Description: This limited edition two-volume set chronicles the life of racing superstar A.J. Foyt--and is signed and endorsed by the legend himself.
With fine leather binding and a beautifully crafted case, this set relays Foyt's journey from a cocky five-year-old to a brash competitor and offers fresh insight and details about the battles off and on the track that defined one of America's biggest personalities. Every moment is captured, from Foyt's unbridled comments about what it truly takes to be at the top of your game, his propensity to stuff journalists he didn't like into garbage cans, and the long list of people he simply punched in the mouth.Volume 1 covers Foyt's early days through his record-breaking fourth Indy 500 win in 1977. Volume 2 picks up mid-action and delivers the most thorough and compelling biography ever written on the racing legend.Brief description: Art Garner retired from a forty-year career in journalism and automotive public relations and continued his racing reporting with his first book, Black Noon: The Year They Stopped the Indy 500. A wrenching look into the tragic 1964 race, it was a finalist for the prestigious PEN/ESPN award for literary sports writing. Subsequent titles include Indy 500 Memories: An Oral History of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing and Hood to Coast Memories, about the running relay race staged each year from Mt. Hood to the coast of Oregon.
Review Quotes:
"Garner is one of automotive journalism's most gifted storytellers . . . An effort this comprehensive to tell [Foyt's] story is both overdue and much welcomed."