But it would be a somewhat of a bitter-sweet triumph for A.J., who's father was very sick, and would pass away later that year. In 1985, Foyt and Bob Wollek won the race again, this time with among others, fellow Indy legend Al Unser, Sr. That meant that two of Indy's three four-time winners (Unser only had 3 Indy wins then) teamed up to win the 24 in 1985, which was A.J.'s final big win. Foyt gave Unser a big break in 1965 by giving him one of his back-up cars to drive in that year's Indy 500.
So A.J. Foyt, who had already become the first (and only at that time) 4-time Indianapolis 500 winner, as well as having won six IndyCar titles, three NASCAR races at Daytona, including the 1972 Daytona 500, as well as, in his only attempt, the 1967 24 Hours of LeMans (with Dan Gurney), with the help of Bob Wollek and Claude Ballot-Lena (who drove in the 1978 Daytona 500 for long-time NASCAR veteran G.C. Spencer), conquers yet another mountain in motorsports, the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1983.
But it would be a somewhat of a bitter-sweet triumph for A.J., who's father was very sick, and would pass away later that year. In 1985, Foyt and Bob Wollek won the race again, this time with among others, fellow Indy legend Al Unser, Sr. That meant that two of Indy's three four-time winners (Unser only had 3 Indy wins then) teamed up to win the 24 in 1985, which was A.J.'s final big win. Foyt gave Unser a big break in 1965 by giving him one of his back-up cars to drive in that year's Indy 500.
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So A.J. Foyt, who had already become the first (and only at that time) 4-time Indianapolis 500 winner, as well as having won six IndyCar titles, three NASCAR races at Daytona, including the 1972 Daytona 500, as well as, in his only attempt, the 1967 24 Hours of LeMans (with Dan Gurney), with the help of Bob Wollek and Claude Ballot-Lena (who drove in the 1978 Daytona 500 for long-time NASCAR veteran G.C. Spencer), conquers yet another mountain in motorsports, the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1983.
cjs3872 1 month ago