AJ Foyt
Nation: | United States | ||||||||
Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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First start: | Indianapolis 500 1958 | ||||||||
Last start: | Indianapolis 500 1960 | ||||||||
Constructors | |||||||||
1958–1959 Kuzma · 1960 Kurtis Kraft | |||||||||
statistics | |||||||||
World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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World Cup points : | - | ||||||||
Podiums : | - | ||||||||
Leadership laps : | - |
Anthony Joseph "AJ" Foyt (born January 16, 1935 in Houston , Texas ) is a former American racing driver .
Career
Foyt is considered a US motorsport legend as he won many important and highly regarded races. He triumphed four times at the Indianapolis 500 in 35 participations . In 1972 he won the Daytona 500 , which is part of the NASCAR series, in which he took a total of seven race wins. Foyt was also successful in sports car races . In 1967 he won the Le Mans 24-hour race . This was followed by victories in the 24-hour race at Daytona ( 1983 , 1985 ) and the 12-hour race at Sebring in 1985 , both in a Porsche 962 .
His main field of activity, however, was the Indycar or Champ Car single seaters. From 1957 to 1993 he took part in 369 races, achieved 53 best times in practice and won 67 races. He won the USAC championship in 1960 , 1961 , 1963 , 1964 , 1967 , 1975 and 1979 . After the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) split off, however, Foyt could no longer win any races there.
On January 17, 1965, Foyt had a serious accident at the Motor Trend 500 when he drove his car off the track due to a brake defect in order to prevent a collision with other vehicles. The car rolled over several times at more than 100 mph (around 160 km / h). The racing doctor initially declared the unconscious and hypoxic Foyt dead, but Parnelli Jones managed to resuscitate him. Foyt suffered a spinal fracture and a broken sternum, among other things, about three months passed before he could race again.
He won the International Race of Champions twice on identical near-production Chevrolet Camaro . With an Oldsmobile Aerotech he achieved several world records, including a. the highest average speed on a closed circuit, 413.788 km / h on August 27, 1987 on the 12.411 km test track near Fort Stockton , Texas.
Personal
His grandson AJ Foyt IV is also a racing driver and drove a. a. also in the IndyCar Series ( 2003 - 2010 ).
statistics
Results in the automobile world championship
Single results
season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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1958 | |||||||||||
16 * | |||||||||||
1959 | |||||||||||
10 | |||||||||||
1960 | |||||||||||
25 * |
Legend | ||
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colour | abbreviation | meaning |
gold | - | victory |
silver | - | 2nd place |
bronze | - | 3rd place |
green | - | Placement in the points |
blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
NC | not classified | |
red | DNQ | did not qualify |
DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
black | DSQ | disqualified |
White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
WD | withdrawn | |
Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
TD | Friday test driver | |
without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
INJ | injured or sick | |
EX | excluded | |
DNA | did not arrive | |
C. | Race canceled | |
no participation in the World Cup | ||
other | P / bold | Pole position |
SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
* | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1967 | Shelby American Inc. | Ford GT40 Mk.IV | Dan Gurney | Overall victory |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1963 | Nickey Chevrolet Co. | Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray | Jim Hurtubise | failure | Engine failure | |
1964 | Mecom Racing Team | Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport | John Cannon | Rank 22 | ||
1966 | Holman & Moody | Ford GT40 MK.II | Ronnie Bucknum | Rank 12 | ||
1967 | Ford Motor Company | Ford GT40 Mk.IIB | Lloyd Ruby | Rank 2 | ||
1984 | Henn's Swap Shop Racing | Porsche 935 L. | Bob Wollek | Derek Bell | Rank 3 | |
1985 | Preston Henn | Porsche 962 | Bob Wollek | Overall victory | ||
1986 | Henn's Swap Shop Racing | Porsche 962 | Drake Olson | failure | Gearbox damage | |
1987 | AJ Foyt Enterprises | Porsche 962 | Hurley Haywood | Danny Sullivan | failure | accident |
1988 | AJ Foyt Enterprises | Porsche 962 | Hurley Haywood | Rank 4 |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd |
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Frank Nichels | Pontiac Tempest | DAY | SEB | SEB | MAY | TAR | BER | ONLY | LEM | TAV | CCA | RTT | ONLY | BRI | BRI | PAR | ||||||||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1963 | Nickey Chevrolet Co. | Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray | DAY | SEB | SEB | TAR | SPA | MAY | ONLY | CON | ROS | LEM | MON | WIS | TAV | FRE | CCE | RTT | OVI | ONLY | MON | MON | TDF | BRI |
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1964 | Don Fong Mecom Racing Team |
Ferrari 250 GTO Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport |
DAY | SEB | TAR | MON | SPA | CON | ONLY | ROS | LEM | REI | FRE | CCE | RTT | SIM | ONLY | MON | TDF | BRI | BRI | PAR | ||
DNF | 22nd | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1966 | Holman & Moody | Ford GT40 | DAY | SEB | MON | TAR | SPA | ONLY | LEM | MUG | CCE | HOK | SIM | ONLY | ZEL | |||||||||
12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1967 |
Carroll Shelby International Ford |
Ford GT40 | DAY | SEB | MON | SPA | TAR | ONLY | LEM | HOK | MUG | BRH | CCE | ZEL | OVI | ONLY | ||||||||
DNF | 2 | 1 |
Web links
- biography
- Team website
- AJ Foyt: King of the Indy 500
- International Motorsports Hall of Fame page
- AJ Foyt's IROC and NASCAR driving career at racing-reference.info
Individual evidence
- ↑ TDIH: January 17, 1965. nascaryesteryear.wordpress.com, January 7, 2013, accessed on April 24, 2013 (English).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Foyt, AJ |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Foyt, Anthony Joseph (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1935 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Houston , Texas , United States |