AJ Foyt IV

AJ Foyt IV 2015

Anthony Joseph A. J. Foyt IV (born May 25, 1984 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a currently pausing American automobile racer who drove in the IndyCar Series from 2003 to 2010 . He is the grandson of US motorsport legend AJ Foyt .

Career

Foyt made his first appearance in the IndyCar Series in 2003 for his grandfather's AJ Foyt Enterprises team . On his 19th birthday, he competed in the 2003 Indy 500 , making him the youngest driver ever to compete there. Until the end of the 2005 season there were no major successes. In the championship he reached positions around 20th place, which earned him the reputation of sitting in the team's car solely because of his name. He was replaced by Jeff Bucknum for the two street course races at Infineon Raceway and Watkins Glen .

Already at the end of 2005 he tried his hand at the NASCAR Busch Series with similarly modest success . Since his team merged with another in early 2006 and switched from Dodge to Chevrolet , a new problem arose: Foyt had a direct contract with Dodge. An attempt to qualify for another team failed. Foyt has therefore not contested a NASCAR race since 2006.

An opportunity arose to return to the IndyCar Series at the 2006 IndyCar season finale at Chicagoland Speedway . Dario Franchitti was injured so that A. J. Foyt IV stepped in as a substitute driver for Andretti Green Racing and finished the race in 14th place. In the 2007 and 2008 seasons he drove in the IndyCar Series for Team Vision Racing , where he achieved his two best results: third place at Kentucky Speedway in 2007 and fifth in the race at Iowa Speedway in 2008, which was abandoned due to rain .

In 2009 he only took part in two IndyCar events, the Indianapolis 500 and the race at Texas Motor Speedway . The following year he was only registered for the Indy 500, but dropped out after failing to make it into the top 24 on Pole Day , whereupon Jaques Lazier took his place.

His motorsport career has been on hold since 2010; instead he works as a scouting assistant for the American football team Indianapolis Colts .

statistics

IndyCar statistics

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	rank	Points
2003	Foyt	HMS 17	PHX Ret	MOT Ret	INDY 18th	TXS Ret	PPIR Ret	RIR Ret	KAN Ret	NSH 17	MIS Ret	STL Ret	KTY 17	NZR 11	CHI 17th	FON 17	TX2 Ret				21st	198
2004	Foyt	HMS 15	PHX 14	MOT 15	INDY Ret	TXS Ret	RIR 11	CAN 13	NSH 16	MIL 16	MIS 15	KTY 18	PPIR Ret	NZR 15	CHI Ret	FON Ret	TX2 10				18th	232
2005	Foyt	HMS 9	PHX 14	STP Ret	MOT 14	INDY Ret	TXS 18	RIR 14	CAN 16	NSH 12	MIL Ret	MIS 12	KTY 9	PPIR Ret	SNM DNP	CHI 11	WGL DNP	FON Ret			20th	231
2006	Andretti Green	HMS	STP	MOT	INDY	WGL	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	Mil	MIS	KTY	SNM	CHI 14						27.	16
2007	vision	HMS Ret	STP 13	MOT 13	CAN 9	INDY 14	MIL 13	TXS Ret	IOW Ret	RIR 13	WGL 15	NSH 12	MDO 13	MIS Ret	KTY 3	SNM Ret	DET Ret	CHI 10			14th	315
2008	vision	HMS 9	STP 11	MOT 1 Ret	LBH 1 DNP	KAN 8	INDY 21	MIL 17	TXS 12	IOW 5	RIR Ret	WGL Ret	NSH Ret	MDO 18	EDM 12	KTY Ret	SNM 20	DET 10	CHI 13	SRF 2 17	19th	280
2009	AJ Foyt Enterprises	STP	LBH	KAN	INDY 16	Mil	TXS Ret	IOW	RIR	WGL	GOAL	EDM	KTY	MDO	SNM	CHI	MOT	HMS			33.	26th
2010	AJ Foyt Enterprises	SAO	STP	ALA	LBH	KAN	INDY Wth 3	TXS	IOW	WGL	GOAL	EDM	MDO	SNM	CHI	KTY	MOT	HMS			NC	-

¹ both on the same day.

² no points.

³ Foyt was registered, drove the tests and also tried to qualify on Pole Day, but did not reach the top 24. He left the team on Bump Day and was replaced by Jacques Lazier.

Web links

Commons : AJ Foyt IV  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Career statistics of AJ Foyt IV (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ INDYCAR: Detroit: Vision Racing preview. motorsport.com, August 29, 2008, accessed February 5, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Biography. foytracing.com, archived from the original on June 22, 2007 ; Retrieved February 5, 2012 .