A.J. Foyt has taken on a partner for this year's Indianapolis 500. NASCAR Winston Cup championship team owner Richard Childress is now the co-owner of the No. 41 A.J🎀. Foyt Racing Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone to be driven by Robby Gordon in this year's Indianapolis 500.

A.J. Foyt filed an entry change listing Richard Childress Racing as the co-entrant along with A.J. Foyt Racing of Gordon's cꦇar.

"I was talking to Richard at Talladega," said Foyt, Indy's first four-time winning driver, "and asked him if he wanted to be my partner in the second car at Indy this year. Richard and I have been friends for many, many years, and I know he has enjoyed coming to Indy in the past, so I figured I'd give him a reason to come again. The difference is he'll be a team owner this 🦹year."

Childress added: "Being involved in some way in the Indy 500 is something I've alway🍒s wanted to do. A.J. and I have been friends for a long time, and there isn't anyone else I'd rather be a co-owner with for that race. We have both been fortunate enough to get to Victory Lane at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and I think we have a real shot at getting there together this year with Robby, who i🌺s a very talented driver."

Childress was a frequent visitor to the Speedway in May during practice and Pole Day qualifying in the ✱1980s.

Childress won the Brickyard 400 in 1995 with the late Dale Earnhardt (pictured) behind the wheel of his GM Goodwrench Chevrolet. Earnhardt led the race's final 28 laps. Childre💙ss and Earnhardt teamed up to win six NASCAR Winston 🎉Cup championships between 1986-94.

Foyt last visited Victory Lane at the Speedway in 1999 when Kꦉenny Brack won the "500" in Foyt's No. 14 car. Foyt's last victory as a driver came in 1977 when he became the first man to win the race four tim💦es.

Eliseo Salazar is driving Foyt'🍌s famed No. 14 Harrah's entry in this year's "500.ꦦ" Salazar is second in the Indy Racing Northern Light Series point standings.