However, it wasn’t vocabulary that drew Dan Gurney’s attention; it was the race: basically, stock sedans running on street circuits. Most conservatively, most of the cars were Jaguars – at ...
Dan Gurney turned the British Touring Car Championship on its head in 1961 when he unleashed a high-powered Chevrolet Impala on the field. The Big Eagle, driving the big American sedan, wore out ...
He won the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix at the helm of his famous Gurney Eagle ... s affiliation with racing continued in NASCAR as he claimed four victories in the stock car league as well as seven ...
Born in 1931, Gurney competed in Formula 1, NASCAR, IndyCar, and endurance racing, earning victories across multiple disciplines, even becoming the first American driver to win in F1 with a car of ...