Tough, fast, unstoppable. It's difficult to sum up the long story of Anthony Joseph "A.J." Foyt Jr. from Houston, Texas. 7 USAC championships, 369 races, 67 wins, 117 podiums, 53 poles and 4 wins at the Indianapolis 500 makes him the most successful driver ever in American Open-Wheel Racing. He's the only driver able to get 7 titles in the biggest open-wheel categories with Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton. His list of success is just staggering, with 12 USAC titles and a total of 138 wins between Open-Wheels, Sprint Cars, Stock Cars and the Silver Crown Series, 4 IROC titles, the 24h of Le Mans, the 24h of Daytona twice, the 12h of Sebring and the Daytona 500. Foyt holds the closed course speed record, earned in 1987 with a Oldsmobile Aerotech at an average speed of 257.123 mp/h. He held also the average speed record at Talladega on a Indycar since 1974, 217.854 mp/h! He started 35 times in a row at the Indianapolis 500 from 1958 to 1992. He got severely hurt many times lik...