Veloce were saddened to require heed word of the passing of a about other motorsport legend, Dan Gurney, on the 14th January, aged 86.
Daniel Sexton Gurney was born inwards Port Jefferson, New Jersey, on Apr thirteen 1931. He moved to California amongst his trouble solid unit of measurement when he was 16, as well as past times the fourth dimension he was merely xix years old, he built as well as ran a motorcar that attained 138mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats. His interests rapidly moved-on to dragsters as well as sports cars.
With the might to wrest fifty-fifty less-than-competitive, pre aero-era cars to a podium finish, he was said to live on the solely driver that Jim Clark feared on track. Gurney’s racing tape reads similar a hall of fame of entitle serial as well as cars, as well as he leaves a legacy that hereafter drivers, constructors, as well as squad owners alike, may never in i trial to a greater extent than attain. His career saw a string of high-profile wins as well as podium places inwards the world’s top racing series, from F1 as well as Le Mans, to Indy as well as NASCAR.
But it wasn't solely racing where Gurney made his considerable mark. Constructor as well as squad possessor are likewise prominent on his CV, as well as his Eagle-Weslake cars are nonetheless considered equally i of the around visually stunning F1 cars of all time.
H5N1 comprehensive await at Dan Gurney’s life as well as career inwards motorsport appears inwards Motor Racing Heroes – The Stories of 100 Greats, past times Robert Newman.
Daniel Sexton Gurney, thirteen Apr 1931 – fourteen Jan 2018
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| Dan Gurney, Netherlands GP, 1970 By Joost Evers / Anefo (Nationaal Archief) via Wikimedia Commons |
With the might to wrest fifty-fifty less-than-competitive, pre aero-era cars to a podium finish, he was said to live on the solely driver that Jim Clark feared on track. Gurney’s racing tape reads similar a hall of fame of entitle serial as well as cars, as well as he leaves a legacy that hereafter drivers, constructors, as well as squad owners alike, may never in i trial to a greater extent than attain. His career saw a string of high-profile wins as well as podium places inwards the world’s top racing series, from F1 as well as Le Mans, to Indy as well as NASCAR.
But it wasn't solely racing where Gurney made his considerable mark. Constructor as well as squad possessor are likewise prominent on his CV, as well as his Eagle-Weslake cars are nonetheless considered equally i of the around visually stunning F1 cars of all time.H5N1 comprehensive await at Dan Gurney’s life as well as career inwards motorsport appears inwards Motor Racing Heroes – The Stories of 100 Greats, past times Robert Newman.
Daniel Sexton Gurney, thirteen Apr 1931 – fourteen Jan 2018
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