A. J. Foyt
American racecar driver
About A. J. Foyt
Born 1935. A. J. Foyt is an American nASCAR team owner, racing automobile driver and formula One driver.
Anthony Joseph Foyt Jr. (born January 16, 1935) is an American retired racing driver who competed in numerous disciplines of motorsport, best known for his open wheel racing career, and as the first four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. He holds the most American National Championship titles in history with seven.
Foyt competed in United States Automobile Club (USAC) Championship cars, sprint cars and midget cars. He raced stock cars in NASCAR and USAC. He holds the USAC career wins record with 159 victories, and the Indy car racing career wins record with 67.
Foyt is the only driver to have won the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Daytona 500, and the 24 Hours of Daytona. He is a member of numerous motorsports halls of fame.
In the mid-1960s, Foyt became a team owner, fielding cars for himself and other drivers. After retiring from race driving, he has owned A. J. Foyt Enterprises, which has fielded teams in CART, the IndyCar Series, and NASCAR.
Early life Foyt was born in Houston, Texas, to Anthony Joseph "Tony" Foyt and Emma Evelyn (nΓ©e Monk). His father was a mechanic who owned and raced midget race cars as a hobby. Foyt's father gave A.J. a toy racer with a lawnmower engine when he was three years old. His first victory took place at age five after he challenged local midget champion Doc Cossey to a match race at Buffalo Stadium. Foyt won, and later recalled: "...if ever a kid knew that he had chosen the right profession for himself, I knew it at that moment." Tony recalled leaving eleven-year-old A.J. home to attend a race and returning to find the boy had done considerable damage to the home driving the family's other race car in the yard, including causing the car's engine to catch on fire. Though angry, the older Foyt did accept the likelihood of his son having a future as a driver.
Frequently in fights, he often ran home from school shortly after being dropped off in the morning. On one occasion a teacher called his mother to complain that his homework was covered with racing cars. After obtaining a driver's license, he purchased a used Ford and practiced mechanical skills he had learned working on his father's cars. He participated in street races until police turned him in to his parents. Foyt eventually dropped out of high school to work as a mechanic and to concentrate on racing.
Driving career
Midget car career Foyt raced midget cars from the age of seventeen, driving for a low-budget owner after his father refused to let A.J. use his car. He took part in the 1956 Night Before the 500 at West 16th Street Speedway, located across the street from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. His first midget car win was at Kansas City in 1957, and he finished seventh for the season. He no longer raced midget cars full-time after 1957 Foyt reportedly got only ten laps of 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. Foyt won the 12 Hours of Sebring and 24 Hours of Daytona in 1985 in a Porsche.thumb
Stock car career
USAC Stock Car Foyt was the champion in USAC's stock car in 1968, 1978, and 1979. He finished second in 1963 and 1969, and third in 1970.
NASCAR Foyt, a veteran who had been racing professionally for eight seasons before trying his hand at NASCAR, only needed ten races to get his first victory. Richard Petty dominated the 1964 Firecracker 400 until dropping out with engine problems. Foyt swapped the lead with Bobby Isaac for the final fifty 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 International Raceway. Jones retired with mechanical issues, leaving Gurney and Foyt contesting the lead until Foyt spun late in the race. After running hard to catch up with Gurney, Foyt's brakes failed at the end of Riverside's mile-long, downhill back straight. Foyt went into the infield at speed, launched off an embankment, dropped into a lower area, and slammed into a second embankment, tumbling end-over-end several times. The track doctor pronounced Foyt dead at the scene, but Jones revived him. Foyt suffered severe chest injuries, a broken back, and a fractured ankle. Footage of this is featured in the final scene of Red Line 7000.
Foyt ran out of gas near the end of the 1971 Daytona 500, and Petty passed him for the win. Foyt won the 1972 Daytona 500, and in 1979, Foyt finished third.
