For those who really don't know A.J Foyt, he was one of the top 2 racing talents any Auto Racing in his prime. The Racing media in the past compared Stewart to his hero A.J. Foyt in terms of versatility and in terms of temper also.
It is a shame that I didn't see him race in his prime when I started to watch Indy Cars in the 1980's.
A.J. Foyt in his prime was able to win at any given time at any form of Auto racing. My dad saw him race in his prime back in the 1960's and 1970's since he is from USAC Country. NASCAR didn't go to the Midwest a lot unlike USAC. USAC had indycar, Stock Cars, Midget cars, Silver Crown and Sprint Cars.
A.J. Foyt won in Sports Cars, Indy Car, NASCAR, Sprint Cars, Midgets and Silver Crown cars. Foyt never did Formula 1, but he would have won if he did. If Foyt focused in NASCAR full time, he would have a lot more than 7 NASCAR wins and Richard Petty wouldn't have won 7 cup championships.