foyt enterprises founded 1965 base waller texas usa team principal s a. j. foyt larry foyt jack starne craig baranouski tom howatt current series indycar series former series nascar current drivers takuma sato jack hawksworth drivers championships 1967 usac foyt 1975 usac foyt 1979 usac foyt 1996 irl sharp 1998 irl br ck website http www.foytracing.com a. j. foyt right and former driver darren manning left at the 2007 indianapolis 500 a. j. foyt enterprises is an american racing team in the verizon indycar series and formerly nascar . it is owned by four time indianapolis 500 winner 1972 daytona 500 winner 1967 24 hours of le mans winner and two time 24 hours of daytona winner a. j. foyt . contents 1 usac national championship 2 cart 3 indycar 4 nascar nextel cup 4.1 no. 14 history 4.2 no. 41 history 5 nascar busch series 5.1 no. 14 history 6 racing results 6.1 complete cart indy car world series results 6.2 complete irl indycar series results 7 drivers who have driven for a. j. foyt enterprises 7.1 usac national championship 7.2 cart 7.3 indycar 7.4 nascar 7.4.1 cup series 7.4.2 grand national series 7.4.3 truck series 7.5 usac silver crown 8 references 9 external links usac national championship edit the team was founded in 1965 and won three national championship in 1967 1975 and 1979 and two indianapolis 500 in 1967 and 1977 all with a. j. foyt at the wheel . cart edit a. j. foyt enterprises never won a cart sanctioned event during its participation from 1979 to 1995 . at the 1995 bosch spark plug grand prix eddie cheever was leading the race with just over one lap to go when the car ran out fuel . it would be the closest the team came to winning a cart race . indycar edit jack hawksworth participating in the pit stop challenge at the indianapolis motor speedway in 2015 . foyt enterprises won irl titles in 1996 with scott sharp and 1998 with kenny br ck . br ck also won the indianapolis 500 for the team in 1999 . in 2006 the team hoped to resurrect itself with experienced driver felipe giaffone and a more level playing ground brought by a spec engine . however after a strong start to the season the team struggled after the indianapolis 500 and parted ways with giaffone after the eighth race . jeff bucknum was brought in to fill the seat for the rest of the year . in 2007 foyt announced that larry foyt would take over as team manager and darren manning was signed as the team s driver . manning captured three top five finishes in his two years with the team including a second place in 2008 at watkins glen international . however with high profile veteran v tor meira becoming available following the 2008 season foyt signed him to replace manning . foyt enterprises began the 2009 indycar series season sponsored by abc supply and fielding vitor meira who was injured in the indianapolis 500 . ryan hunter reay and paul tracy took over driving duties for the rest of the 2009 season . meira returned in 2010 but split with the team after the season . japanese driver takuma sato joined foyt s team in 2013 winning that year at long beach . the team announced in october that they would field a second car no. 41 full time in 2015 for jack hawksworth . 1 nascar nextel cup edit no. 14 history edit the no. 14 started as the no. 50 when a. j. foyt began fielding nascar teams in 1973 part time driving the purolator sponsored chevrolet . he drove for the team on a very limited schedule throughout the seventies picking up one pole and nine top tens . ron hutcherson was the first driver besides foyt to drive the car and later johnny rutherford drove for the team in 1978 . in the 1980s foyt was almost the sole driver of the team and switched to the no. 14 with a valvoline sponsorship in 1983 and posted his final career top 5 at talladega two years later in the copenhagen sponsored car . in 1989 tracy leslie drove for the team in a pair of races finishing 20th at michigan international speedway . foyt did not drive in the 1991 season . instead he allowed mike chase to drive for him . this driver finished no better than 25th . foyt afterwards did not field a team until the inaugural brickyard 400 in 1994 when he qualified 40th and finished 30th in the no. 50 . foyt would attempt the brickyard for the next two seasons but did not qualify for either race forcing his permanent retirement . during the 1999 season rumors began spreading that foyt would revive his defunct operation to compete in the cup series . after several months it was announced that foyt would hire rookie mike bliss as driver of the no. 14 conseco sponsored pontiac grand prix . bliss qualified for the daytona 500 but after failing to do so for the next three races he was released and briefly replaced by dick trickle . after getting an offer from another team trickle would leave as well . he would be replaced by rick mast after he and several crew members left the bankrupt larry hedrick motorsports team . mast stayed with