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Article: Foyt Sounds Off on Rival CART's Allies
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 13, 1996
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INDIANAPOLIS After his third and last driver was safely in the
field for the May 26 Indianapolis 500, A.J. Foyt met with the press
for the first time this month.
And it took only one question to set him off about the war
between CART and the Foyt-supported Indy Racing League. Foyt was
asked about comments from drivers Michael Andretti, Bobby Rahal and
Al Unser Jr. and car owner Roger Penske from the Michigan
International Speedway, site of the U.S. 500.
And this was his answer:
"It does not surprise me because not one of them guys would be
there if they weren't under contracts to their owners. . . . It's a
terrible thing. They're the ones who are suffering.
"This (the Indianapolis ...