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Career Highlights


    A. J. Foyt IV

  • Champion 2002 IRL Infiniti Pro Series

  • Champion 2001 southwest region, SCCA Formula Continental Series

  • Youngest driver in IRL IndyCar Series history at the 2003 season opener at Homestead-Miami

  • Youngest driver (age 19) to compete in the Indianapolis 500, a race that dates back to 1911


2006
  • Signed with Evernham Motorsports in their Driver Development Program and is competing full-time in the NASCAR Busch Series. Driving the No. 38 Great Clips Dodge for Akins Motorsports, he will seek to earn Rookie of the Year honors.
 
2005
  • In third season of the IRL IndyCar Series, he posted two top-10 finishes and finished 20th in the standings. Jeff Bucknum subbed for him at two road courses Infineon and Watkins Glen so Foyt didn't earn points for those two events. He debuted in the NASCAR Busch Series driving for Akins Motorsports in the fin al four events. His best performance came at Miami where he qualified 11th and finished 24th.

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2004
  • Competed in second season of the IRL IndyCar Series.Posted career best start of 6th at Chicagoland (Joliet) Speedway. His best finish was 10th at Texas Motor Speedway

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2003
  • Competed in first Indy 500, starting 23rd and finishing 18th
  • Competed in first full season in IRL IndyCar Series with best start of 14th at Texas and best finish of 11th at Nazareth (Pa.) Speedway. Placed 21st in the standings.

 

2002
  • Champion IRL Infiniti Pro Series; scored four wins in seven; only driver to win multiple races in Infiniti Pro Series
  • Four IRL Infiniti Pro Series poles; only driver to win multiple poles; won from the pole at Kansas, Kentucky and Texas
  • Top 10 starts and finishes in all seven races
    Series leader in races led (five), and laps led (212)
  • Indy Racing League rookie test Oct. 31 at Texas; announced he would compete for A.J. Foyt Racing in the IRL IndyCar Series in 2003
  • First-team honors in the At Large category on the All-America Auto Racing Team, named by the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association

A.J. IV Showroom Waller,Texas

2001
  • Champion southwest region SCCA Formula Continental Series; six victories in nine starts
  • Rookie of the Year and third in the national point standings despite missing three events
  • Runner up in the Briggs heavy class at the World Karting Association Dirt Series World Championship in Daytona Beach, Fla.
  • Fourth in the light kart class at the 17th Annual O'Reilly Tulsa Shootout
    USAC Silver Crown Series debut at Springfield, Ill.; qualified 19th out of 60, and finished 28th in Hoosier Hundred at Indiana State Fairgrounds

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2000
  • Winner of the four-cycle stock light kart class event at the Holiday Classic in Phoenix
  • Winner of the stock medium class event at the O'Reilly Tulsa Shootout
  • Champion in Junior II Briggs restricted and unrestricted classes in World KartingAssociation (WKA) competition; nine pole positions and six wins
  • Winner of International Kart Federation (IKF) Nationals in three classes
  • Winner of two Duffys (the highest honor in the IKF)

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1999
  • Champion in four-cycle Junior II light, heavy and unrestricted class karting competition Texas
  • Champion in four-cycle Junior II light, heavy and unrestricted class karting competition Louisiana
  • Champion IKF Nationals four-cycle Junior II light and heavy class

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1998
  • Champion Hilltop Raceway in Waller, Texas
  • Champion IKF region 4 in Jr. II Heavy and 2 cycle Jr. II Light and Heavy
  • 2nd place in the 4 Cycle Jr. II Heavy at the Holiday Classic in Phoenix, Arizona
  • Winner Race of Champions 4 Cycle Jr. II

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1997
  • Champion Navasota Raceway
  • Winner Region 4 Summer Nationals at Lonestar Raceway
  • Runner-up at the Junior Dragster Nationals in Denver, Colorado
  • Champion Division 4 for 13 year olds
  • Winner Division 4 Race of Champions
  • Champion Hilltop Raceway and Alvin Raceway
  • Winner State Race held at Gulf Coast Karting in Katy, Texas

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1996
  • Qualifier at junior nationals at Texas Motorplex
  • Sportsman Award at Houston Raceway
 
1995
  • Racing career expanded to karts
  • Champion Navasota Raceway in junior dragsters
  • Qualifier at Junior Nationals at Indianapolis
 
1994
  • Racing career began in junior dragsters
 

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