The Indianapolis 500 is now 100 years old, and ROAD & TRACK magazine has just honored the Brickyard in style, featuring articles on Jim Clark’s 1965 Lotus-Ford, Joe Dawson’s 1912 National and Rodger Ward’s 1962 Watson-Offy roadster, as profiled by Indy winners Dario Franchitti and Bobby Rahal, and 500 veteran Sam Posey, respectively.

Then, precisely for the celebration of the centennial in the May issue, I had the honor of providing this painting of A.J. Foyt and his fabled # 14 Foyt-V8 Turbo powered Coyote crossing the finish line when SuperTex won his unprecedented 4th classic.

The story, titled “Mr. 500” was aptly written by SPEED Channel’s circle-track analyst Dave Argabright, based on a priceless recording Dave obtained while visiting with the legend at A.J.’s Texas ranch.