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Foyt, Mario Andretti, and Bobby and Al Unser leading the charge in the 1960s and 1970s, of whom Foyt and Al Unser would eventually become, respectively, the first two of three drivers, to date, to win four times each.
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Foyt and Mario
Many of the most legendary drivers of the past 50 years have raced there including Ted Horn, Parnelli Jones, AJ Foyt, Bobby and Al Unser, Mario Andretti, Larry Dickson, Darrell Waltrip and Jeff Gordon.
Two drivers, Mario Andretti and A. J. Foyt, have won the Indianapolis 500 and have also won NASCAR's premiere event, the Daytona 500.
Foyt, Mario Andretti, Johnny Rutherford, Parnelli Jones, Johnnie Parsons, and Al Unser Jr., as well as NASCAR Sprint Cup champions Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart.
Also in 1972, the Los Angeles Coliseum hosted a demolition derby with mint-condition late model cars driven by Mario Andretti, A. J. Foyt, and Bobby Unser.
Foyt, Al Unser, Bobby Unser, Mario Andretti, Bobby Rahal, Jim Clark, Darrell Waltrip, Alan Kulwicki, Emerson Fittipaldi, Bobby Allison, Davey Allison, Nigel Mansell, Michael Andretti, Alex Zanardi, Harry Gant, Rusty Wallace, and Walker Evans, as well as current racing stars Danica Patrick, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Dario Franchitti, Jeff Gordon, Tony Kanaan, Scott Dixon, Hélio Castroneves and many others.
Foyt and Andretti
After qualifications ended, the sponsorship was transferred to the car of John Andretti, who was driving for A. J. Foyt Enterprises.
Meanwhile, Andretti and Foyt were furious and outspoken about their displeasure with Cogan.
Cogan nearly had the dubious distinction of taking out two of the most famous American auto racing legends ( Foyt and Andretti ) in one move in the biggest race of the season.
On September 5, 2006, Foyt was tabbed by the 2005 IndyCar Championship team, Andretti Green Racing, to replace injured regular AGR driver Dario Franchitti.
Foyt and Bobby
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.
Foyt swapped the lead with Bobby Isaac for the final 50 laps of the summer event at the Daytona International Speedway.
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 ).
Foyt, Emerson Fittipaldi, Bobby Allison, David Pearson, Peter Revson, Bobby Unser, and Gordon Johncock.
Foyt and Al
Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears each won the Indianapolis 500 four times on the traditional oval, and Jeff Gordon has also won four times on the oval in the Brickyard 400.
He also won the famous Daytona 24 hour race in 1985, co-driving the Porsche 956 from the Preston Henn Racing with Bob Wollek, AJ Foyt and Al Unser Sr.
Foyt and Unser
On 2 May 2007, it was announced that Unser would drive a car for racing legend A. J. Foyt in the 2007 Indianapolis 500, carrying the No. 50 on his car in recognition of A. J.
Foyt, Johnny Rutherford and both Unser brothers during his career.
Foyt and leading
In 1976 and 1978 he finished third at Indianapolis, and in 1977 he was leading A. J. Foyt when the car's crankshaft broke with sixteen laps to go.
Kenyon was leading as he approached the white flag, but his Foyt powered Eagle ran out of fuel.
Foyt and would
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.
After the race at Texas Motor Speedway, Vision and A. J. Foyt Enterprises announced that Hunter-Reay would move to Foyt's team to replaced the injured Vitor Meira for the remainder of the season.
Foyt announced in July 2006 that Larry would be assuming more management responsibilities at A. J.
In October 2005, Foyt announced that at the end of the 2005 season, he would leave Foyt Enterprises and drive in the NASCAR Busch Series for the # 38 Akins Motorsports team and was signed as a developmental driver for Evernham Motorsports.
Foyt would drive to an eighth place finish.
Foyt Racing at Watkins Glen where he would have his first career top five, a fourth place finish.
Foyt and eventually
Foyt Enterprises and eventually assume the role of team manager by the end of the 2007 season.
Foyt and respectively
Foyt attempted both the Nationwide and Camping World Truck races at Daytona in 2009, for Mac Hill Motorsports and Derrike Cope, Inc., respectively.
Foyt and first
* May 29 – Indianapolis 500: A. J. Foyt becomes the first driver to win the race four times.
Foyt wins his first 45th running of the Indianapolis 500 in the Bowes Seal Fast Special Trevis-Offenhauser
Foyt only needed ten races to get his first NASCAR victory.
* Foyt drove in the Indianapolis 500 for 35 consecutive years, winning it four times ( the first of only three to do so ).
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 ).
Foyt was the first driver to do so, and later on, George himself took a few laps.
Foyt began racing in 1993 in the go-kart ranks, and won his first race two years later.
Foyt competed in his first USAC Silver Crown event that August.
Even though Foyt was passed a few laps later by Tony Kanaan and Scott Dixon, he managed to hold on the rest of the way and drive to a career-best 3rd place finish, the first Top-5 finish of his career.
Two races later at Twin Ring Motegi in Japan, Foyt had his first top-10 start of the season for the Indy Japan 300 when qualifying was rained out.
He was one of the competitors in the first IRL race in 1996 with Foyt, the owner of his 1995 Indianapolis 500 car.
Foyt and two
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.
He later made two CART starts for Foyt Enterprises in 1992 but was knocked out of both races by mechanical issues.
Foyt, the two drivers mounted the victory stand and Gurney was handed a magnum of champagne.
Steadman Marlin competed for the team in two races and A. J. Foyt IV competed in one race for the team.
Foyt began racing Junior Dragsters as a nine-year-old and won two titles.
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