Foyt won the 1971 and 1972 races at the Ontario Motor Speedway for Wood Brothers Racing. His final win in NASCAR 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 $5000 following a series of incidents during the Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Later, the suspension was lifted, though the fine increased to $7500.
Foyt's final NASCAR Winston Cup Series race was the 1994 Brickyard 400. Foyt finished 30th. Foyt failed to qualify in 1995 and 1996.
Foyt raced three times in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, with a best finish of 18th in the 1995 GM Goodwrench/Delco Battery 200, in which he qualified ninth.
Smokey Yunick wrote in his autobiography that, "A.J. Foyt, I think, was the greatest race driver there ever has been in U.S. racing history so far...A.J. Foyt could beat your ass in anything that had a motor and wheels."
Career summary Foyt drove in the Indianapolis 500 for 35 consecutive years, winning four times. Foyt is the only driver to win the Indy 500 in both front and rear-engined cars. Foyt is the only driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans (with Dan Gurney), and the Indianapolis 500 in the same year (1967). He is the only driver with victories in the Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500, 24 Hours of Daytona (1983 and 1985 with co-driver Bob Wollek), 24 Hours of Le Mans, and 12 Hours of Sebring (in 1985, with co-driver Bob Wollek). He is one of twelve drivers to complete the Triple Crown of endurance racing (12 Hours of Sebring, 24 Hours of Daytona, and 24 Hours of Le Mans). He 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. He won twelve championships in various categories. Foyt won the 1976 and 1977 IROC championships. Foyt won seven NASCAR races. Foyt and Mario Andretti are the only drivers to win both the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race and the Daytona 500. Foyt is the last living driver who started in the Races of Two Worlds in 1958 at Autodromo Nazionale Monza. Foyt holds the closed course speed record driving the Oldsmobile Aerotech at an average speed of , set in 1987, on a test track near Fort Stockton, Texas. Foyt's USAC win total is 138. He never won a CART event.
Indianapolis 500 records Foyt holds numerous career records at the Indianapolis 500, including being the first of four drivers to have won four times, most consecutive and career starts (35), most races led (13), most times led (39), most laps driven, and most miles driven (4,909 laps, 12,272.5 miles).
In 1961, Foyt and Ray Harroun, the first Indianapolis 500 winner, appeared together on I've Got a Secret. Their wins were fifty years apart.
Foyt is the oldest living winner of the Indianapolis 500.
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 Jim Gilmore and raced under the Gilmore-Foyt Racing name for many years. The team built its own Coyote chassis from 1966 to 1983.
After retiring as a driver, Foyt owned A. J. Foyt Enterprises in NASCAR and CART. His loyalty to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway led him to become one of the few CART team owners to embrace the Indy Racing League (IRL) on its arrival in 1996, prompting him to field his team in that series. Scott Sharp took a share of the 1996 Indy Racing League (IRL) title driving for Foyt while Kenny BrΓ€ck won the 1998 IRL title, also in a Foyt car. BrΓ€ck won the 1999 Indianapolis 500 in Foyt's car, putting him in the winner's circle at Indy for the fifth time.
In 1997, Foyt's driver, Billy Boat, was declared the winner of the inaugural IRL race at Texas Motor Speedway. However, Arie Luyendyk claimed he was in the lead when a scoring error by USAC incorrectly gave Boat the checkered flag. When Luyendyk confronted Eddie Gossage about the finish, Foyt shoved Luyendyk into a tulip bed from behind. Luyendyk requested a review of the race; a few days later, USAC reversed its position and declared Luyendyk the winner, though Foyt kept the trophy. The IRL relieved USAC of future scoring duties.
Personal life In 1955, Foyt married Lucy Zarr. She died in 2023. Foyt is the grandfather of A. J. Foyt IV and Larry Foyt, and was the godfather of John Andretti.
Foyt owns The Foyt Ranches, located in Hockley, Texas and Del Rio, Texas.
Pop culture references In season 5, episode 17 of The Office called "Lecture Circuit" (originally aired on February 12, 2009), Michael Scott asks Holly Flax's new boyfriend - named A. J. - "What kind of name is A.J.? What, do you race cars?"
