A.J. Foyt, is indeed a four-time Indianapolis 500 champion, a legend of open wheel racing, and, also, NASCAR, winning the 1972 Daytona 500. But, he has also had a great sports car racing career. Check out this retrospective, including wins for Foyt in BOTH 24 hour classics at Daytona, and Le Mans. Foyt won Le Mans with Dan Gurney in a Ford GT40 in 1967, and won the Rolex 24 at Daytona, in 1983, in a Porsche 935 with car owner, Preston Henn, Claude Ballot-Lena, and, a furious, Bob Wollek.
Wollek said of Foyt, (to paraphrase), "We are a few laps down now, and Mr. A.J. Foyt is driving, who has no idea of any way how to drive this race car! I am very upset, that Mr. Foyt is at the wheel!" But, the late, great, Wollek, may have changed his mind, after the team, went on, to win the race. Foyt and Wollek also paired up to win the Rolex 24 again, in 1985.
http://www.imsa.com/articles/throwback-thursday-legend-aj-foyts-solid-sports-car-racing-credentials
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