Gurney rare/one-off drives

[teegeefla]

Hi- I am new to the site and really enjoy it. I am researching some unusual/one-off drives of Dan Gurney, and need some help finding details (such as car #, finishing position, etc) and hopefully photos.

1955 he drove his own Triumph in some local Southern California races

In 1956 he won some races in his own Porsche Speedster; not sure what it looked like

In Sept 957 he won a Production race in a Corvette owned by Cal Bailey; believe it was #4

In Sept 1958 at Watkins Glen he finished second to Bonnier in #3, a Ferrari 290MM; it was NART owned but not sure if red or blue

May 1958 he had one drive at Tracy, CA in the John Edgar Maserati 450S; it was #198

Feb 1960 he raced a Team Camoradi Maserati 200, #15 at the Cuban GP; not sure if it was in the usual Camoradi white w/blue stripes

late 1962 he may or may not have driven a Lotus 23 in a couple of sports car races in England; I have found conflicting info

In early 1963 he drove a Lotus 23 at Nassau Speedweeks; no further info

In June 1963 he drove a Cooper Monaco Ford at the Players 200 at Mosport; car #44, not sure what it looked like

In March 1964 he drove a Lotus Cortina in the Sebring 4-hour race as a teammate to Jim Clark

Finally, in May 1964 he drove a lightweight Jaguar E-type at Silverstone in a support race for the British GP; it was the car w/4WPD registration but i have no idea on its number.


I realize this is quite a list, so any help on any of these entries would be greatly appreciated. If you would prefer to use e-mail, please do so.

[thunder road]

the simplist way would be to contact Dan Gurney or his staff 'pr' person,www.allamericanracers.com, I had a lot of help from this avenue, very helpfull/ passionate people.

[flatlander_48]

He also had a '63 (I think) Ford Fairlane built up in the UK with a lot of Holman-Moody and Ford heavy duty parts. Gurney used the car for a few saloon races.

[teegeefla]

I tried AAR first, but the request was considered too time consuming and I was told that some info may come out in a possible book planned for sometime in the future, and that I should do my research on the internet (which is how I got the info in the first place). Not much help from them unfortunately, although very polite.

[Ol'_Motorhead]

The 1963 Player's 200 Programme shows a Lotus 19 (#5) entry driven by Chuck Daigh for Arciero Bros. Racing, not Gurney and no #44 car.

[Ol'_Motorhead]

Oops,I stand corrected. I was at the race but after 40+ years, the memory fades!|| The race report in Track & Traffic states "time was allowed Saturday for late arrivals Gurney, Clark, ..." and " Gurney ... in the red Tim Mayer-owned Cooper Monaco." He came a close third (1.5 sec.) behind Jim Hall and winner Chuch Daigh. There's a couple of photos of #44 in the article. Cheers.

[teegeefla]

Thanks...is there any way you could scan one of the photos of the #44 and post it or e-mail it to me? This is the first "lead" I've had on finding a picture. fla~~~s5@aol.com

[teegeefla]

correction on the e-mail: flagees5@aol.com

[Neptune]

There is a photo of the Camorada Birdcage in a full page ad in a recent issue of Motorsport or Classic & Sportscar as it was just auctioned.

There are other photos of the car in several books on LeMans, such as "Americans at LeMAns" and "LeMans, 1923-'73", I'm guessing the dates in that title, but there are photos and it appears to be white w/ blue stripe.

Roger

[Ol'_Motorhead]

I emailed a photo to your aol address. I couldn't attach it here - why is beyond my computer skills. How big is 52100 bytes? I'll again when I've got more time. Cheers.

[teegeefla]

I also have limited computer skills...here is a post from the Nostalgia Forum explaining one way to send images, although I have not tried it yet. Best of luck if you feel adventurous.

Hi all,

If you do not have a website and you wish to post an image from your hard drive on the Bulletin Board (provided that you own the copyright or have permission, of course), please note a new and very recommended service called Image Shack.

The service allows you to upload - without registration or any fee whatsoever - any image (up to 800kb) and provides you with the appropriate link to post on the BB. It even provides you with a thumbnail option that includes details of the image size and is linked to the large image - something I encourage you to use.

The images remain stored and available for a minimum of a year since they were last viewed (that is, if an image is not viewed for at least 1 year straight, it will be removed. Every time the image is viewed, the countdown is reset).

You can read more on their FAQ page, at http://www.imageshack.us/faq.php