Foyt team’s offseason makeover begins

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By: Marshall Pruett | September 24, 2019 9:01 AM


A.J. Foyt Racing wasted little time in getting started on an ambitious plan to overhaul its NTT IndyCar Series team.

Shortly after the checkered flag waved on Sunday in Monterey, the Chevy-powered program parted ways with one senior team member and more changes could be coming while the team seeks a new title sponsor as its involvement with ABC Supply shifts to an Indy-only partnership.

A team representative confirmed Foyt technical director and race engineer Eric Cowdin split with the team on Sunday, leaving a significant void to fill during the offseason. In serving as Tony Kanaan’s race engineer on the No. 14 Chevy, the two resumed a relationship that dated back to Indy Lights in the 1990s, and prior to coming together at Foyt at the onset of the 2018 season, Cowdin and Kanaan were paired at Chip Ganassi Racing. R&D engineer Travis Jacobsen, who followed Cowdin from Ganassi, is also believed to have departed the Foyt outfit.