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Из статьи о Джиме Кларке в "Инди-500" (Great Scot - Jim Clark (Racer - 2015.05).pdf): Listing A.J. Foyt’s achievements in
Indy car racing is a long enough task in
itself. Driving in the Indianapolis 500 for
35 consecutive years, he won the world’s
biggest race twice in front-engined
roadsters and twice in rear-engined cars,
to become the first of only three
four-time winners. He holds the record for
number of Indy car race wins (67), he’s
second in the all-time pole-winners’ list
(53) and he added six Indy car (USAC
National) titles to his 1960 USAC
Sprint Car championship.
But it’s when he stepped outside his
racing specialty that the breadth of Foyt’s
ability became quite jaw-dropping. He
famously won the 24 Hours of Le Mans
in 1967 with Dan Gurney and the Ford
GT40 MkIV, but also added two
Daytona 24 Hours (1983 and ’85) and
a Sebring 12 Hours to his list of sports
car achievements. That latter victory also
came in 1985 in a Porsche 962 shared
with Bob Wollek, and was the last
professional win of A.J.’s career.
Foyt was the second Indy car ace to
conquer the Daytona 500, his win coming
in 1972. But he achieved six other
NASCAR Cup wins between 1964 and
’72, and he also scored nine poles. In fact,
stock car racing seemed to come pretty
easy to Foyt. He won USAC’s Stock Car
championship in ’68, ’78 and ’79, scoring
a total of 41 wins, and also won the
IROC Series in both 1976 and ’77.
A.J.’s 50 wins in USAC Sprint, Midget
and Dirt Champ Cars were supplemented
by back-to-back victories in the Australian
Speedcar Grand Prix (Aussie sprint cars).
In short, whether he was racing open-
wheel, closed-wheel, open- or closed
cockpit, paved or dirt track, Foyt proved
he could and likely would master it.
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