Dan Gurney

[Tripler]

We lost an amazing Motorsport Legend .

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jan/15/dan-gurney-obituary

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https://youtu.be/Lu0G4HbtbOk

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https://youtu.be/swXZo581aI4

[G-Sting]

Nice tribute. Great videos.

Thanks for posting.

[Mystic ZR-1]

I woulda voted for him for president when he was the "Car & Driver" candidate in 1964 but I was only 15 and not old enough to vote!
RIP Dan. 🏁

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He wasn't on the WI ballot ... I wrote him in.

[Mystic ZR-1]

😋 Glad someone knows what I'm talking about!

[diamond zr1]

one of the best ever:salute:

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But there was also no one faster in the States, even when it came to crossing those states as quickly as possible. On the track Gurney won in Can-Am, Trans Am, you name it. Off the track, he went just as fast. In 1971, one year after he'd retired from formal competition to focus on life as a team owner, he was coaxed off the bench by racing writer Brock Yates to participate in the still-new Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash. They won the highly illegal secret event's second running, using a Ferrari Daytona to cover 2,863 miles in just under 36 hours, receiving only one speeding ticket. "At no time did we exceed 175 mph," Gurney deadpanned. A decade later, "The Cannonball Run" was released and Burt Reynolds essentially played Gurney on the big screen.

Yeah, that's how cool Dan Gurney was.

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http://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/story/_/id/22110226/remembering-dan-gurney-always-coolest-man-room-indycar-nascar-formula-one-le-mans-sports-cars