#a. j. foyt

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Mario Andretti, Dan Gurney, Don Prudhome, and A. J. Foyt, standing next to a Blown, 427 Ford Cammer, rail.

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Dan Gurney & A. J. Foyt (Shelby American - Ford GT40 Mk IV #J5) vainqueurs des 24 Heures du Mans 1967. © LAT - Motorsport. - source Carros e Pilotos.

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Happy 90th birthday, Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr.

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Anthony Joseph Foyt IV is an American professional football scout and former racing driver. He is a scouting assistant for the Indianapolis Colts, and drove in...

Link: A. J. Foyt IV

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1967 24 Hours of Le Mans

Dan Gurney / A. J. Foyt

Ford Mk IV

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An Article about Lella Lombardi - Nobody makes jokes about women drivers around Lella Lombardi

The sleek Lola T-332 racing car crossed the starting line at the river side, Calif, Grand Prix, hurtled ahead of three cars, and swooped back inside with split-second timings.

"You mean that's really a girl?" Muttered three times indianapolis 500 winner A. J. Foyt, looking on in incredulously from the side liners.

For Lella Lombardi, the first woman in 17 years (and the second ever) to compete on high performance Formula One circut - the big leagues of professionals auto racing - the question is all but invetable. What in the world is a nice Italian girl like Lella doing in overalls and a crash helmet, risking her life at speeds close to 200 miles an hour?

"That's what mama keeps asking me," says the tomboyish 31-year-old Lella, "I guess she thinks I should be home with a good husband and a houseful of bambini."

It was obvious from the beginning, to Lella at least, that she was cut from different cloth compared to most girls. Born in the little Piedmontese village of Furgarolo, she was hooked on auto racing before she was out of diapers.

"The first I remember, I am perhaps 4 or 5 years old," she recalls, "I was making little cars from things I found in my mum's sewing box. When I was 8 I decided I shall be a racing driver. I didn't say anything but I made up my mind."

As a teenager Lella raced motorcycles with boys in her village. The boys were scandalized she beat them - their mothers that she was racing at all. Eventually the village priest came to call.

"He explained why I should be like a girl and what a girl must do," she remembers. "So I told him, 'yes father' but all the time I am thinking why am I not allowed to do as I want."

Nothing if not persistent, Lella saw her first race at 18. Five years later she brought a car of her own, secondhand, Formula Monza 500 that she tinkered with and drove in races herself. Last year, nearly after a decade of coming up through the ranks, she was approached by March Racing Ltd, of England which was looking for a driver for its two-man Grand Prix team.

"Formula 2, Formula 3, Formula 5000 - I raced in them all," says Lella, "I win a lot in Italy - six times women's champion. So when March comes to ask me to try out for them, I say to myself, 'Why not?'"

March's decision to hire her was hardly made lightly. A single Grand Prix car costs $100,000 and putting it through a season of racing costs several hundred thousand dollars more.

"Putting a woman into a Grand Prix cockpit means shattering a lot of tradition," acknowledges March team manager, Max Mosley. "Of course, my wild told me, the only reason I was hesitating was because of Lella's sex, no doubt about her skill, in the end, I guess my wife was right."

Now prepping for this Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, Lella is given little chance of winning a race this season (although she finished a respectable sixth in last week's accident-shorter Spanish Grand Prix) since March is designing its cars. Some drivers perhaps disturbed by Lella's invasion of their male peserve, doubt the chunky, 5"2, Lombardi has the stamina for long-distance racing. But March chief Roy Wardell, was watching her during a gruelling test of the company's racers, disagrees.

"Thrasing a car about it bloody hard work," he says, "most male drivers would have been bitching and complaining but she drove more than 300 miles flat out without a whimper." Her main fault, says Wardell, is a rookie's understandable caution. "Lella is still a bit afraid that if she spins out everyone will say, 'see a woman driver'" he says, "but her confidence is building. Pretty soon she'll be mixing it up with the best of them."

