Coyote (1970) is a faithful replica, in limestone, of the 1970 Indy 500 car driven by AJ Foyt.  Rendered in actual scale, the detail indicates the sponsorship of many companies like Ford, Firestone, STP.  The car number is “7”.  The sculpture was a gift to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from Architectural Stone Sales and the Evans family of Bedford, Indiana.

A.J. Foyt (1935- ) is a legendary race car driver, the only one to have won the Indy 500 (four times), the Daytona 500, the 24 Hours of Daytona race, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans races plus the 12 Hours of Sebring race. He has been inducted into numerous racing sports halls of fame.

The Coyote was a brand of race car chassis designed and built by Foyt’s team for him to race.  It was used from 1966 to 1983, with Foyt himself making 141 starts in the car, and winning 25 times.  Two of those wins were at the Indy 500 race, in 1967 and 1977.  Later, driver and race team owner Eddie Cheever obtained permission from Foyt to use the Coyote name for his new Daytona prototype chassis, debuting in 2007.