROA	POC 24	MDO	SAN 24	MCH	LAG	PHX 23	MIA 20			49th	0
1986	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	PHX 17	LBH	INDY 24	MIL 19	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MCH 9	POC 4	MDO	SAN	MCH 16	ROA	LAG	PHX 22	MIA 23	21st	16
1987	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	LBH	PHX	INDY 19	MIL 6	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MCH 26	POC 7	ROA	MDO	NAZ 7	LAG	MIA 25			23rd	14
1988	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	PHX 4	LBH 11	INDY 26	MIL 5	POR 15	CLE 11	TOR 15	MEA 17	MCH Wth	POC 16	MDO 22	ROA 10	NAZ 17	LAG 24	MIA 25			16th	29
1989	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	PHX 22	LBH 25	INDY 5	MIL 20	DET 26	POR Wth	CLE	MEA 23	TOR 17	MCH 18	POC 21	MDO 21	ROA 22	NAZ 14	LAG			18th	10
1990	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	PHX 22	LBH 24	INDY 6	MIL 9	DET 17	POR 10	CLE 7	MEA 5	TOR 16	MCH 6	DEN 10	VAN 13	MDO 15	ROA 20	NAZ	LAG		11th	42
1991	Copenhagen Racing	SRF	LBH	PHX	INDY 28	MIL 16	DET 23	POR 16	CLE 20	MEA 13	TOR	MCH 17	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ 16	LAG	32nd	0
1992	Walker Motorsport	SRF 23																	26th	4
	Copenhagen Racing		PHX DNQ	LBH	INDY 9	DET	POR	MIL	NHA	TOR	MCH	CLE	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LAG
1993	Copenhagen Racing	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY DNQ	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	NHA	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LAG		NC	-

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 67	Ford	4th	1st
1968	Coyote 68	Ford	8th	20th
1969	Coyote/Kuzma	Ford	1st	8th
1970	Coyote 70	Ford	3rd	10th
1971	Coyote 71	Ford	6th	3rd
1972	Coyote 72	Foyt	17th	25th
1973	Coyote 73	Foyt	23rd	25th
1974	Coyote 73	Foyt	1st	15th
1975	Coyote 75	Foyt	1st	3rd
1976	Coyote 75	Foyt	5th	2nd
1977	Coyote 75	Foyt	4th	1st
1978	Coyote 75	Foyt	20th	7th
1979	Parnelli VPJ6C	Ford Cosworth DFX	6th	2nd
1980	Parnelli VPJ6C	Ford Cosworth DFX	12th	14th
1981	Coyote 81	Ford Cosworth DFX	3rd	13th
1982	March 82C	Ford Cosworth DFX	3rd	19th
1983	March 83C	Ford Cosworth DFX	24th	31st
1984	March 84C	Ford Cosworth DFX	12th	6th
1985	March 85C	Ford Cosworth DFX	21st	28th
1986	March 86C	Ford Cosworth DFX	21st	24th
1987	Lola T87/00	Ford Cosworth DFX	4th	19th
1988	Lola T87/00	Ford Cosworth DFX	22nd	26th
1989	Lola T89/00	Ford Cosworth DFX	10th	5th
1990	Lola T90/00	Chevrolet 265A	8th	6th
1991	Lola T91/00	Chevrolet 265A	2nd	28th
1992	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet 265A	23rd	9th
1993	Lola T93/00	Ford XB	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

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Daytona 500 results

Year	Manufacturer	Start	Finish	Team
1963	Pontiac	7	27	Nichels
1964	Ford	8	24	Matthews
1966	Ford	22	33	Johnson
1967	Ford	5	37	Matthews
1968	Ford	19	12	Matthews
1969	Ford	9	4	Bowsher
1970	Ford	28	32	Jack Bowsher
1971	Mercury	1	3	Wood
1972	Mercury	2	1	Wood
1973	Chevrolet	8	4	Foyt
1974	Chevrolet	35	5	Foyt
1975	Chevrolet	9	11	Ellington
1976	Chevrolet	31	22	Ellington
1977	Chevrolet	2	6	Foyt
1978	Buick	3	32	Foyt
1979	Oldsmobile	6	3	Foyt
1980	Oldsmobile	11	31	Foyt
1981	Oldsmobile	10	35	Foyt
1982	Oldsmobile	9	21	Foyt
1983	Chevrolet	9	11	Foyt
1984	Oldsmobile	32	39	Foyt
1985	Oldsmobile	16	30	Foyt
1986	Oldsmobile	20	29	Foyt
1987	Oldsmobile	41	42	Foyt
1988	Oldsmobile	17	33	Foyt
1989	Oldsmobile	24	38	Foyt
1990	Oldsmobile	13	36	Foyt
1992	Oldsmobile	39	21	D. Bierschwale

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	NCTS	Pts
1995	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	41	Ford	PHO	TUS	SGS	MMR	POR	EVG	I70	LVL	BRI	MLW	CNS	HPT	IRP	FLM	RCH	MAR	NWS	SON	MMR	PHO 18					81st	109
1996		51		HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	TUS	CNS	HPT	BRI	NZH	MLW	LVL	I70	IRP	FLM	GLN	NSV	RCH	NHA	MAR	NWS	SON	MMR	PHO 33		89th	143
		56																									LVS 28

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

References

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 26 August 2015.
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External links

• Biography
• Official team owner website
• Biography at official website (archived)
• A. J. Foyt driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• A. J. Foyt owner statistics at Racing-Reference
• A. J. Foyt photos
• A. J. Foyt: King of the Indy 500
• International Motorsports Hall of Fame page (archived)
• The Greatest 33
• Foyt, A.J. and David Goldstein. A.J. Foyt Oral History, Houston Oral History Project, July 22, 2008.