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Racing Legend A.J. Foyt, The Death Cheating Texan, Returns To Indy

A.J. Foyt watches during qualifications for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Saturday, May 20, 2023, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
  • The 88-year-old racing legend A.J. Foyt returns this Memorial Day weekend to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the annual Indy 500 race.
  • But this year, the 88-year-old Foyt will be without his wife, Lucy, who died last month.
  • An Associated Press feature on Foyt begin with the anecdote about Foyt, at 15 in a boat that he and two friends were riding in capsized in a storm an reads, “So began a life spent cheating death.”
  • Foyt won his first Indy 500 in 1961, then in 1964,  1967 and 1977 , making him the first four-time winner.
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