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  1. Apr 9, 2017 · For 1967, fresh off his third Indy 500 victory, Ford partnered Foyt with legendary racer/engineer Dan Gurney on Carroll Shelby's team. There, the two made history. This was the first and only time ...

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  2. 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 ...

  3. Nov 13, 2019 · The movie tells the story—with a good dose of Hollywood thrown in—of Ford's 1966 Le Mans effort through the eyes of legendary car builder Carroll Shelby (played by Matt Damon) and driver Ken ...

  4. A. J. Foyt. Anthony Joseph Foyt Jr. (born January 16, 1935) is an American former racing driver who competed in numerous disciplines of motorsport. He is best known for his open wheel racing career, and for becoming the first four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. He holds the most American National Championship titles in history, winning seven.

  5. May 22, 2016 · That year, the American achieved an unheard-of one-two, winning at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Indianapolis 500. When he debuted at the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans, Anthony Joseph "A.J." Foyt was already, at 32 years old, one of the most popular drivers in the U.S. Still today, if one asks an American to name a motorsports driver on the spot ...

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  7. Apr 24, 2018 · 24 April 2018. Le Mans, France — Fifty years ago last June, on this very spot in central France, A.J. Foyt completed one of the most remarkable odysseys in racing history. Less than a week after winning the Indianapolis 500 for the third time in seven years, he flew to Le Mans to race a car he’d never driven on a track he’d never seen.

  8. A. J. Foyt. Full Name: Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr. Profession: Racing Car Driver. Nationality: American. Biography: Foyt is one of the great all-round motor racing drivers of all-time. He is the only driver to win the Indianapolis 500 (1961, 64, 67, 77), Daytona 500, 24 Hours of Daytona, 24 Hours of Le Mans as well as the 12 Hours of Sebring.

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