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Coyote was a brand of racing chassis designed and built for the use of Cheever Group Revives A.J. Foyt's Coyote Chassis Brand
, A.J. Foyt Racing News Releases, January 3, 2008 Today, Foyt runs his team and using the old Coyote logo on his race cars.
Coyote was a brand of racing chassis designed and built for the use of A. J. Foyt
Anthony Joseph Foyt Jr. (born January 16, 1935) is an American retired auto racing driver who has raced in numerous genres of motorsports. His open wheel racing includes United States Automobile Club Champ cars, sprint cars, and midget cars. H ...
's race team in USAC Championship car
American open-wheel car racing, also known as Indy car racing, is a category of professional automobile racing in the United States. As of 2022, the top-level American open-wheel racing championship is sanctioned by IndyCar.
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racing including the Indianapolis 500
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. It was used from 1966 to 1983 with Foyt himself making 141 starts in the car, winning 25 times. George Snider
George "Ziggy" Snider (born December 8, 1940 in Fresno, California) is a retired American race car driver. A longtime driver in the United States Automobile Club Silver Crown series, Snider is also a 22-time starter of the Indianapolis 500, the ...
had the second most starts with 24. Jim McElreath
Jim McElreath (February 18, 1928 – May 18, 2017) was an American racing driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.
Racing career
Jim began his racing career in 1945 at the age of 17. He raced stock cars in Dallas, Texas. Jim wou ...
has the only other win with a Coyote chassis.
Foyt drove a Coyote to victory in the Indy 500 in 1967 and 1977.
With Foyt's permission, fellow Indy 500 champion Eddie Cheever
Edward McKay "Eddie" Cheever Jr. (born January 10, 1958) is an American former racing driver who raced for almost 30 years in Formula One, sports cars, CART, and the Indy Racing League. Cheever participated in 143 Formula One World Championshi ...
's Cheever Racing Cheever Racing was an auto racing team founded in 1996 by Eddie Cheever as Team Cheever in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series. They fielded a car for Cheever for much of its existence, but occasionally ran two cars, almost always for the Indianap ...
began using the Coyote name for his new Daytona Prototype
A Daytona Prototype is a type of sports prototype racing car developed specifically for the Grand American Road Racing Association's Rolex Sports Car Series as their top class of car, which replaced their main prototype racing class, specifically ...
chassis, derived from the Fabcar chassis design that he had purchased the rights to in 2007., A.J. Foyt Racing News Releases, January 3, 2008 Today, Foyt runs his team and using the old Coyote logo on his race cars.
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