Lawrence Joseph Roberds Foyt (born February 22, 1977) is an American former NASCAR and IndyCar driver and current team principal for A.J. Foyt Enterprises . He is the biological grandson and adopted son of A. J. Foyt , and a biological cousin (and uncle by adoption) of A. J. Foyt IV . His biological mother (and sister by adoption) is Terry Lynn Foyt, daughter of A. J. Foyt , who divorced his biological father Larry Gene Roberds when he was an infant. He also drove in the 2004 , 2005 , and the 2006 Indianapolis 500 for A. J. Foyt Enterprises .
16-460: Foyt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: A. J. Foyt (born 1935), retired American automobile racing driver Larry Foyt (born 1977), semi-retired NASCAR and IndyCar driver Victoria Foyt , American author, novelist, screenwriter and actress A. J. Foyt IV (born 1984), American race car driver See also [ edit ] A. J. Foyt Enterprises , American racing team in
32-499: A mix of both professional racers and hobby racers alike, in addition to younger competitors trying to make a name for themselves, sometimes driving as part of a driver development program for a NASCAR team. ARCA Menards Series races are broadcast on Fox Sports 1 , Fox Sports 2 or MAVTV , and they have been previously broadcast on ESPN , ESPN2 , USA Network , TNN , Prime Network , CBS Sports Network , NBCSN , TBS , TNT , SpeedVision/Speed and Fox Sports Net . ARCA owns both
48-699: Is an auto racing sanctioning body in the United States , founded in 1953 by John Marcum . A subsidiary of NASCAR since 2018, the current president of ARCA is Ron Drager , who took over the position in 1996 following the death of Bob Loga . The ARCA Menards Series races stock cars similar to those seen in past years in the NASCAR Cup Series , and indeed most cars used in the Menards Series were previously used in NASCAR. ARCA contains
64-470: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Larry Foyt Foyt began racing in 1993 in the go-kart ranks, and won his first race two years later. He would win the state championship in his first year in 125cc competition one year later. In 1997, he began running USAC's Formula 2000 series. He won two races in the SCCA series in 1999. The next year, he made his stock car racing debut in
80-689: The American Speed Association , where he won a pole at Winchester Speedway and had four top-tens. In addition, he made his first attempt at a Winston Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway in his father's backup car, but missed the field. The same year, he graduated from Texas Christian University with a degree in communications . In 2001, Foyt moved to the Busch Series , driving the No. 14 Harrah's Chevrolet Monte Carlo . He had five top-twenties and finished 22nd in points, third in
96-581: The Rookie of the Year championship. The next year, he had two top-tens and finished 20th in points. He moved to Cup full-time in 2003, and had a best finish of 16th at Homestead-Miami Speedway , finishing 41st in points. After the team lost its Harrah's sponsorship, Foyt ran just three races before the team closed its doors. In 2005, Foyt ran one race in ARCA and finished 12th in the race. He ended up missing most of
112-694: The Toledo Speedway and Flat Rock Speedway . ARCA formerly sanctioned the ARCA Midget Series from 1988 until 2002 and a truck-racing series called the ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series from 1999 to 2016. John Marcum founded the Midwest Association for Race Cars (MARC) in 1953 as a regional stock car racing series after working as an official for NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. In 1964,
128-746: The Cup move to the COT. On April 27, 2018, NASCAR acquired ARCA. In 2019, it was announced that the NASCAR K&;N Series East and West would be moved under the ARCA banner as the ARCA Menards Series East and ARCA Menards Series West for 2020. Former NASCAR drivers, such as Benny Parsons , Kyle Petty (who won the 1979 Daytona ARCA 200 , the first race he ever competed in), Ken Schrader and others, have competed in and advanced through
144-622: The Daytona Busch Series race for Mac Hill Racing , finishing 38th after a wreck. He made his second career Craftsman Truck race in 2008 at Daytona, starting 36th and finishing 18th. Foyt attempted both the Nationwide and Camping World Truck races at Daytona in 2009, for Mac Hill Motorsports and Derrike Cope, Inc. , respectively. He failed to qualify for the Nationwide Series race and finished 20th, 15 laps down, in
160-569: The IZOD Indycar Series and formerly NASCAR 2007 ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225 , race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series, held at The Milwaukee Mile 2008 ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225 , race in the 2008 IRL IndyCar Series, held at The Milwaukee Mile 2009 ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225 , race in the 2009 IndyCar Series, held at the Milwaukee Mile A. J. Foyt 225 or Milwaukee IndyFest, IndyCar Series race held at
176-570: The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Foyt . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foyt&oldid=1100133082 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
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#1732793296059192-511: The Truck Series race. ( key ) ( Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ) ( key ) ( Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ) Auto Racing Club of America The Automobile Racing Club of America ( ARCA )
208-550: The name was changed to the "Automobile Racing Club of America" when the series became national by racing on superspeedways . This ARCA is not to be confused with the organization founded in 1933 with the same name. ARCA started racing at Daytona International Speedway in 1964, during the Daytona Speedweeks , at the request of Bill France Sr., who had raced against Marcum in the 1940s. The ARCA/NASCAR relationship continues today. The series frequently schedule events at
224-520: The role of team manager by the end of the 2007 season . He returned to NASCAR driving the No. 44 Key Motorsports Chevy with sponsorship from Silestone by Cosentino for one race, but wrecked early in the 2007 Chevy Silverado HD 250 , finishing 32nd. He attempted the Pepsi 400 in NEXTEL Cup with BAM Racing , however qualifying was rained out, forcing him to miss the race. He competed that weekend in
240-577: The same track on the same weekend. The ARCA event is frequently the Saturday support race to the Sunday NASCAR Cup event. For several decades, ARCA used older NASCAR Cup race cars at their events, and with the advent of the Car of Tomorrow , teams were able to sell off their older cars to ARCA teams; current NASCAR Cup driver Joey Logano drove in ARCA in 2008, driving veteran NASCAR Cup cars after
256-767: The season after suffering back injuries in a crash in the Indy 500. He hoped to make the Daytona 500 in the No. 50 owned by Arnold Motorsports , but missed the race. Early in the season, he announced the formation of his own Busch Series team, but after sponsorship failed to materialize, the team dissolved. He also ran the Indianapolis 500 again, finishing 30th after suffering handling problems. A. J. Foyt announced in July 2006 that Larry would be assuming more management responsibilities at A. J. Foyt Enterprises and eventually assume
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