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First four-time winner of the Indianapolis
500 (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977); won 1999 Indy 500 with driver Kenny
Brack
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Only driver to have started in 35 consecutive
Indianapolis 500 mile races (1958-1992)
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A.J. Foyt takes his final lap in the Copenhagen
No. 14 at the Speedway moments before announcing his retirement
from driving Indy cars May 15, 1993.
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Only driver to have won the Indianapolis 500,
the Daytona 500 and the 24 Hours of LeMans
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A.J. Foyt (pictured here)
co-drove this Ford GT-40 with Dan Gurney to win the 24 Hours
of LeMans in 1967
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Only driver to have won seven national Indy
car championships; won 1996 and 1998 Indy Racing League titles.
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Only driver to have won 67 Indy car races
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Named Driver of the Century by Associated
Press and ESPN's RPM
2Night
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Indy racing League titles with drivers Scott
Sharp and Kenny Brack respectively
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Only driver to win 20 USAC races in one year:
1961 (10 midget, 6 sprint, 4 Indy car); won 18 USAC races in 1964
(10 Indy car, 5 sprint, 3 stock car)
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American Sportscasters Association Sports
Legend in 1993
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Inaugural inductee into the Motorsports Hall
of Fame in 1989
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Only driver to have won USAC's national Indy
car title and stock car championship in the same season: 1979
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Has won the International Race of Champions
twice: IROC III and IV in 1976 and 1977
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Has won 14 major driving championships
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Has won seven NASCAR Grand National (now
Winston Cup) races; nine pole positions
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Has won the 24 Hours of Daytona twice (1983
and 1985). Won the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1985
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Has won over $6,000,000 in his driving career
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1975 Driver of the Year
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Holds record for most 500-mile Indy car
victories: nine (four at Indy, four at Pocono, Pa. and one at
Ontario, Calif.)
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Holds record for best percentage for wins in
one season: 77% in 1964 when he won 10 out of 13 races
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Has won 53 pole positions
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