the team for the rest of the season and had two top 10 s. in 2001 ron hornaday jr. was selected as the team s driver but he only posted only one top 10 and was dismissed at the end of the season . following hornaday s departure stacy compton began driving for the team starting in 2002 . after posting only three top 20 finishes compton left the team and p. j. jones took over at the sirius satellite radio at the glen and posted the team s best finish of fourth . mike wallace was then designated as driver posting a 10th place run at bristol motor speedway . it had been originally announced foyt would field two cars in 2003 with wallace in the 14 and his adopted son larry foyt in a second car with a sponsorship from harrah s. unfortunately conseco filed for bankruptcy leaving only one car with larry driving . the team also switched its cup team to dodge with engines provided by evernham motorsports . foyt only qualified for 20 races with a best finish of 16th and finished 41st in points . harrah s left at the end of 2003 and larry foyt qualified for three races in 2004 but did not obtain major sponsorship leaving the team inactive . later in the season foyt sold his owner s points to ppc racing s new cup team . a. j. foyt racing officially closed their cup team in 2006 following an auction of the team s nascar equipment in august . no. 41 history edit foyt racing also briefly expanded to a two car team at the 2000 season finale the napa 500 when they fielded the no. 41 for foyt s son larry but did not make the race . the team also ran a second car again in 2001 at atlanta motor speedway with mark green driving but did not qualify . the team also ran a second car yet again in 2002 at indianapolis motor speedway with p. j. jones but the number changed from no. 41 to no. 50 . nascar busch series edit no. 14 history edit in 2001 foyt started a busch team the no. 14 harrah s chevrolet driven by larry foyt . despite failing to finish in the top ten foyt finished 22nd in points overall . in the busch series for 2002 foyt had two top tens and improved one spot in the points . racing results edit complete cart indy car world series results edit key year chassis engine drivers no. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1979 parnelli vpj6c cosworth dfx v8t phx atl indy trt mch wgl trt ont mch atl phx a. j. foyt 14 2 1980 parnelli vpj6c cosworth dfx v8t ont indy mil poc mdo mch wgl mil ont mch mxc phx a. j. foyt 14 dns 14 19 george snider 16 15 dnq 1981 coyote 81 cosworth dfx v8t phx mil atl mch rir mil mch wgl mxc phx a. j. foyt 14 26 1982 march 82c cosworth dfx v8t phx atl mil cle mch mil poc riv roa mch phx a. j. foyt 14 2 22 20 20 23 1983 march 83c cosworth dfx v8t atl indy mil cle mch roa poc riv mdo mch cpl lag phx george snider 1 32 a. j. foyt 14 31 1984 march 84c cosworth dfx v8t lbh phx indy mil por mea cle mch roa poc mdo san mch phx lag cpl george snider 4 11 a. j. foyt 14 6 dnq 22 27 dns 14 22 johnny rutherford 84 22 7 28 1985 march 85c lola t900 cosworth dfx v8t lbh indy mil por mea cle mch roa poc mdo san mch lag phx mia a. j. foyt 14 28 23 24 24 23 20 march 85c chevrolet v6t george snider 44 32 cosworth dfx v8t chip ganassi 84 22 mike nish ex march 84c 41 dnq 1986 march 86c cosworth dfx v8t phx lbh indy mil por mea cle tor mch poc mdo san mch roa lag phx mia a. j. foyt 14 17 24 19 9 4 16 22 23 george snider 84 26 27 sammy swindell 9 chevrolet v6t mike nish 44 dnq 1987 lola t87 00 cosworth dfx v8t lbh phx indy mil por mea cle tor mch poc roa mdo naz lag mia a. j. foyt 14 19 6 26 7 7 25 march 86c stan fox 41 7 davy jones 10 14 13 44 28 chevrolet v6t george snider 84 33 1988 lola t88 00 lola t87 00 cosworth dfx v8t phx lbh indy mil por cle tor mea mic poc mdo roa naz lag mia a. j. foyt 14 4 11 26 5 15 11 15 17 wth 16 22 10 17 24 25 johnny rutherford 18 march 86c rocky moran 48 16 chevrolet v6t george snider 84 dnq stan fox 30 1989 lola t87 00 lola t89 00 cosworth dfx v8t phx lbh indy mil det por cle mea tor mch poc mdo roa naz lag a. j. foyt 14 22 25 5 20 26 wth 23 17 18 21 21 22 14 rocky moran 28 march 86c chevrolet v6t stan fox 84 dnq 1990 lola t90 00 chevrolet 265a v8t phx lbh indy mil det por cle mea tor mch den van mdo roa naz lag a. j. foyt 14 22 24 6 9 17 10 7 5 16 6 10 13 15 20 didier theys 12 1991 lola t91 00 chevrolet 265a v8t sfr lbh phx indy mil det por cle mea tor mch den van mdo roa naz lag al unser 14 17 a. j. foyt 28 16 23 16 20 13 17 16 mike groff 8 dns 20 8 15 lola t90 00 bernard jourdain 20 48 18 1992 lola t91 00 lola t92 00 chevrolet 265a v8t sfr phx lbh indy det por mil nha tor mch cle roa van mdo naz lag gregor foitek 14 21 18 wth george snider 22 a. j. foyt dnq 9 brian bonner 10 ross cheever 11 20 25 25 dnq pancho carter 11 17 jon beekhuis 18 mike groff 15 16 8 jeff andretti 48 18 1993 lola t92 00 lola t93 00 ford xb v8t sfr phx lbh indy mil det por cle tor mch nha roa van mdo naz lag a. j. foyt 14 dnq robby gordon 3 18 dsq 10 8 8 6