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One Great Race Car Driver

A.J. Foyt is one of the stellar names in theand accidents often caused severe injury to
history of motorsports. This Texan startedthe drivers. In 1965, an accident in
his racing career on a small dirt track inRiverside, California left him with a broken
the town of Springfield, Illinois in 1957.ankle, a broken back, and severe chest
Though his career had him traveling over ainjuries. A doctor pronounced Foyt dead at
large part of the world, the most excitingthe scene, but driver Parnelli Jones say some
races were those in America. He became themovement and revived him. Only ten weeks
first four time winner of the Indianapolislater, Foyt was back behind the wheel,
500, on that famous motor speedway. He haswinning five races that season. The next year
competed in 35 Indy 500s as a driver, whichhis car hit the wall in Wisconsin, causing
is a record that probably will staythe fuel tank to rupture, and burning A.J.'s
unchallenged. A.J. has driven in a number ofhands and face. The rest of that season was a
different venues: NASCAR, midgets, sprints,difficult one to finish, and his point
and even Le Mans. He won over 150 major racesranking put him 13th in the list. Other
during his driving career, which has beenpeople began talking about his retiring from
over more than four decades. Not only is thisthe track. This caused A.J. to make 1967 a
man talented and versatile, but his longbanner year, and he won the national title
career has showed off two of his majorfor the fifth time. This included his third
character qualities: perseverance andwin at Indianapolis. The Indy 500 that year
toughness. Not only has A.J. instilled a lovehad a remarkable finish. A.J. was in front by
of cars and racing to his children, henearly one lap, and as he was making the last
himself received it from his father. Hislap, there was a large group of cars in front
father was an auto mechanic that lovedof him. All of a sudden, a number of cars
racing, and would tell A.J. stories of thewere spinning, and bouncing off the walls.
auto racing of years gone by. They worked onA.J. dropped his car into second gear,
cars together, as his father had them as adeciding he was going to win even if he had
hobby as well as a business. He took one ofto push a few cars ahead of him across the
the cars from his father and started out onfinish line. Many more notable successes
the racing circuit in the years 1953 throughcame, along with a number of other injuries,
1957. Though he persevered, driving the towthrough the 1970s and 1980s. One of the worst
vehicle to get the racer to the varioushappened in 1990, when his brakes failed and
tracks, success did not happen often.the car sailed off of the track at 190 mph
However, other race car owners noticed theand landed in a dirt wall. Though the
young man, and made him offers to be a driverinjuries were not life threatening, both of
for more established teams. The year 1958 washis legs were shattered. The pain was
his first year driving in the Indy 500. Heintense, and required several surgeries.
got past the rookie weedout, and finishedAfter another six months of therapy, he
16th in the race, actually earning severallimped to his car to qualify second for the
thousand dollars for the effort. This was aIndy 500. Though he did not complete this
great encouragement for someone used torace due to a mechanical malfunction, the
sleeping in the towing vehicle, or on anheart and determination of this great racer
extra cot in someone's house. The cars ofis exemplified by this victory over
that era did not have many safety features,circumstance.



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