Gurney finished out his F1 career driving for McLaren, first in an AAR-run M7A late in 1968, and then his final three GPs with this M14A, filling in after Bruce was killed in 1970.
Photo: Roger Dixon
So we have lost Dan Gurney, a few months shy of his 87th birthday. Dan was one of the sport’s internationally famous and successful icons: he was a motor racing driver, car constructor and team owner, whose outstanding good looks could just as easily have qualified him for an acting career in Hollywood. But motor racing drew him like an irresistible magnet. To begin with, at a mere 19 years old, he built and raced his own car, which turned in a top speed of 138 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats
After Phil Hill, Dan became the second American ever to win in a Formula One race, and is considered the equal of that other American superstar, Mario Andretti. He is also the first driver to have won in F1, World Championship endurance racing, NASCAR and Indycar.s As a constructor his Eagle-Toyotas won 14 consecutive IMSA GTP races and back-to-back drivers and manufacturers titles.
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