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[Rosemayer]

Happy birthday Dan 78 years young.

[Flat Black]

Happy birthday, Mr. Gurney.

May you have 78 more.

[stevewf1]

Happy Birthday Dan Gurney!

I know there's another thread here somewhere, but Dan Gurney had several important influences on racing during his career.

[Jerry Entin]

Evi Gurney and Tony Adamowicz and Dan Gurney
This was from the recent Legends of Riverside event.

Happy Birthday Dan.

photo Albert Wong - copyright 2009 Albert Wong

[B Squared]

Gordon Kirby writes of Mr. Gurney's involvement in the Long Beach Grand Prix in today's column.

http://www.gordonkir...t_is_no179.html

Happy Birthday Mr. Gurney. I feel privileged to have grown up with you as a racing hero. May you enjoy many more.

Brian Brown

[Eagle104]

Many more to come, for my all-time racing hero and good-guy! Thanks for everything, Dan...and a special thanks to Mr. & Mrs. John Gurney, too!

Eagle104

[Barry Boor]

Happy Birthday, Dan.

Thanks for the photo, Jerry. We so rarely get to see Evi. Boy does she look young!

[a2zracer]

Happy Birthday Dan , may there be many more to come. !!!

Dan, You have made America and the world Proud with all of your tremendous accomplishments ! I first met you at Sebring, (you were driving for Porsche AG in the Abarth Carrera ), little did I know, that I would be privileged to win the 1969 Continental Championship a few years later, in a FA 5000 Gurney Eagle, Chassis # 510 . All American Racers, inc. has made some of the finest racing cars in the world, Thank You Mr. Dan Gurney and the entire AAR team. We are all honored to share your friendship and love of racing. Ironically, I just received Albert Wong's great Legends of Riverside photo sent to me from my friend Dennis Currington and Yes, Evi looks so young and radiant, Thank You Both for being the Legends that you are.

Cheers ! Tony Adamowicz, www.a2zracer.com , www.a2zracergear.com ,
" Keeping The Legends Alive" www.RiversideInternational.org , www.LegendsofRiverside.com

[Gokart Mozart]

Happy Birthday Dan! I'll see if we can get a DGF FF win in the bag before your 79th!

Respectfully Yours,

Jacques N. Dresang
UEMSI Motorwerks
www.uemsimotorwerks.com

[JacnGille]

[Andretti Fan]

Somehow, when talking about Dan Gurney, using the word LEGEND just doesn't seem to be good enough. Happy Birthday Sir, and may you have many many more.

[Jack-the-Lad]

Happy birthday, Dan Gurney. You are a true American hero. You should have been president!



Jack

[GVborsari]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAN !!


My hero since 1963 !!!!

All the best to you, and keep spraying that Moet et Chandon WHite Star !!!




Mark Valsi

[raceannouncer2003]

The right time, the right place! Monterey, 2004...



Happy Birthday, Dan, and thank you for always being so friendly and approachable.

Vince H.

[Frank S]

Happy Birthday, Mr President! (Would that it were so ... )


Another time, another place:



Mr Gurney consults with a Safety Steward, concerned about the
"Bott's Dots" marking the apex of Turn 12 (beginning of the S/F straightaway).

I said it was apparent the Dots were superfluous, the cars being loaded to the other side, the drivers using the concrete wall as course limiter, Dots could only have a deleterious effect on the tires/suspensions, and were otherwise insignificant.

Gurney took it in, and next morning the Dots were gone.

[Keir]

THE AMERICAN EAGLE STILL FLYS.

[Barry Boor]

Shout it from the rooftops - Dan is 80 on Wednesday.

[David M. Kane]

DAN the MAN!

[Giraffe]

Congratulations Dan, The US Ambassador for Motorsport!


By giraffe138 at 2011-04-12
Photo courtesy of the Sid Taylor collection.


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By giraffe138 at 2011-04-12
Goodwood FOS 2009


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By giraffe138 at 2011-04-12

Edited by Giraffe, 12 April 2011 - 09:20.

