A.J.'s brakes failed, and he tried to avoid crashing into Junior Johnson and Marvin Panch, two racers who were in front of him. In the process of avoiding this crash, Foyt flipped his car down an embankment, breaking his back and fracturing his ankle. By the time the medics, a fellow racer, Parnelli Jones, and a team owner descended the 25-foot embankment and reached Foyt's car, Foyt was not breathing, his skin was blue, and they assumed he was dead. The track doctor pronounced him dead at the scene. However after Parnelli Jones noticing some slight movement, and scooping the mud out of Foyt's mouth, he was able to breathe again and they took him to the hospital. A.J. made a complete recovery and four months later in May qualified on the pole for the Indy 500. He would finisf 15th due to mechanical problems. Then on July 4th he would win the NASCAR Firecracker 400 at Daytona for his second career NASCAR win.

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