Article: Foyt's NASCAR effort getting untracked.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

INDIANAPOLIS _ Not being a front-runner, well, that was tough enough for A. J. Foyt in his first year back as a NASCAR team owner. But being a non-runner finally turned Foyt's face fiery.

After nine races _ when three different drivers had failed to qualify Foyt's Pontiac for five races _ the Foyt hit the fan.

"That's when I said, `I've got to make changes, because this ain't gonna fly with myself or my partner, Conseco,' " said Foyt, 65, a four-time Indianapolis 500 winner.

"I got pretty disgusted, because I'm not just going to races to go to a race to watch. And if I can't have cars that are competitive and be up front, that's not my style of ...

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