R.I. P. Dan Gurney

[strad]

With one last smile on his handsome face, Dan drove off into the unknown just before noon today, January 14, 2018," Gurney's wife Evi and family said in a statement. "In deepest sorrow, with gratitude in our hearts for the love and joy you have given us during your time on this earth, we say 'Godspeed.'".

[bill shoe]

Rolling out of the garage for practice at his home race at Watkins Glen. Won Spa a few months earlier.

[Facts Only]

In my view the greatest ever. A huge inspiration for me. He did so much, over so a varied career and had success everywhere.

The word legend is bandied about too much but Dan Gurney definitely was. When most drivers are long forgotten we will still be fitting Gurney flaps and spraying champagne.

[strad]

I can't begin to tell how hard this hit's me. He was a truly nice man.

[PlatinumZealot]

May he rest in peace.
Was the Gurney flap named after him though?

[flynfrog]

May he rest in peace.
Was the Gurney flap named after him though?

Yes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurney_flap

[bill shoe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4eKqmYO9lQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9oZ6djVgco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xRcaQQFQjc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8kfm4y3UzQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGoU2Efjw0A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSBkTPmfxis

[Tommy Cookers]

thanks for the footage

great days ! - 50 ish years ago something like a merging of European and American racing interests
D S G at the heart of that eg getting Lotus to Indy etc

btw the 'Gurney flap' goes back to the early days of flying - a length of cord doped onto the TE to correct lateral trim

D S G won in the F1 Eagle on AgriCastrol oil (oil for farm vehicles)

maybe he missed out, reaching his driving peak during the 1.5 litre F1 era - this surely better suited to smaller lighter drivers
the reason he was outstanding on the faster circuits ?

[TAG]

Dan handed Porsche their first and only F1 win.