Awards and honors Foyt has been inducted into the following halls of fame: Texas Sports Hall of Fame (1967) Auto Racing Hall of Fame (1978) National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame (1988) Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (1989) National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (1990) International Motorsports Hall of Fame (2000) Automotive Hall of Fame (2007) USAC Hall of Fame (2012) Sebring Hall of Fame (2018) Houston Sports Hall of Fame (2019)
A. J. Foyt Oval Championship In April 2010, the IRL announced the introduction of a championship to be awarded to the best-performing driver on oval tracks in an IndyCar Series season, alongside a similar championship for road course events. The trophy was awarded at the penultimate oval race of the 2010 and 2011 seasons, as the IRL wanted to focus exclusively on the Drivers' Championship for the season finale; for the 2012 season, however, it was awarded in the season-ending MAVTV 500. It was named the A. J. Foyt Oval Championship in honor of Foyt because of a poll conducted on the IndyCar Series website from late May to early June. After 2012, the oval and road course championships were both discontinued.
+ A. J. Foyt Oval Championship winnersSeasonDriverTeam 2010 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 2011 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 2012 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport
Racing record
Complete USAC Championship Car results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
CART (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) Year Team No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref 1979 Gilmore Racing 14 PHX ATL ATL INDY2 TRE TRE MCH MCH WGL TRE ONT MCH ATL PHX NC - 1980 Gilmore Racing ONTDNS INDY14 MIL POC19 MOH MCH WGL MIL ONT MCH MEX PHX 44th 45 1981 Gilmore Racing PHX MIL ATL ATL MCH26 RIV MIL MCH WGL MEX PHX NC 0 1982 Gilmore Racing PHX ATL MIL2 CLE22 MCH20 MIL POC20 RIV ROA MCH23 PHX 28th 22 1983 Gilmore Racing ATL INDY31 MIL CLE MCH ROA POC RIV MOH MCH CPL LAG PHX NC 0 1984 Gilmore Racing LBH PHX INDY6 MIL POR MEADNQ CLE MCH22 ROA POC27 MOH SAN MCHWth PHX14 LAG LVS22 21st 22 1985 A. J. Foyt Enterprises LBH INDY28 MIL POR MEA23 CLE MCHWth ROA POC24 MOH SAN24 MCH LAG PHX23 MIA20 49th 0 1986 A. J. Foyt Enterprises PHX17 LBH INDY24 MIL19 POR MEA CLE TOR MCH9 POC4 MOH SAN MCH16 ROA LAG PHX22 MIA23 21st 16 1987 A. J. Foyt Enterprises LBH PHX INDY19 MIL6 POR MEA CLE TOR MCH26 POC7 ROA MOH NAZ7 LAG MIA25 23rd 14 1988 A. J. Foyt Enterprises PHX4 LBH11 INDY26 MIL5 POR15 CLE11 TOR15 MEA17 MCH POC16 MOH22 ROA10 NAZ17 LAG24 MIA25 16th 29 1989 A. J. Foyt Enterprises PHX22 LBH25 INDY5 MIL20 DET26 PORDNS CLE MEA23 TOR17 MCH18 POC21 MOH21 ROA22 NAZ14 LAG 18th 10 1990 A. J. Foyt Enterprises PHX22 LBH24 INDY6 MIL9 DET17 POR10 CLE7 MEA5 TOR16 MCH6 DEN10 VAN13 MOH15 ROA20 NAZ LAG 11th 42 1991 Copenhagen Racing SRF LBH PHX INDY28 MIL16 DET23 POR16 CLE20 MEA13 TOR MCH17 DEN VAN MOH ROA NAZ16 LAG 33rd 0 1992 Walker Motorsport 17 SRF23 26th 4 Copenhagen Racing 14 PHXWth LBH INDY9 DET POR MIL NHA TOR MCH CLE ROA VAN MOH NAZ LAG 1993 Copenhagen Racing SRF PHX LBH INDYWth MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH NHA ROA VAN MOH NAZ LAG NC -
Indianapolis 500 results
Indianapolis 500 qualifying results Year Att # Date Time QualDay Car # Laps QualTime QualSpeed Rank Start Comment 1967 22 05-13 22 1 14 2 β β β β PULLED OFF 1967 28 05-13 28 1 14 4 β 166.289 4 4 1968 8 05-18 8 1 1 4 β 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 β 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 β β β β 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 β β β β 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 β β β β 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 β β 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 β β β β 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 β β β β 1980 32 05-10 16:14 1 14 1 β β β β 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 β β β β 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 β 1 14 0 β β β β PULLED OFF 1988 31 05-14 17:23 1 14 3 β β β β 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 β β β β PULLED OFF 1992 28 05-10 12:20 2 14 4 2:41.5810 222.798 16 23
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Ford Motor Company Shelby-American Inc. Dan Gurney Ford Mk IV P+5.0 388 1st 1st
NASCAR (key) (Bold β Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics β Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * β Most laps led.)
