page_title: January 1965
section_title: January 17, 1965 (Sunday)
hierarchical_section_title: January 1965 / January 17, 1965 (Sunday)
caption_attribution_description: English: JLM-Racing-1961-A J Foyt_midget car race
context_page_description: The following events occurred in January 1965:
context_section_description: Auto racing legend A. J. Foyt, who had twice won the 1961 Indianapolis 500 and was the defending U.S. Auto Club National Champion, was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash at the Motor Trend 500 race in Riverside, California. Foyt's car had flipped several times after his brakes went out and his back was broken, but the judgment by one of the doctors on the scene turned out to be premautre.  After recovering from surgery, Foyt would resume racing and win two more Indy 500s, the Daytona 500, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans race.  Fifty years later, Foyt would celebrate his 80th birthday.
  Born: Manolo (Manuel Sánchez Delgado), Spanish soccer footballer for Atlético Madrid and the Spanish national team; in Cáceres
caption: Rumors of Foyt's death greatly exaggerated
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