born american race car driver scouting assistant competed series briefly nascar nationwide series called series grandson began career racing moved open wheel racing ranks winning pro series indianapolis race youngest driver start event continued years injured indianapolis later season starts scheduled continue series team bought contract didn allow race car returned late season raced drove grandfather team trials indianapolis personal life born louisville kentucky lists hometown texas long time residence grandfather racing legend guided career appeared film avid fan march charged stemming incident december previous year married indianapolis vice president daughter team owner july september announced commentators japan given birth son referred nickname stylized early career began racing year old won titles moved years moving formula race cars won events claim southwest regional championship finished national point championships series rookie year year competed florida finished second feature event competed event august moved grandfather team newly formed won championship wins seven events moved series team finishing 21st final standings currently holds record youngest driver race rookie race occurred 19th birthday took record slightly months older start continued struggle finishing 18th points 20th indianapolis involved accident car driver suffered broken season improve team switched toyota chevrolet power mid season replaced late season road course events nascar october announced end season leave drive nascar series team signed developmental driver ran events late failed produce results scheduled run entire series schedule competitor rookie year award early season purchased switched dodge chevrolet bodies exclusive contract dodge prevented continuing team week found ride failed qualify race team attempted nascar race return september championship team replace injured regular driver drove club season final event finished 14th january signed return season drive team hours august involved spectacular seven car crash car sent airborne came car car left visible tire marks helmet crew able repair car track completed laps secure 8th place finish following week crew gave great pit stops allowed lead laps remaining passed laps later managed hold rest way drive career best 3rd place finish finish career best finish team history tying 3rd place finish milwaukee mile returned drivers hours returned vision team series season driving car driven march earned career best start series race auto insurance best qualifying time vision racing teammate earned career best start 2nd best qualifying time cars failed technical inspection meaning start rear field drove entry position 25th ninth place finish race races later japan start season japan qualifying starting grid based driver points standings drivers eighth championship points standings helped drivers ahead racing toyota grand prix contact wall forcing retire race early 15th place finish following week teammate shared row qualifying 5th best career start second start row turbo chances high finish end car caught pits accident involving buddy rice occurred drive eighth place finish best finish season came iowa corn june iowa finished fifth finished 19th points unable secure sponsorship run second car leaving ride returned indianapolis driving abc supply entry grandfather finished 16th lead lap teammate injured late race crash drafted substitute driver race stepped car home race drove car rest season texas race entered second enterprises car morning practice session final day qualifying grandfather got argument car setup resulting younger team drafted short notice qualify car failed find speed field football employed indianapolis scouting assistant career results american open wheel racing results key series run day non points paying exhibition race entered practiced qualifying attempt pole day failed bump day quit team replaced results nascar key bold pole position awarded qualifying time pole position earned points standings practice time laps led series
A. J. Foyt IV