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AJ Foyt Racing
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FROM Copenhagen, Denmark
LIVES Indianapolis, USA
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AJ Foyt Racing
INDYCAR Driver
AGE 25
FROM Copenhagen, Denmark
LIVES Indianapolis, USA
The 2023 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season finale could be described as a race of survival for the field of 27 drivers, with eight long cautions during the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey this weekend. Despite being caught up in multiple incidents during...
Benjamin Pedersen will start 23rd, an improvement over recent qualifying attempts, but he anticipated a stronger run. His lap time of 1 minute, 7.7583 seconds (118.905 mph) was the quickest of the weekend for him. “We’ll be rolling off P23. We lost...
The BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland became a survival contest as numerous bump-and-runs characterized the race. Some of the drivers were able to continue after losing a few spots and some were not so fortunate. The tire choice of starting on the...
Qualifying for the BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland ended in the first round for AJ Foyt Racing as both Santino Ferrucci and Benjamin Pedersen did not advance. Although disappointed, the young drivers were not discouraged. Pedersen will start...
A tough end to a shortened weekend for Benjamin Pedersen at the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway. When qualifications rained out yesterday. INDYCAR moved them to today. Benjamin Pedersen qualified 25th having...
The Gallagher Grand Prix turned into another missed opportunity for A.J. Foyt's team as technical errors and a pit stop miscue put the team on its back foot. The problems began with Benjamin Pedersen's No. 55 Sexton Properties Chevrolet which...
The struggle continues for AJ Foyt Racing on the road and street courses as drivers Santino Ferrucci and Benjamin Pedersen will have their work cut out for them in the Gallagher Grand Prix tomorrow. Pedersen improved his time of 1 minute, 11.38...
For the first time in three years, the No. 14 Sexton Properties Chevrolet finished the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix with Santino Ferrucci at the wheel. However, for teammate Benjamin Pedersen in the No. 55 Sexton Properties Chevrolet, it was a...
Guarded optimism was the feeling going into qualifying for the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix Saturday evening. Benjamin Pedersen was 12th in the morning practice and Santino Ferrucci was 16th. The practice was delayed 40 minutes due to rain and...
"It's deja vu all over again!" Unfortunately, the famous quote by New York Yankees legendary catcher Yogi Berra applied all too well today as both Santino Ferrucci and Benjamin Pedersen found themselves struggling with ill-handling cars in a race...
"We've got to try something different for tomorrow," Larry Foyt told his team after the Hy-Vee Homefront 250 in which both drivers, veteran and rookie, struggled in the 250-lap race around Iowa Speedway's high banks. Moments after the race the...
"Just can't catch a break!" Benjamin Pedersen's reaction to the Lap 1 chain reaction accident summed up the feelings of the AJ Foyt Racing team which saw both cars caught up in the multi-car crash at the exit of Turn 1 at the start of the Honda...
Rain midway through qualifying for the Honda Indy Toronto created an interesting scenario for AJ Foyt Racing as Benjamin Pedersen ran first in dry conditions for Group 1 and Santino Ferrucci in Group 2 ran in the rain. The team struggled in...
The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio is in the rearview mirror for AJ Foyt Racing but they will be analyzing the data to see what they can learn from this character-building weekend. Starting 23rd and 26th respectively, both Benjamin Pedersen and Santino...
Qualifying under cloudy skies, the competitors in the NTT INDYCAR Series escaped the rain forecasted for the session at the 2.25-mile Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Benjamin Pedersen and Santino Ferrucci improved their cars in the practice sessions...
The promise of yesterday's qualifying didn't materialize into strong finishes in the Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America for AJ Foyt Racing. Despite promising starts for Santino Ferrucci in the No. 14 Sexton Properties Chevrolet and Benjamin Pedersen...
Progress. Significant progress. For AJ Foyt Racing, the work behind the scenes is starting to show where it counts--on the race track. Rookie Benjamin Pedersen advanced to the top 12 for the first time this season and posted his best qualifying run...
The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix delivered on its promise to bring the high energy of the NTT INDYCAR Series to downtown Detroit. The unique double-wide pit lane was a success; there were no incidents as the pitstops went off smoothly....
INDYCAR driver Benjamin Pedersen posted his best qualifying run on a street/road course to date in the NTT INDYCAR Series this afternoon. Driving the No. 55 Sexton Properties Chevrolet, the 24-year-old rookie will start 19th in the 27-car field...
The month of May proved to be a magical and promising time for NTT INDYCAR Series Rookie Benjamin Pedersen, after many successful practice days and setting two records during his first qualifying attempt. "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing"...
For longtime fans of A.J. Foyt, Benjamin Pedersen's firesuit may strike a familiar chord. The fastest rookie in this year's Indianapolis 500 is paying tribute to his famous boss this month by wearing a vintage-looking firesuit inspired by suits...
Driving the No. 55 Sexton Properties Chevrolet, fastest rookie Benjamin Pedersen will start 11th, in the middle of row 4. When Foyt qualified as the fastest rookie in 1958, he started 12th. Qualifying for the Fast 12 was preceded by warmups this...
What a difference a year makes! With 34 drivers making a record 84 attempts to qualify for the 107th Running of the Indianapolis 500, it took only two runs from AJ Foyt Racing's Santino Ferrucci and Benjamin Pedersen to qualify in the Fast 12...
The good news is that AJ Foyt Racing made gains in the performance of their cars. The bad news is that they weren't able to capitalize on it due to some gremlins that surfaced before and during the GMR Grand Prix. For Benjamin Pedersen, the issue...
Driving the No. 55 Sexton Properties Chevrolet, rookie Benjamin Pedersen will start 23rd in the GMR Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course tomorrow afternoon. Pedersen posted a lap time of 1 minute, 10.5181 seconds (124.513mph)....
BIRMINGHAM (April 30, 2023) -- Making lemonade out of lemons. That's what AJ Foyt Racing attempted to do in the Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix at Barber Motorsport Park Sunday afternoon. The general consensus when the checkered flag flew was...
BIRMINGHAM (April 29, 2023)--AJ Foyt Racing has its work cut out for them after today's qualifying session for the Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix under beautiful conditions at the pristine Barber Motorsports Park. Pedersen had an...
Benjamin Pedersen's day in the No. 55 Sexton Properties Chevrolet did not go as smoothly despite being 15th quick in the morning warmup, making him optimistic for his chances in the 85-lap race. However, the first issue surfaced with a steering...
Benjamin Pedersen came to Long Beach last year when he was shadowing the Foyt team and sitting in on engineering meetings with the drivers and listening on the radio during on track sessions in preparation for his rookie season in the NTT INDYCAR...
FORT WORTH, Texas (April 2, 2023) -- It was good news and bad news for AJ Foyt Racing in the PPG 375 at Texas Motor Speedway. Sunday afternoon. The cars were fast but gremlins wiped out chances for top-10 finishes for both cars which showed speed...
FORT WORTH, Texas (April 1, 2023) -- There was no fooling around today when it came to qualifying for the PPG 375 at Texas Motor Speedway as both of the Sexton Properties Chevrolets qualified in the top half of the 28-car field. Rookie Benjamin...
Street fight doesn’t begin to describe the Firestone Grand Prix in the streets of St. Petersburg today. For the AJ Foyt Racing team, the fight ended seconds after it started.
Benjamin Pedersen will make his NTT INDYCAR Series debut this weekend driving the No. 55 Sexton Properties Chevrolet in the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. The 23-year-old Danish American, who competed in the INDY NXT Series by Firestone...