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The long awaited 1977 Indianapolis
500® winning A.J. Foyt/Gilmore Coyote model is here. Foyt's fourth Indy® victory is celebrated because he was the first driver to win the Memorial
Day Classic four times, and it's much more than that. The Bob Riley-designed
Coyote chassis was built and prepared by A.J. Foyt, Jr. and his crew,
including A.J. "Tony" Foyt, Sr. And the Foyt V-8 was built and developed in
the engine room at A.J. Foyt, Jr. Enterprises in Houston. We doubt that any
Indy® winning driver has ever had Foyt's involvement with a winning car, and
I can't imagine that his achievement will ever be matched. The actual car in
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum® has a more complicated
engine than any car we've previously modeled. So we took this opportunity to
have more detail on the model. When you examine this model closely, you'll
realize how completely we've captured this complexity.
Coyote History
A.J. Foyt, Jr. had
already won the Indianapolis 500® twice when
he began building his own Indy® cars for 1966. Foyt's
teammate George Snider put his Coyote on the front row for the
1966 Indy 500®. Foyt scored his third victory at Indy in 1967,
in a Coyote of his own construction-a first at Indy. In
1971 Foyt adopted the abandoned
Ford racing engine program
and re-badged the turbo V-8 engine as "Foyt."
In 1973 he raced a new design
car that would remain competitive and win races through 1978.
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Previously Released Coyote Models
