Warren Wilson has worked with AJ Foyt Racing since 2017 in the team’s Speedway, Indiana race shop and was previously profiled as our shock specialist. Heading to Barber Motorsports Park, which is a beautifully landscaped, purpose-built motorcycle track modified to host the Indy cars, we selected Wilson again because he restores vintage motorcycles and races
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LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 10, 2022)–Rookie power! The ROKiT rookies were the top-finishing rookies in Sunday’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. Kyle Kirkwood scored his first top-10 finish of the season with his 10th place showing in the No. 14 ROKiT Chevrolet while Tatiana Calderón finished 16th in the No. 11 ROKiT Chevrolet in
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LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 9, 2022)–Kyle Kirkwood proved to be the fastest of the rookies in qualifying for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. Driving the No. 14 ROKiT Chevrolet, he transferred out of the first round as he did in his NTT INDYCAR Series debut in St. Petersburg in February. He will start
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Didier Francesia, crew chief of the No. 14 ROKiT Chevrolet, has led an interesting life. Born in Paray Le Monial, France (near Lyon and the Magny Cours circuit), he started as a mechanic professionally in 1987. He worked his way through a variety of motorsports from Formula Renault to Formula 1 and eventually INDYCAR. Always
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NO LIMITS, Texas (March 20, 2022)–The hometown team had a tough time in the XPEL 375 at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday afternoon but they left the track counting their positives. Rookie Kyle Kirkwood who hadn’t raced on a superspeedway before today proved to be a quick study as he carved through the field from his
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NO LIMITS, Texas (Mar. 19, 2022) — Canadian Dalton Kellett topped his teammates in qualifying at Texas Motor Speedway Saturday afternoon and will start 22nd in the 27-car field. He posted a two-lap average speed of 219.038mph in the No. 4 K-Line Insulators Chevrolet. It is the second straight race that Kellett improved his qualifying
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Grant Weaver joined AJ Foyt Racingin January as Team Manager. Born in Atlanta and now living in Indianapolis with his wife Joyce, the 64-year-old has won championships with nearly every team he has worked on. He brings extensive experience to the Foyt team with 41 years in racing. He spent 26 seasons at Chip Ganassi
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INDIANAPOLIS (March 11, 2022) — J.R. Hildebrand has been signed to drive the No. 11 ROKiT Chevrolet on the oval tracks in the NTT INDYCAR Series this season. The 34-year-old Boulder, Colorado resident will share the car with Tatiana Calderón, of Bogota, Colombia, who is driving the No. 11 ROKiT Chevy on the road and
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Feb. 27, 2022). — Small victories…you have to take them where you find them. In this weekend’s Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, there were a few for the AJ Foyt Racing team even if the final results don’t reflect them. Qualifying proved to be one of the bright spots as both
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Feb. 26, 2020) — Qualifying for the AJ Foyt Racing team went well from everyone’s perspective including the team patriarch who is in Houston recovering from a bad cold. “I’m really happy for everyone–I thought all of the drivers did a great job today,” said A.J. Foyt. Kyle Kirkwood made his NTT
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