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From Teen Titans #48 (1977)

1977? Flash from the Past 1977? The year of the first flight of the United States Space Shuttle? The year Uranus' rings were discovered? The 7th year Columbo was nominated for at least one Prime Time Emmy? The year The Commodore PET was introduced? The Year The Clash released "White Riot"? The year Allen Bussey did 20,302 yo-yo loops? The year Star Wars was released in theatres? The year the International Computer Chess Association was formed? The year Electric Light Orchestra released international chart-topping song "Telephone Line"? The year the United States State of New Jersey started allowing casino gambling in Atlantic City? The year Paul Hackett was on the cover of Skateboarder Magazine? The year Silver St. Cloud made her first apearance in Detective Comics #470? The year we started using fiber-optics for communication? The year the musical Annie won a Tony Award? The year that one guy was struck by lighting for the 7th time? The year Barbra Streisand and Paul Williams won Best Original Song? The year Sadaharu Oh hit his 756th home run? The year the Eagles won Record of the Year with "Hotel California"? The year DC Comics raised the price of a standard comic book from 30 to 35 cents? The year Ellen Berryman won the women's division in the Skateboarding Freestyle World Campionships? The year Fleetwood Mac won Album of the Year with "Rumours"? The year General Motors introduced the Oldsmobile 88? The year The Carpenters released "I Just Fall In Love Again"? The year the MRI was becoming viable for medical use? The year the circus opera "Houdini" premiered in Amsterdam, Netherlands? The year Ringo Starr released "Ringo the 4th"? The year Alan Alda won M*A*S*H their 8th Emmy? The year DC revived Aquaman? The year Princess Beatrice opened the Amsterdam metro? The year Faye Dunaway won Best Actress? The year Canada started showing a regular TV broadcast of parliament? The year Walter Browne won his third straight US chess championship? The year of the Snake? The year Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver was nominated for 4 Academy Awards? The year A. J. Foyt became the first person to win the Indianapolis 500 four times? The year Freaky Friday made $25,942,00 at the box office? The year the Apple II computer entered the technology market? The year The Sex Pistols release chart-topping album "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols"? The year Joel Benjamin became a chess master at the age of 13? The year of the Dover Demon sightings in the town of Dover, Massachusetts? That 1977? 🫠 x40

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One more music post for 2024. The 2005 edition of my Indy 500 soundtrack posts. Enjoy.

Tony Kanaan (Car 11) - Will Smith - Switch

Sam Hornish Jr (Car 6) - Black Eyed Peas - Don't Phunk With My Heart

Scott Sharp (Car 8) - Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone

Danica Patrick (Car 16) - 3 Doors Down - Let Me Go

Helio Castroneves (Car 3) - Ciara ft Ludacris - Oh

Dario Franchitti (Car 27) - Trillville ft Cutty - Some Cut

Vitor Meira (Car 17) - Frankie J ft Baby Bash - Obsession (No Es Amor)

Kosuke Matsuura (Car 55) - Nelly ft Jung Tru & King Jacob - Errtime

Buddy Lazier (Car 95) - Phil Vasser - I'll Take That As A Yes (The Hot Tub Song)

Tomas Enge (Car 2) - Mariah Carey - We Belong Together

Tomas Scheckter (Car 4) - 50 Cent - Just A Lil Bit

Bruno Junqueira (Car 36) - Alicia Keys - Karma

Scott Dixon (Car 9) - Bobby Valentino - Slow Down

Adrian Fernandez (Car 5) - The Game ft 50 Cent - Hate It Or Love It

Sebastien Bourdais (Car 37) - Baby Bash ft Akon - Baby I'm Back

Dan Wheldon (Car 26) - Howie Day - Collide

Roger Yasukawa (Car 24) - Brooke Valentine ft Lil Jon & Big Boi - Girlfight

Bryan Herta (Car 7) - Rob Thomas - Lonely No More

Darren Manning (Car 10) - Akon - Lonely

Richie Hearn (Car 70) - George Strait - You'll Be There

Jeff Bucknum (Car 44) - Keith Urban - Making Memories Of Us

Alex Barron (Car 51) - Ludacris - Number One Spot

Kenny Brack (Car 15) - Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Ryan Briscoe (Car 33) - Dave Matthews Band - American Baby

Patrick Carpentier (Car 83) - Destiny's Child - Cater 2 U

Ed Carpenter (Car 20) - Trick Daddy ft Ludacris, Lil' LKim & Cee-Lo - Sugar (Gimme Some)

Jaques Lazier (Car 21) - Weezer - Beverly Hills

AJ Foyt IV (Car 14) - Backstreet Boys - Incomplete

Marty Roth (Car 25) - Pretty Ricky - Grind With Me

Larry Foyt (Car 41) - Papa Roach - Scars

Jeff Ward (Car 22) - 50 Cent - Disco Inferno

Jimmy Kite (Car 91) - Jesse McCartney - She's No You

Felipe Giaffone (Car 48) - Fantasia - Truth Is

All added to this playlist :)

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The A. J. Foyt watch didn't sell as well as the Rolex Mickey Mouse.