Grand National Series NASCAR Grand National 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 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 Pts Ref 1963 Nichels Engineering 02 Pontiac BIR GGS THS RSD2 DAY3 DAY DAY27 PIF AWS HBO NA - Smokey Yunick 13 Chevy ATL37 HCY BRI AUG RCH GPS SBO BGS MAR NWS CLB THS DAR ODS RCH CLT BIR ATL DAY11 MBS SVH DTS BGS ASH OBS BRR BRI GPS NSV CLB AWS PIF BGS ONA DAR HCY RCH MAR DTS NWS THS CLT SBO HBO RSD 1964 Matthews Racing 00 Ford CON AUG JSP SVH RSD21 DAY DAY4 DAY24 RCH BRI GPS BGS ATL11 AWS HBO PIF CLB NWS MAR SVH DAR LGY HCY SBO CLT GPS ASH ATL CON NSV CHT BIR VAL PIF NA - Nichels Engineering 47 Dodge DAY1 ODS OBS BRR ISP GLN LIN BRI NSV MBS AWS DTS ONA CLB BGS STR DAR HCY RCH ODS HBO MAR SVH NWS CLT24 HAR AUG JAC 1965 Holman-Moody 00 Ford RSD10 DAY DAY DAY PIF ASW RCH HBO NA - Wood Brothers 41 Ford ATL30 GPS NWS MAR CLB BRI DAR LGY BGS HCY CLT CCF ASH HAR NSV BIR ATL GPS MBS VAL DAY1 ODS OBS ISP GLN BRI NSV CCF AWS SMR PIF AUG CLB DTS BLV BGS DAR HCY LIN ODS RCH MAR NWS CLT6* HBO CAR DTS 1966 Junior Johnson 47 Ford AUG RSD31 DAY DAY11 DAY33 CAR BRI ATL HCY CLB GPS BGS NWS MAR DAR LGY MGR MON RCH CLT DTS ASH PIF SMR AWS BLV GPS DAY ODS BRR OXF FON ISP BRI SMR NSV ATL CLB AWS BLV BGS DAR HCY RCH HBO MAR NWS NA - Matthews Racing 27 Ford CLT43 CAR 1967 AUG RSD26 DAY2* DAY DAY37 AWS BRI GPS BGS ATL27 CLB HCY NWS MAR SVH RCH DAR BLV LGY CLT ASH MGR SMR BIR CAR GPS MGY DAY32 TRN OXF FDA ISP BRI SMR NSV ATL BGS CLB SVH DAR HCY RCH BLV HBO MAR NWS CLT22 CAR4 AWS NA - 1968 MGR MGY RSD43 DAY12 BRI RCH ATL HCY GPS CLB NWS MAR AUG AWS DAR BLV LGY CLT ASH MGR SMR BIR CAR GPS NA - Bondy Long 29 Ford DAY30 ISP OXF FDA TRN BRI SMR NSV ATL CLB BGS AWS SBO LGY DAR HCY RCH BLV HBO MAR NWS AUG Holman-Moody 11 Ford CLT10 CAR JFC 1969 Jack Bowsher & Associates 1 Ford MGR MGY RSD2 CLT40 SVH AUG CAR JFC MGR TWS NA - 11 DAY4 DAY DAY4 CAR AUG BRI ATL CLB HCY GPS RCH NWS MAR AWS DAR BLV LGY CLT MGR SMR MCH KPT GPS NCF DAY DOV TPN TRN BLV BRI NSV SMR ATL MCH SBO BGS AWS DAR HCY RCH TAL CLB MAR NWS 1970 RSD1 DAY DAY14 DAY32 RCH CAR SVH ATL BRI TAL NWS CLB DAR BLV LGY CLT SMR MAR MCH RSD HCY KPT GPS DAY AST TPN TRN BRI SMR NSV ATL CLB ONA MCH TAL BGS SBO DAR HCY RCH DOV NCF NWS CLT MAR MGR CAR LGY NA - 1971 Wood Brothers 21 Mercury RSD DAY2* DAY DAY3 ONT1* RCH CAR HCY BRI ATL1* CLB GPS SMR NWS MAR DAR SBO TAL ASH KPT CLT DOV MCH RSD HOU GPS NA - Holman-Moody 52 Mercury DAY38 BRI AST ISP TRN NSV ATL BGS ONA MCH TAL CLB HCY DAR MAR Matthews Racing 27 Chevy CLT30 DOV CAR34 MGR RCH NWS TWS
Winston Cup Series NASCAR Winston Cup 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 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Pts Ref 1972 Wood Brothers Racing 21 Mercury RSD28 DAY1* RCH ONT1* CAR ATL2 BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV MCH RSD TWS DAY BRI TRN ATL TAL MCH NSV DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS TWS2 NA 0 41 CLT4 CAR 1973 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 50 Chevy