Coyote
A.J. Foyt is not only the first driver to win the Memorial Day Classic four times, but he was the last man to win
in a front-engine car and the third to win in a rear-engine car. Foyt's driving career at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway® spanned from 1958 to 1992.
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. |