{"id":492023,"date":"2011-10-01T03:05:09","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T10:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=32174"},"modified":"2024-02-28T07:37:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T07:37:10","slug":"foyt-50th-daytona-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/foyt-50th-daytona-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Foyt for 50th Daytona 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_722548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-722548\" style=\"width: 715px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/n5-201110-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-722548 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/n5-201110-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"715\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/n5-201110-p1.jpg 715w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/n5-201110-p1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/n5-201110-p1-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/n5-201110-p1-66x100.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/n5-201110-p1-293x443.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-722548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A.J. Foyt<br \/>Photo: Jim Hatfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A.J. Foyt has been named Grand Marshall for next January\u2019s 50th Anniversary running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The fabled Texan won the race twice, in 1983 and 1985, but perhaps a more relevant distinction is that he led the opening lap of the inaugural race in 1962\u2014when it was known as the Daytona Continental\u2014driving a Pontiac Tempest prepared by Ray Nichels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Daytona International Speedway president Joey Chitwood III welcomed the announcement saying, \u201cWe\u2019re honored to have one of the greatest drivers in the history of auto racing\u2014A.J. Foyt\u2014serve as Grand Marshal as we commemorate 50 years of endurance racing at the \u2018World Center of Racing.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Foyt joins Dan Gurney, Richard Petty, Stirling Moss, Brian Redman, Derek Bell, Vic Elford and Benny Parsons among those who have previously served as Grand Marshal for the Rolex 24. The race is scheduled for January 28-29, 2012, with further information available at www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A.J. Foyt has been named Grand Marshall for next January\u2019s 50th Anniversary running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The fabled Texan won the race twice, in 1983 and 1985, but perhaps a more relevant distinction is that he led the opening lap of the inaugural race in 1962\u2014when it was known as the Daytona Continental\u2014driving a Pontiac Tempest prepared by Ray Nichels. Daytona International Speedway president Joey Chitwood III welcomed the announcement saying, \u201cWe\u2019re honored to have one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":552587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,13063],"tags":[432,15234,11766,524,17633],"class_list":["post-492023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-events","tag-events-vintage-racing","tag-a-j-foyt","tag-daytona","tag-vintage-race-classic-daytona-24-hours"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Foyt for 50th Daytona 24<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Foyt for 50th Daytona 24\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/foyt-50th-daytona-24\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Foyt for 50th Daytona 24\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Foyt for 50th Daytona 24\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/foyt-50th-daytona-24\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-10-01T10:05:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-28T07:37:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/n5-201110-p2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"648\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sports Car Digest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sports Car Digest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/foyt-50th-daytona-24\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/foyt-50th-daytona-24\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sports Car Digest\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/188bd99a52d1e69543c54566c30e906b\"},\"headline\":\"Foyt for 50th Daytona 24\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-10-01T10:05:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-28T07:37:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/foyt-50th-daytona-24\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":170,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/foyt-50th-daytona-24\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/n5-201110-p2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Event (Car Events &amp; Shows)\",\"Event (Vintage Races)\",\"People (A.J. 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