A.J. Foyt Driving on Dirt Track, undated photograph

Summary

A.J. Foyt began racing midget cars in the 1950s and quickly moved up the ranks. He won the Indianapolis 500 four times. Foyt and co-driver Dan Gurney drove the Ford Mark IV to victory at Le Mans in 1967. Foyt is the only driver to win the Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500, 24 Hours of Daytona, and 24 Hours of Le Mans.

A.J. Foyt began racing midget cars in the 1950s and quickly moved up the ranks. He won the Indianapolis 500 four times. Foyt and co-driver Dan Gurney drove the Ford Mark IV to victory at Le Mans in 1967. Foyt is the only driver to win the Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500, 24 Hours of Daytona, and 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1980

Creators

Unknown

Collection Title

Phil Harms Collection 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.103.49

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in

Width: 10 in

Inscriptions

Handwritten in image: A.J. FOYT

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