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(24 May 2023)

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Waller, Texas – 29 March 2023
1. Mid of A..J. Foyt walks into his Racing garage
2. Various of A.J. at his Racing garage, with race cars behind him
ANNOTATION: From killer bees, capsized boats, triple bypass surgery and terrifying racing accidents, A.J. Foyt has defied death more times than anyone count.
3. Left to right pan, A.J. Foyt in his Racing garage showroom
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SOUNDBITE (English) A.J. Foyt, Retired Race Car Driver:
“I had a lot of fun in my lifetime.”

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ARCHIVE: Indianapolis - 30 May 1964
4. Various of 1964 Indianapolis 500, Foyt's first victory
ANNOTATION: The first four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 has made it to 88 years old with an irreverent view about death. But he’s facing his own mortality after Lucy Foyt, his wife of 68 years, died suddenly last month.

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Waller, Texas – 29 March 2023
5. SOUNDBITE (English) A.J. Foyt, Retired Race Car Driver:
“You came here, but you don't know when you're leaving. And when he calls you, it's over. I don't give a damn what they're doing to you.”
6. Mid of A.J. Foyt vignette behind a race car
7. Foyt in his racing garage UPSOUND: “All this stuff before you did manually, now they say push button two, push button three.”
ANNOTATION: The Associated Press recently spent a day with the racing icon at his race shop in Waller, Texas.
8. Various setup shots of A.J. Foyt
ANNOTATION: He reminisced about a colorful career that made him famous far beyond the racetrack.

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Waller, Texas – 29 March 2023
9. SOUNDBITE (English) A.J. Foyt, Retired Race Car Driver:
“Well, I'm not going to say I’m the best racer. There’s an awful lot of great race drivers. I would say I'd be amongst them. But I ain’t gonna say I'd be the best one.”

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ARCHIVE: Indianapolis - 30 May 1964
10. Various of 1964 Indianapolis 500, including huge crash

ANNOTATION: Foyt drove during one of the deadliest eras in motorsports. Many of his racing contemporaries pulled off pit lane and never pulled back in.

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Waller, Texas – 29 March 2023
11. SOUNDBITE (English) A.J. Foyt, Retired Race Car Driver:
“I won a lot of big races, but Indianapolis, the world knows who you are.”

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ARCHIVE: Indianapolis - 1967
12. Mid, Driver sits in car smoking cigarette

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Waller, Texas – 29 March 2023
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Larry Foyt, A.J. Foyt’s Son:
“I think as a driver, especially coming up in that age where guys were dying literally, you know, probably every month, to live through those days of auto racing. He was intense. I mean, he, you just know, everyone knows with A.J., that's why he was so successful. He, just, it was win or, you know, second place was a loss.”
14. Various of A.J. Foyt at his racing garage, with race cars
ANNOTATION: A.J. Foyt didn’t want to leave Texas to attend the Indianapolis 500 following his wife’s death. But he decided the racetrack was the best place for him to work through his grief.
STORYLINE:
A.J. Foyt has defied death more times than any one can count.

From killer bees and capsized boats to triple bypass surgery and terrifying racing accidents, the first four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 has made it to 88 years old with an irreverent view about death.

But then his wife of 68 years died suddenly last month and Foyt is now facing his own mortality.


He plans to be back for this year's Indianapolis 500, the race that made him a household name.




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