Foyt futility will be back [Archive]

Spicoli

01-03-07, 04:38 PM

Foyt was to meet with his new teammates later today in Daytona Beach, Fla., where he will co-drive a Daytona Prototype with Scheckter, Carpenter and George in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona later this month.

:eek:

Captin Stoopid is getting behind the wheel?

****, I may go to that race just to qwatch this rolling dickwad. :laugh:

Wheel-Nut

01-03-07, 05:07 PM

a j jr. = ride buyer? I wonder how much behind the scenes sammich had to do with this? Surely FTG didn't hire IV on past talent?

Andrew Longman

01-03-07, 06:32 PM

a j jr. = ride buyer? I wonder how much behind the scenes sammich had to do with this? Surely FTG didn't hire IV on past talent?

Why?

He provens himself to be an American driver with a great last name that and capable of getting a core of IRL fans all moist.;)

Its all about the fans in the IRL.

I wouldn't be surprise if TG actually is paying him.

Wheel-Nut

01-03-07, 07:14 PM

If Tony was just after a big name he could've chosen Al Unser, Jr. or one of the Lazier brothers. Oh well, the logic of a gomer.

Instant classic . . . . IV takes out Manning in the first turn on lap 1 at homestead.

pchall

01-03-07, 08:15 PM

Wooo hooo!

You're all gonna help me again this year, right? :)

24 Hours of Foytility. How cool is that?

cart7

01-03-07, 08:33 PM

All is well again here on the others forum. The futility that is Foyt, makes it worth coming around again. :thumbup:

theunions

01-03-07, 10:05 PM

When was the last time TG drove? Super Vee in '88?

cart7

01-04-07, 06:22 AM

I believe AJ told Tony back then not to quit his day job...... whatever that was.

pchall

01-04-07, 11:05 AM

Foyt ran FTG in an ARS Wildcat one season. All I can remember was FTG following the white line at Phoenix like it was coke... He also did some SCCA showroom stock racing in the mid 90s.

robot9000

01-04-07, 11:05 AM

So Vi$ion is now, what, a 9 car team? :confused:

I liked the part about Quattro saying he doesn't even know the sponsor yet. Like he's expecting one LoL....

IlliniRacer

01-04-07, 11:55 AM

And now Jon Herb is back!!! The Greatest Spectacle is back.

Of course, now the dilemma starts: Do I go watch The Five Hunnert so I can tell my grandkids I actually saw IV race side by side with Jon Freakin' Herb. Or, do I scalp the tickets for the obscenely large sum I know people will be willing to pay and help fund my kids college education?

Oh the dilemma!!!

NismoZ

01-04-07, 11:58 AM

And The League appears saved...Jon Herb , Sarah and AJ4 along with Marty Roth make 18!! Blockbuster lineup.

trauma1

01-04-07, 12:29 PM

a commmon sight for vision in 07

http://www.motorsport.com/photos/irl/2005/tx/irl-2005-tms-mj-0218.jpg

Accipiter

01-04-07, 12:39 PM

My god. Tony George is going to be racing on the same track as the guy he stole an Indy 500 win from? I hope his team is smart enough to stagger his stints away from Tracy's. ;)

nrc

01-04-07, 02:04 PM

a commmon sight for vision in 07

I doubt it will be common sight to have that many folks in the background.

trauma1

01-04-07, 02:07 PM

btw does any one know why bruce ashmore left conquest and defected to earl with AJ , i see he designed the new silver crown C&R car, he went from being the lead designer for lola and reynard, to players , jumping then from team to team in CC and he's now in EARL with sammich:rofl: :shakehead

TU Homer

01-04-07, 02:31 PM

Best line in the article.

"At this point, I don't even know who the sponsor is or what the car number is."

I'm hearing...... ;)

Car-Melo
:gomer:

Fio1

01-04-07, 04:18 PM

When was the last time TG drove? Super Vee in '88?

Doesn't matter. In Grand-Am you need a check(fairly large) and a pulse to get a license. I know guys who didn't even have ARS, Super Vee or Firehawk races 20 years ago that ended up racing GT Porsches in Grand-Am. One guy is now racing DP, and his first EVER race was in a Rolex Grand-Am race! :saywhat: Heck, you dodn't even need a medical examination to race in Grand-Am Cup! :rofl:

Spicoli

01-04-07, 04:24 PM

PT vs. tonyTard.

****ing priceless. :thumbup: :tony:

Rob

01-04-07, 07:50 PM

"At this point, I don't even know who the sponsor is or what the car number is."
I'll guess zero for both.

cart7

01-04-07, 08:58 PM

I doubt it will be common sight to have that many folks in the background.

Dunno, with Milka, Quattro and special Ed running at the rear, it's looking to be a real crash-em up season. There is a segment of society that seems to get titilated by that sort of stuff ya know.

FCYTravis

01-05-07, 11:14 AM

Scheckter just stuffed the 00 into the tires pretty hard.

