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Four time Indianapolis 500 winner A.J. Foyt, left, shakes hands with a fan during a book-signing, Thursday night, Oct. 10, 2024, at the Foyt Wine Vault in Speedway, Ind. Foyt and author Art Garner, center rear, were in town to promote the release of Garner's new biography "A.J. Foyt -- Volume 1: Survivor, Champion, Legend." A second volume has a tentative release date of May 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Marot)

A.J. Foyt still drawing big crowds on or off the track in Indianapolis

The line at Foyt Wine Vault on this perfect summer night snakes around chairs, through the bar, out the door and around the corner

By MICHAEL MAROT
Published - Oct 11, 2024, 02:34 PM ET
Last Updated - Dec 16, 2024, 06:25 PM EST

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — As the sun sets on a perfect, late summer evening, A.J. Foyt sits inside his wine vault in Speedway, Indiana.

He's getting regular updates on the expanding line that snakes around tables, through the bar, out the front door, down Main Street and around the corner for two blocks. Yes, fans have come here to get the first book of a two-volume set author Art Garner believes is the most definitive biography of arguably America's greatest racer.

Mostly, though, they want to mingle with Super Tex — even in October and especially as the first of the four four-time Indianapolis 500 winners nears his 90th birthday in January.

For Foyt this area, this street, where he used to eat during the month of May, are as close to home as any place he's been outside his Houston ranch, and he's as eager to recount the good, old days with fans as they are to see him.

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