I thought this was a joke but there are Rolex Mickey Mouse watches.

Esquire December 1974

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Dan Gurney, A J Foyt

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Indycar Driver Lore

Indycar Driver Lore Masterlist

Sting Ray Robb

Birthdate: Sept. 3, 2001 Hometown: Payette, Idaho Residence: Payette, Idaho Height/Weight: Unknown

Rookie Year: 2023

Team: A. J. Foyt Enterprises

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Career Stats

2023 Dale Coyne Racing w/ Rick Ware Racing - 23rd Overall

Indy Lights (now IndyNXT) 2021 Juncos Racing - 8th Overall 2022 Andretti Autosport - 2nd Overall

Named after the Corvette, won the 2020 USF Pro 2000 championship and has raced Formula Car Challenge and NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. -- Faith is a key part of his life, and he is involved in The Porch young adult ministry. enjoys spending his time outdoors in the mountains of his home state, Idaho, where he skis and hunts in the fall and winter and participates in rock climbing and watersports in the spring and summer.

Iconic/memorable moments

Idaho native Sting Ray Robb reflects on journey ahead of Indy 500 debut "It's a dream come true." Sting Ray Robb will race in the Indy Car Series Interviewing David Malukas and Sting Ray Robb Indycar Driver Sting Ray Robb Tells Us about the New Detroit GP street course! IndyCar Driver Sting Ray Robb Joins Us at Indy 500 Media Day Live at McGilvery's 04/25/2023: Sting Ray Robb - Racer to Racer Podcast Sting Ray Robb - Racer to Racer Podcast Ministry In Motorsports : Episode 01 : Sting Ray Robb

Since he was three, Sting Ray Robb, from Payette, Idaho, has aspired to be a racecar driver. This all- American, Champion driver has already enjoyed a “fantastic dream” driving career. While competing against the world’s best at every level, he has garnered numerous honors, trophies, podiums and championships along the way.

Yes, Sting Ray, is his real legal name and he believes he was born to race! As soon as he was able to walk and talk, he asked for a race car. And so with a little pedal red Corvette, the journey began.

Fanfic Lore

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A.J Foyt and Dan Gurney won Le Mans the following year in the new Mark IV iteration – a highly evolved J-car, that had proven much faster during testing at Ford’s giant Kingman Arizona facility – comfortably defeating the Ferrari 330 P4s (a 1-2-3 win for the Italians at Daytona that year may have offered some solace), and the radically bewinged Chaparral 2F. (Gurney is credited with being the first driver to spray Champagne in the podium celebration.

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Dan Gurney (Shelby American - Ford GT40 Mk IV #J5) vainqueur avec A. J. Foyt des 24 Heures du Mans 1967. © Yves Debraine / Klemantaski / Getty. - source Carros e Pilotos.

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1-16 - 1935 – A. J. Foyt

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The 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 35th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 10 and 11 June 1967. It was also the seventh round of the 1967 World Sportscar Championship.

Dan Gurney and A. J. Foyt, driving a Ford Mk IV, won the race after leading from the second hour, becoming the first and as of 2024 the only all-American victors (car, team, and drivers) of the race. Ferrari were second and third, and these top-three cars all broke the 5000 km mark in total distance covered for the first time. All overall records were broken – fastest, furthest, a new lap record, and biggest engine to win, along with a number of class records

** I question this:: becoming the first and as of 2024 the only all-American victors (car, team, and drivers) of the race. What about 1966 Ken Miles, Carroll Shelby and the Ford GT 40

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 Spark Model 43LM67 Ford Mk IV #1 ‘Dan Gurney - A. J. Foyt’ Winner Le Mans 1967. 1/43rd scale resin model car.