DagoFast

01-05-07, 12:55 PM

Dependable as the sunrise, that boy is. ;)

Wheel-Nut

01-05-07, 01:35 PM

http://www.grand-am.com/CONTENT/Photos/Gallery/2007/010407Dth800-0015.jpg

Did Vision steal Cheever's Crown Royal money?

http://www.cheeverracing.com/images/stories/gallery/grandam2006/062306rmof800-09.jpg

diamond dave

01-05-07, 01:37 PM

^ if he did, they forgot to steal the stickers:laugh:

Accipiter

01-05-07, 01:37 PM

Or did they repo his car?

Andrew Longman

01-05-07, 01:46 PM

http://www.grand-am.com/CONTENT/Photos/Gallery/2007/010407Dth800-0015.jpg

Did Vision steal Cheever's Crown Royal money?

Naw, just bought his car. Vision livery has no sponsorship as usual.

http://www.cheeverracing.com/images/stories/gallery/grandam2006/viewsize/050506rol800-12.jpg

From his site it looks like he is only running one GA car (Lexus Fabcar). He ran a Porsche Crawford also last year.

Don Quixote

01-05-07, 02:31 PM

Look, they posted TG's IQ on the side of the Vision car!

Spicoli

01-05-07, 03:35 PM

Naw, just bought his car. Vision livery has no sponsorship as usual.

maybe fTG just collected on a debt. :D

pchall

01-05-07, 04:59 PM

Naw, just bought his car. Vision livery has no sponsorship as usual.

Mr. Ed and/or AJ4 gets passed by a GT Porsche? :rofl: Four hands on the wheel!

JLMannin

01-05-07, 05:34 PM

TG crashed, but was not injured.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070105/SPORTS01/70105033

I love this line: "He doesn't think he's been in a road race since 1993."

Spicoli

01-05-07, 05:42 PM

TG crashed, but was not injured.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070105/SPORTS01/70105033

I love this line: "He doesn't think he's been in a road race since 1993."

he's a moron.:shakehead

Don Quixote

01-05-07, 05:52 PM

I love this line: "He doesn't think he's been in a road race since 1993."
Not that he can remember, anyway. That was a tough decade, from a brain cell perspective. :tony:

Don Quixote

01-05-07, 05:55 PM

With that driver lineup, I hope Scheckter is ready to drive about 22.5 hours! :laugh: :laugh:

cameraman

01-05-07, 06:00 PM

The race will end for them a minute or two after that idiot gets in the car so unless they wait until the very end of the race to have ftg drive Scheckter will probably have a relatively short day.:shakehead

extramundane

01-05-07, 06:11 PM

The race will end for them a minute or two after that idiot gets in the car

With a lineup like that, you'll have specify which "that idiot" you're talking about. :rofl:

devilmaster

01-05-07, 06:33 PM

With a lineup like that, you'll have specify which "that idiot" you're talking about. :rofl:

:D :laugh:

FCYTravis

01-05-07, 07:35 PM

He hit hard enough to shove the left front wheel into the chassis bulkhead :eek:

pchall

01-05-07, 08:14 PM

Wasn't his last road racing SS/A in a Trans Am with Andy Pilgrim about 1994?

Gnam

01-05-07, 08:50 PM

With a lineup like that, you'll have specify which "that idiot" you're talking about. :rofl:

Thinking about that team forces my brain to play that Yakety Sax music from Benny Hill over and over again.

If there's enough footage of Vision's futility, someone should youtube a montage with that music over it.

cart7

01-05-07, 10:37 PM

With a lineup like that, you'll have specify which "that idiot" you're talking about. :rofl:

--------- Zing!! ----------- :rofl:

matthole

01-05-07, 11:47 PM

He hit hard enough to shove the left front wheel into the chassis bulkhead :eek:

I heard the fluid computational dynamic was maladjusted so it wasn't his fault. It never is, you know. :laugh: :tony:

Where's Sterling Marlin when ya need him at Daytona? :irked:

TU Homer

01-07-07, 11:17 AM

maybe fTG just collected on a debt. :D

This may be closer to the truth than we imagine.

-TU

theunions

01-07-07, 08:19 PM

Where's Sterling Marlin when ya need him at Daytona? :irked:

Who needs Sterling when you have PT?

PT being there didn't help though.

SurfaceUnits

01-21-07, 11:24 AM

Any word on who will be Foyt IV's sponsor for 2007? (Cleveland, Ohio).

Answer: Yes. In some fashion, former boxer George Foreman. Details have not been released.

Queston: Why in the world would Tony G hire AJ IV to drive his third car? There are numerous more qualified drivers with a lot better records that have a lot more to offer IRL, such as Sarah Fisher. What gives? (Mike, Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Answer: First of all, remember that Tony, like any other team owner, has the right to pick his driver(s). Remember, too, that the Hulman-George family and the Foyt family have been tight for the past three decades. Remember, too, that Sarah likely is going to be in the second car of Dreyer & Reinbold Racing alongside Buddy Rice. So she was taken. We could debate the merits of other drivers for hours, but it was Tony’s choice.