#AJ Foyt

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AJ Foyt

On May 31, 1967 with just 10 miles to go, it looks like Parnelli Jones will win the Indy 500 as he has more than a 50-second lead. But then his turbine car's engine fails and he limps into the pits with a failure in the gear box. After leading 171 laps, a $6 bearing prevents Jones from receiving the first-place prize of $105,052. Taking advantage of Jones' hard luck is AJ Foyt, who wins the 3rd of his 4 Indy 500s. The victory is all the sweeter because Foyt Enterprises had built the winning Coyote Ford to Foyt's own specifications and because he had a miserable season in 1966 involving 3 wrecks. Foyt avoids a 5-car pileup on his final lap and coasts to the finish line more than a lap ahead of runner-up Al Unser Sr. In spite of 64 minutes of yellow lap time, Foyt averages 151.207 mph, the fastest of the 51 Indy 500s. The race has taken 2 days to complete. It was stopped yesterday because of rain, with Jones and his turbine special looking sensational in taking the lead through 18 laps.

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lol Sting Ray Robb is another thing ❤️ his face full of happiness is gold.

(the littke woolen stingray is soooooo cute!)

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Tiger powers Foyt to 5th USAC Championship! Ad for Esso racing fuels - 1968.

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santino ferrucci talking tall talk for a guy who can’t reach the top shelf in his cupboards…

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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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1967 Ford GT Mk IV

From the museum display:

“This was the first all-American car and team to win the race… The car’s sophisticated chassis borrowed heavily from aerospace techniques, and its shape was refined in a wind tunnel. But its big engine was based on Ford’s V8 used for stock car racing.”

Raced by Dan Gurney and AJ Foyt. Legends.

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"Hi, I'm AJ Foyt. Did you know commercials can break the fourth wall? Well they can, ya jerk."

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Fun Facts About My Grandpa, Mack McCoy

Was a good friend of Roy Disney

Ran moonshine during prohibition when he was 9/10 years old

Lived in an old farmhouse without running water until his late 20's.

Was classified 4F during the war, so he joined the Forest Service. The Forest Service was used to build roads and fight forest fires. Ever see a movie where fire fighters parachute out of air planes into the middle of burning forests? That's what he did during the first half of the 40's.

While he was in the Forest Service he met and became lifelong friends with a young man named Francis McCown, who would later be known as the actor Rory Calhoun. (My dad tells a story of meeting his dad's friend "Frank" sometime around 1966. Frank was in town to pick up a new car from the Ford dealership and also wanted to take my grandpa out to lunch. My dad tagged along. Boy, was my dad surprised when Frank turned out to be the guy from the western movies.)

He built engines and chassis for Indy cars, Sprint cars and Midgets. His work was said to be very high quality and because of this he became well known in racing circles.

After 2 years of building cars he started racing. They say he was fast, especially in midgets. One quote I've heard about him, "If Mack passes you, that's it. You won't be able to get in front of him."

AJ Foyt had a bad habit of physically fighting anyone who beat him. When he tangled with my grandpa though, he regretted it.

One of the cars that my grandpa built was used in the Clark Gable movie To Please A Lady (1950). It can be seen in the first race sequence around 9 minutes in. It is car #36 with the square grille and "M" insignia. He never knew that his car was used in a movie, but he would have been honored.

Among the racers that have driven his cars are Bill and Eli Vukovich, Parnelli Jones and Bobby Unser.

He retired from racing and became a mechanic for a Ford dealership around 1960 because his wife requested that he change careers. He never really talked about racing ever again after that.

He was also a rodeo rider for a time in the 1930's and 40's.

Also among his well known friends were Henry Hull and Arthur Hunnicut, but I don't know how he met them.

That's all I can really remember at the moment. I'll probably update this later as I learn more. Bonus Facts:

Bill and Eli Vukovich and Parnelli Jones (who went by the name Rufus) used to spend weekends at my family's house when they were racing near town. They used to get drunk on cheap beer, start good natured fist fights and break up my grandmother's furniture. But they never failed to replace the broken coffee tables and chairs.

Bill Vukovich was at my family's house for dinner just two weeks before his fatal crash at Indianapolis on May 30 1955

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A.J. Foyt's Ford Race Car

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1-16 - 1935 – A. J. Foyt

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Indycar

Good news for David :D

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#KYLEKIRKWOOD: IT’S A FEMININOMENON!

SAY IT WITH ME FOLKS, WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS A: FEMININOMENON! i believe it was @sof1shticated who said that kyle needs to get femininomenon edits about him and i am here to provide :D got a couple more edits loaded for the next few days (bus bros the chain edit, marcus a birthday edit, a special birthday edit for my grandma) so be on the lookout for those!!!

slight flash warning as well!

song is femininomenon by chappell roan