RSD DAY4 RCH CAR BRI ATL27 NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV CLT DOV TWS RSD MCH DAY37 BRI ATL TAL NSV DAR RCH DOV NWS MAR CLT CAR NA 0 1974 RSD DAY5 RCH CAR BRI ATL DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD MCH DAY29 BRI NSV ATL POC TAL MCH DAR RCH DOV NWS MAR 44th 41.22 Ellington Racing 28 Chevy CLT26 CAR ONT4 1975 RSD DAY11 RCH CAR BRI ATL35 NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD MCH DAY24 NSV POC TAL MCH30* DAR DOV NWS MAR CLT21 RCH CAR5 BRI ATL ONT14 NA 0 1976 RSD DAY22* CAR32 RCH BRI ATL NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD MCH DAY4 NSV POC TAL22 MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT38 CAR ATL ONT NA 0 1977 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 51 Chevy RSD DAY6 RCH CAR ATL34 NWS DAR BRI MAR TAL38 NSV DOV CLT RSD MCH DAY5 NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT7 CAR ATL ONT11 NA 0 1978 Buick RSD DAY32 RCH CAR ATL BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL3 DOV CLT NSV RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL ONT NA 0 1979 Olds RSD DAY3 CAR RCH ATL NWS BRI DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT TWS RSD MCH DAY10 NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR ATL ONT NA 0 1980 RSD DAY31 RCH CAR ATL BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT TWS RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV NWS MAR CLT CAR ATL ONT 101st 70 1981 RSD DAY35 RCH CAR ATL7 BRI NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT TWS RSD MCH DAY32 NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RSD 59th 271 1982 DAY21 RCH BRI ATL39 CAR DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT POC RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV NWS CLT MAR CAR ATL RSD 70th 146 1983 14 Chevy DAY11 RCH CAR ATL38 DAR NWS MAR TAL34 NSV DOV BRI CLT RSD POC MCH DAYWth NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RSD 76th - 1984 Olds DAY39 RCH CAR ATL35 BRI NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD POC MCH DAY NSV POC TAL36 MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR ATL41 RSD 76th - 1985 DAY30 RCH CAR ATL36 BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL DOV CLT RSD POC MCH DAY30 POC TAL5 MCH BRI DAR25 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT32 CAR ATL38 RSD 45th 410 1986 DAY29 RCH CAR ATL17 BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL DOV CLT RSD POC MCH DAY42 POC TAL30 GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT37 CAR ATL RSD 50th 355 1987 Morgan-McClure Motorsports DAY42 CAR RCH 50th 409 A. J. Foyt Enterprises ATL20 DAR NWS BRI MAR TAL CLT DOV POC RSD MCH DAY38 POC TAL35 GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT21 CAR RSD ATL37 1988 DAY33 RCH CAR ATL34 DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL28 CLT DOV RSD POC MCH DAY37 POC TAL12 GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT36 NWS CAR PHO ATL31 42nd 523 1989 DAY38 CAR ATL28 RCH DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL16 CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY35 POC TAL18 GLN37 MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLTWthβ NWS CAR PHO ATL36 40th 527 1990 DAY36 RCH CAR ATLDNQ DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY38 POC TAL27 GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 62nd 191 1992 B & B Racing 14 Olds DAY21 CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 70th 100 1993 Team Jones Racing 50 Ford DAYDNQ CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL NA - 1994 A. J. Foyt Enterprises DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND30 GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 70th 73 1995 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL INDDNQ GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHODNQ ATL NA - 1996 Barry Owen Racing DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL INDDNQ GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL NA - β - Withdrew after getting injured in practice
Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 1963 Nichels Engineering Pontiac 7 27 1964 Matthews Racing Ford 8 24 1966 Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 22 33 1967 Matthews Racing Ford 5 37 1968 19 12 1969 Jack Bowsher & Associates Ford 9 4 1970 28 32 1971 Wood Brothers Racing Mercury 1 3 1972 2 1 1973 A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 8 4 1974 35 5 1975 Ellington Racing Chevrolet 9 11 1976 31 22 1977 A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 2 6 1978 Buick 3 32 1979 Olds 6 3 1980 11 31 1981 10 35 1982 9 21 1983 Chevrolet 9 11 1984 Olds 32 39 1985 16 30 1986 20 29 1987 Morgan-McClure Motorsports Olds 41 42 1988 A. J. Foyt Enterprises Olds 17 33 1989 24 38 1990 13 36 1992 B & B Racing Olds 39 21 1993 Team Jones Racing Ford DNQ
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 Pts Ref 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 PHO18 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 PHO33 89th 143 56 LVS28
Complete FIA World Drivers' Championship results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 WDC Points Dean Van Lines Kuzma Offenhauser ARG MON NED 50016 BEL FRA GBR GER POR ITA MOR NC 0 Dean Van Lines Kuzma Offenhauser MON 50010 NED FRA GBR GER POR ITA USA NC 0 Bowes Seal Fast Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser ARG MON 50025 NED BEL FRA GBR POR ITA USA NC 0
International Race of Champions (key) (Bold β Pole position. * β Most laps led.) International Race of Champions results Year Make Q1 Q2 Q3 1 2 3 4 Pos. Pts Ref 1973β74 Porsche RSD6 RSD5 RSD6 DAY6 6th NA 1974β75 Chevy MCH9 RSD3 RSD4 DAY2 2nd NA 1975β76 MCH3 RSD2 RSD3 DAY2 1st NA 1976β77 MCH3 RSD8 RSD2 DAY2 1st NA 1978β79 Chevy MCH MCH1 RSD RSD12 ATL 12th NA 1985 Chevy DAY3* MOH10 TALC MCH11 9th 28 1989 Chevy DAY7 NZH5* MCH7 GLN10 7th 36
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A. J. Foyt was born on 16 January 1935 in Houston.
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