GA Russell Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Dan Gurney passed away today at 87. He was my favorite racer when I was a youngster. RIP. http://autoweek.com/article/racing/dan-gurney-1931-2018?utm_source=BreakingNews20180114&utm_medium=enewsletter&utm_term=headline-top&utm_content=body&utm_campaign=awbreakingnews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Interesting article, didn't know his dad was an opera singer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Garrett Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 I can't think of any other surviving American driver of his generation of similar stature - A. J. Foyt is probably closest, at around five years younger than Gurney was. Mario Andretti and Al Unser Sr. are both almost ten years younger. It's said that Gurney started the tradition of winning drivers spraying the crowd with champagne from the podium when he did so after winning Le Mans with Foyt in 1967. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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