Foyt may try to qualify

A.J. Foyt Racing Team Director Larry Foyt underwent a driver's physical this week at Clarian Emergency Medical Center at IMS. Foyt drove in the last three Indianapolis 500's before stepping out of the cockpit this year to manage his father's team.

But does the physical indicate that Foyt is considering a return to the cockpit this weekend in a third A.J. Foyt entry, as a teammate to Darren Manning and Al Unser Jr.?

LARRY FOYT (Team director, A.J. Foyt Racing): "Well, you never know what's going to happen here. We've got the cars to where if my dad wanted to throw one in, I think that we could do it. I just wanted to be ready in case that happens, but I don't know. I probably won't because I don't want to do anything to take away from our 14 and 50 operations, but at the same time, if it looks like we can easily get in the field, it might be fun to do." (About factors into any decision to run a third car with Larry Foyt): "Well, we're probably just going to see what happens today and how fast people are going. I feel really confident that I could jump in and get up to 220 pretty quickly, but at the same time, our car is not quite ready so it would take a lot of work. It probably won't happen, but I just want to be ready just in case."