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A.J. Foyt and Richard Childress Racing Team Up with Conseco for the Indy 500
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Richard Childress and
A.J. Foyt on the front straight of Indianapolis Motor
Speedway on Pole Day.
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HOUSTON (May 3, 2001) - A.J. Foyt announced today that he will team up with his NASCAR marketing partner Conseco for the Indianapolis 500. Robby Gordon will pilot the No. 41
Conseco/Dallara-Aurora which is co-owned by Foyt and NASCAR champion team owner Richard Childress.
"Conseco and I have a long relationship dating back to 1996 when they first sponsored my Indy car team," said
Foyt. "It grew into a marketing partnership in 1999 when Team Conseco was formed to compete in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. With the Indy 500 being the biggest race in the world and Conseco being headquartered there, Richard and I are very happy to have Conseco on board ."
Conseco sponsored Foyt's Indy car team from 1996 through 1998. During that time, they won the first Indy Racing League title with driver Scott Sharp. Driving the Conseco No. 1, Billy Boat won his first pole at Las Vegas in 1997, and in 1998, he went on to win a race and six more poles including Indianapolis.
Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, Conseco, Inc.
(NYSE:CNC) is one of America's leading sources for insurance, investment and lending products. Through its subsidiaries and a nationwide network of distributors, Conseco helps more than 13 million customers step up to a better, more secure
future
A.J.
Foyt Partners with Richard Childress for Indy 500
HOUSTON (May 2, 2001) – A.J.
Foyt has taken on a partner for this year's Indianapolis
500.
NASCAR Winston Cup championship
team owner Richard Childress is now the co-owner of the No. 41
Dallara/Oldsmobile Aurora Indy car to be driven by Robby
Gordon in this year's Indy 500. A.J. Foyt filed an entry
change listing RCR Racing as the co-entrant (along with A.J.
Foyt Racing) of Gordon's car last Saturday.
"I was talking to Richard at
Talladega," said Indy's first four-time winning driver,
"and asked him if he wanted to be my partner in the second
car at Indy this year. Richard and I have been friends for
many, many years and I know he has enjoyed coming to Indy in
the past so I figured I'd give him a reason to come again.
The difference is he'll be a team owner this year."
"Being involved in some way
in the Indy 500 is something I've always wanted to do,"
said Childress. "A.J. and I have been friends for a long
time and there isn't anyone else I'd rather be a co-owner with
for that race. We have both been fortunate enough to get to
Victory Lane at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and I think we
have a real shot at getting there together this year with
Robby, who is a very talented driver."
Childress was a frequent visitor
to the Speedway in May during practice and Pole Day qualifying
in the 1980's.
Childress won the Brickyard 400
in 1995 with the late Dale Earnhardt, who led the race's
final 28 laps. Foyt last visited Victory Lane at the Speedway
in 1999 when Kenny Brack won the 500 in Foyt's No. 14.
Foyt's last victory as a driver came in 1977 when he became
the first man to win the race four times.
Eliseo Salazar is driving
Foyt's famed No. 14 Harrah's entry in this year's 500.
Salazar is currently second in the Indy Racing Northern Light
Series standings.
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