Foyt Racing/ AJ IV

ed0409 · 11 Oct 2006, 15:57 (Ref:1735342)

Why does Foyt racing have such a hard time getting sponsorship compared to Gnassi/Andretti/Penske? Why don't they get to test like Penske, Gnassi and Andretti? Foyt used to run 2 cars fulltime when the IRL started why not now? Why isn't there equipment as good as the big 3 when they run the same chassis and engine? Any word on where AJ IV will be racing next year?

Tim Northcutt · 11 Oct 2006, 20:21 (Ref:1735542)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ed0409

Why does Foyt racing have such a hard time getting sponsorship compared to Gnassi/Andretti/Penske? Why don't they get to test like Penske, Gnassi and Andretti? Foyt used to run 2 cars fulltime when the IRL started why not now? Why isn't there equipment as good as the big 3 when they run the same chassis and engine? Any word on where AJ IV will be racing next year?

To put it diplomatically...

AJ does things the "AJ Way"

Which includes final say on set-ups, aero, etc...you see, he knows more than engineers, etc., and didn't even have an engineer until the middle of the 2005 season.

marcus · 11 Oct 2006, 23:37 (Ref:1735695)

Tim has got it in one.

sometimes you just need to spend that extra million or so (if you have it) to gain that extra performance and sadly AJ just doesnt seem to want an engineer or anything like that to make the gains

drdisque · 12 Oct 2006, 21:12 (Ref:1736608)

AJ has finally handed over much of the control of the team to Larry for this season and hopefully we will see the team make more competetive decisions. He has somewhat indicated that he feels they need to be a 2-car team to compete so we may see a second car from them next year.

Snips1 · 16 Oct 2006, 20:34 (Ref:1739638)

Barron woulld be a cool fit for that team, he also has alot og valuable info to assist with...

D.R.T. · 18 Oct 2006, 10:59 (Ref:1741046)

Is there the $$$$$ for a second car ?

Snips1 · 18 Oct 2006, 15:31 (Ref:1741285)

Sounds like they will have a 2 car team next year

stradlin21 · 19 Oct 2006, 18:21 (Ref:1742340)

Hey guys

i'm a forum host for HPL racing but not a reg here

A good source from the states has informed me that Foyt will expand to a two car team next season

Bucknum will be in one car but nothing set in stone for the other

kingfloopy · 20 Oct 2006, 13:13 (Ref:1743139)

I wouldn't be surprised if Anthony came back. His NASCAR career fizzled out this season when his team switched manufacturers. He didn't perform well either (although that might not be entirely his fault). The last I knew he was still under a development contract in NASCAR, but there hasn't been any news for a while. So my guess is that he is free to return to the IRL if he wants.

Hopefully Larry having greater influence over the team will be beneficial. AJ was stuck in his ways and it hurt the performance a lot.

J.D.

drdisque · 24 Oct 2006, 21:59 (Ref:1748199)

Anthony indicated at Chicagoland that he got bought out of his Evernham NASCAR contract.

Weak speculation places Buddy Rice in the second Foyt car.

mountainstar · 25 Oct 2006, 05:24 (Ref:1748438)

Why would they run 2 cars when they can barely get one going?

drdisque · 26 Oct 2006, 00:59 (Ref:1749502)

2 reasons - first is more test data, remember, Vision was a 1 car team in '05 year and could barely get going, this year they expanded with an experienced driver and are almost as good as AGR.

second is money - Bucknum appears to be bringing money from this Investment Properties company, that could fund his car while the ABC Supply money could be used to fund the second car.

courageous · 26 Oct 2006, 19:05 (Ref:1750344)

If it is a Foyt driving one of the cars then it definately makes sense to run a second car - I doubt the team would charge AJ or Larry as much as they would an outsider & that team can hardly rely on prize money for the profit margin.

Tim Northcutt · 3 Nov 2006, 15:30 (Ref:1757182)

This brief Item was in today's Indy Star:

"A.J. Foyt Racing will run only one car next season in the Indy Racing League, and officials are looking at a pool of drivers that includes Darren Manning, Tomas Enge and Townsend Bell. Jeff Bucknum was the team's driver this past season."

I guess Foyt won't run two cars next season...

mountainstar · 3 Nov 2006, 16:25 (Ref:1757222)

A lot of rumors going around D&R is looking at champcar.

Buhl says they are looking at all their options.

Tim Northcutt · 3 Nov 2006, 19:55 (Ref:1757331)

Quote:

Originally Posted by mountainstar

A lot of rumors going around D&R is looking at champcar.

Buhl says they are looking at all their options.

You posted a link to an Indy Star article over in the "Silly Season" thread....

Hope they have more money than they had last summer, because they would have to buy new chassis to compete in CCWS....

I'm not sure if I understand why they would do that when they have four Dallaras bought and paid for in their garages now...

You alluded to this as a plea for "TonyBux"....It might be exactly that...

Who knows???

But if it comes down to brass tacks, they will take whatever the best deal is for their future and more important, what they can afford, since they are not a high roller team in the funding area....

In the latter scenario, there is about $600,000 difference between buying new DP-01s and racing the Dallaras that you've already paid for, isn't there?

Tim Northcutt · 14 Nov 2006, 19:14 (Ref:1766139)

Darren Manning was announced today as Foyt's driver on the IRL's website.

rustyfan · 14 Nov 2006, 19:50 (Ref:1766156)

Good news, and I hope Manning being their driver and Larry Foyt being appointed team director will mean an increase in performance from the team.

climb · 15 Nov 2006, 07:34 (Ref:1766451)

Good news; well let me say that, compared to last year, it seems to me that driver recruitment has started a lot earlier; it's positive cos it could leave a bit more room for possible new entries.

ed0409 · 15 Nov 2006, 15:17 (Ref:1766892)

Does AJ IV still have a chance for a ride next season with Foyt or with anyone else?

drdisque · 15 Nov 2006, 16:30 (Ref:1766970)

he has a chance, especially for the 500

I wouldn't consider him a leading candidate for anything though.

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