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A.J. Foyt, Jr.
had already won the Indianapolis 500® twice when
he began building his own Indy® cars for 1966. Foyt's teammate
George Snider put his Coyote on the front row for the 1966 Indy
500®. Foyt scored his third victory at Indy in 1967, in a Coyote
of his own construction-a first at Indy. In 1971 Foyt adopted the
abandoned Ford racing engine program and re-badged the turbo V-8 engine as "Foyt." In 1973 he raced a new design car that would remain competitive
and win races through 1978. Foyt won the 1977 Indy 500® in a Foyt-powered
Coyote to take his record fourth victory in one of these cars,
setting an unsurpassed record for Indy drivers, and a unique
achievement as an engine and car builder.
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