A. J. Foyt
Awards And Accomplishments
| Foyt won a career record seven Indy car national championships (1960-61, 1963-64, 1967, 1975, and 1979). | |
| Foyt won a career record sixty-seven Indy car races. | |
| Foyt won a career record nine 500-mile races (the Indianapolis 500 in 1961, 1964, 1967, and 1977; the Pocono 500 in 1973, 1975, 1979, and 1981; and the California 500 in 1975). | |
| Foyt is the only driver who has won the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona 500, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. | |
| Foyt is the only driver who has won the Indianapolis 500 in both a front-engine and a rear-engine race car. | |
| Foyt's USAC career record for total victories is 158. He is the only driver who has won twenty or more victories in USAC's four major categories: Indy cars, stock cars, sprint cars, and midget cars. | |
| 1960-61, 1963-64, 1967, 1975, 1979 | National Indy car championship |
| 1961 | Wins Indianapolis 500 race at an average speed of 139.130 mph, a new race record |
| 1961 | Wins record twenty USAC (United States Auto Club) races in one year |
| 1964 | Wins Indianapolis 500 at an average speed of 147.350, a new race record |
| 1964 | Wins a record ten Indy car season victories (out of thirteen starts) |
| 1965 | Wins a record ten pole positions in Indy cars this season, including the Indianapolis 500 |
| 1967 | Wins Indianapolis 500 at an average speed of 151.207 mph, a new race record |
| 1967 | Foyt and teammate, Dan Gurney, become the first Americans to win France's 24 Hours of Le Mans race |
| 1968, 1978 | USAC stock car championship |
| 1972 | Daytona 500 |
| 1972 | USAC dirt car championship |
| 1977 | Wins record fourth Indianapolis 500 |
| 1979 | Becomes first driver to win USAC's national Indy car and stock car championships in the same season |
| 1981 | Wins record ninth victory in 500-mile Indy car races at the Pocono 500 |
| 1983, 1985 | 24 Hours of Daytona |
| 1985 | 12 Hours of Sebring |
| 1989 | Inaugural inductee into the Motorsports Hall of Fame |
| 1991 | USAC and Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) reserve the number fourteen for the exclusive use of Foyt as either a driver or team owner, to be retired upon Foyt's retirement from the sport; this is the first time either of the two organizations have retired a racing number |
| 1992 | Qualifies for record thirty-five consecutive Indianapolis 500 races |
| 1993 | Wins the American Sportscasters Association Sports Legend Award |
| 1999 | Foyt named Driver of the Century by the Associated Press (along with Mario Andretti) |
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