A. J. Foyt
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career 3 races run over 2 years Best finish 81st (1995) First race 1995 GM Goodwrench/Delco Battery 200 (Phoenix) Last race 1996 Carquest 420K (Las Vegas) Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0 USAC & CART Championship Car series Years active 1957–1993 Teams Dean Van Lines Special Anstead-Thompson Racing Gilmore Racing A. J. Foyt Enterprises Starts 369 Wins 67 Poles 53 Best finish 1st in 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1975, & 1979 (USAC) Formula One World Championship career Active years 1958–1960 Teams Kuzma, Kurtis Kraft Races 3 Championships 0 Wins 0 Podiums 0 Career points 0 Pole positions 0 Fastest laps 0 First race 1958 Indianapolis 500 Last race 1960 Indianapolis 500 Anthony Joseph "A. J." Foyt, Jr. (born January 16, 1935) ("Super Tex") is an American retired automobile racing driver. He raced in numerous genres of motorsports. His open wheel racing includes United States Automobile Club Champ cars and midget cars. He raced stock cars in NASCAR and USAC. He won several major sports car racing events. He holds the USAC career wins record with 159 victories, and the American championship racing career wins record with 67. He is the only driver to win the Indianapolis 500 (which he won four times), the Daytona 500, the 24 Hours of Daytona, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Foyt won the International Race of Champions all-star racing series in 1976 and 1977. In the NASCAR stock car circuit, he won the 1964 Firecracker 400 and the 1972 Daytona 500. Foyt survived three major crashes that caused serious injuries, and narrowly escaped a fourth. Foyt's success has led to induction in numerous motorsports halls of fame. Since his retirement from active racing, he has owned A. J. Foyt Enterprises, which has fielded teams in the CART, IRL, and NASCAR.