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Dan Gurney was born at Port Jefferson, New Jersey on 13 April 1931.
He competed in 86 Grand Prix, winning 4 of them - 1962 French, 1964 French and Mexican and the 1967 Belgian. The last he won in the beautiful Eagle Gurney Weslake V12, with which he also won the race of Champions at Brands Hatch that year. Despite the above results, his best placing in the World Championship was earlier, in 1961, when he finished 3rd.
Sports car wins include 1959 Sebring 12 hours, 1960 Nurburgring 1000kms and 1967 Le Mans 24 hours.
He had several Indycar wins:-
1967 - Riverside,
1968 - Mosport Park Races 1 & 2, Riverside
1969 - Indianapolis Raceway Park Race 1, Brainerd Race 2
1970 - Sears Point
Jim Clark is reputed to have rated Gurney as his sternest opposition.
Last edited by John Turner; 2 Jan 2007 at 14:46.
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