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Article: FOYT ADDS TO HIS LORE AS OWNER LEGEND SAVORS THE SUCCESS OF HIS YOUNG RACING TEAM.(Sports)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- October 11, 1998
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Byline: Mike Harris Associated Press
The memories are fading now.
A generation of racing fans never saw A.J. Foyt manhandle a car into submission with an iron will and a searing desire to win. To them, he's just a name out of the past.
But that's OK with A.J.
Foyt, 63, has other priorities nowadays. He's the very-hands-on owner of a two-car team in the Indy Racing League.
And if things go as planned today in the season-ending Las Vegas 500K, Foyt driver Kenny Brack will be the IRL champion. The 32-year-old Swede heads into the weekend with a solid 31-point lead over Davey Hamilton.
Brack, from a very un-Foytlike ...