He was considered the best of the best in designing and driving race cars. He was successful in many forms and classes of racing from Le Mans to F1 to Nascar. A true gentlemen racer.

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Posted by foj1981

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Posted on 1/15/18 at 9:54 am to cajuncarguy

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Posted by bapple

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Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:08 pm to cajuncarguy

I too respect the racing greats before me. I wish Carol Shelby could've lived forever. May Dan RIP.

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Posted by cajuncarguy

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Posted on 1/15/18 at 6:04 pm to bapple

Carroll Shelby was actually responsible for getting the Ford GT-40 up to speed so Gurney and AJ Foyt could win that race. Ferrari had owned the Le Mans race for many years. The Ford GTs won 4 consecutive years. Gurney's All American Racer's company was also special. he was the only person to design, own and drive a F1 winning car at SPA in Belgium.

I actually had the pleasure to survive driving a early 260 Cobra around for a week or so when I was 15. (CSX 2044) It was scary fast! And Fun!! I even raced and beat a 63 Stingray with the FI package.

Glory days for sure.

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Posted on 1/15/18 at 8:58 pm to cajuncarguy

Robin Miller has a nice piece about him at Racer.com.

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Posted by cajuncarguy

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Posted on 1/15/18 at 9:22 pm to Twenty 49

Here's a good story from ESPN:

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Dan Gurney was cool because he was the fastest man on the track, the funniest guy at the bar, the smartest guy at the drawing board, the politest person at the table and the handsomest man in the lineup.

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