[B Squared]

Best wishes to Dan Gurney. Another legendary driver that I was fortunate to see race. I believe I took this shot at Milwaukee or Michigan in 1996 when P.J. Jones and Juan Fangio II were his drivers in CART.

photo: B²

[Richard Jenkins]

A true legend, one of the few of that era remaining and a thoroughly top man. Happy birthday, Sir.

[grandprix61]

Best wishes to Dan Gurney. Another legendary driver that I was fortunate to see race. I believe I took this shot at Milwaukee or Michigan in 1996 when P.J. Jones and Juan Fangio II were his drivers in CART.

photo: B²

Happy Birthday to one of the Best. I only met him once, at Milwaukee on a Friday during practice for the weekend CART race. I had a box of photographs of Dan and others from the Glen and Indy. Plus a special photo of Dan and Jimmy Clark from the 1963 Milwaukee race which Jimmy won. He invited me to sit in the hospitality tent and we started to look at the photographs. In minutes I felt as I had known him for years. He told stories about every shot, identifying people in them. We had a lot of laughs and he was very complimentary of my work. I was absolutely in awe. I thought, if you liked basketball this was like sitting down with Michael Jordan for an hour. Dan, many more to one of the great contributors to the world of Motor Racing. I will never forget that hour sit down in Milwaukee and a chance to meet you. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND MANY MORE! Ron Nelson


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[Nick Planas]

Happy Birthday to Dan.

Never met him - wish I had, but even as a young child I knew he was a class act. Like another great American driver (Mario) he oozes class outside of the cockpit. I wish him the very best and hope he enjoys some big celebrations today.

[Allan Lupton]

Never met him but I was there when he looked like this:

en route to winning at Rouen on 8 July 1962 - and again a week later at Solitude!

Edited by Allan Lupton, 13 April 2015 - 07:37.

[Frank S]

Happy birthday ...

[MMorrissey]

Indeed... happy birthday Dan Gurney!

[Alan Cox]

From the Eagle F1 thread

In honour of Dan Gurney's 80th birthday today, we have completely redid our Eagle feature. It now features pictures of all three V12 engined cars:

http://www.ultimatec...-1-Weslake.html

[eldougo]

Dan get Air...... check out the mouth and eyes ,i don,t blame him mine would have been closed.
...3rd in Deutschland 1965.
Copyright unknown,just a lovely pic i only wish it was in color.

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[Concreteconrods]

Belated Happy Birthday Dan. Great driver & producer of some of the best looking racing cars of all time.

My Picture from Silverstone 1967: -


Can someone name the people in the picture for me please?

Edited by Concreteconrods, 14 April 2011 - 10:23.

[Tim Murray]

I know there's a little while to go before the 13th dawns in California, but here in the UK we're seven hours into it, so:

Happy Birthday Dan

[Manfred Cubenoggin]

Icon.  Idol.  Hero.  Whatever you please.  He has been all of this and more for me for better than half a century.

 

Many happy returns of the day, DG. 

[Barry Boor]

For me too - 55 years of support.

Happy Birthday, Dan.

[Dick Dastardly]

Happy Birthday, Sir

[D28]

Belated Happy Birthday Dan. Great driver & producer of some of the best looking racing cars of all time.

My Picture from Silverstone 1967: -


Can someone name the people in the picture for me please?

Best guess is: Facing Gurney, Bruce McLaren who drove 3 races for AAR in 1967. Back to us could be Joe Ramirez? kneeling might be Rouem Haffenden? These guesses come from a photo of AAR Team in  Joe Ramirez.  Others included were Tim Wall and Mike Lowman. Some of these guys probably fit here.

 

Best wishes and many more to come Dan!

Edited by D28, 13 April 2015 - 23:47.

[TIPO61]

ALL THE BEST TO ENZO'S "BIG MARINE!"

[fbarrett]

Happy Birthday, Dan. Now's the perfect time to announce your presidential campaign! 

[JacnGille]

[Jack-the-Lad]

ALL THE BEST TO ENZO'S "BIG MARINE!"

Happy birthday again, Dan Gurney, and semper fi!

(And damn you, Imageshack!!)

[D28]

Concreteconrods: Silverstone 1967:

 

Do any of the names posted Apr 13 fit with your recollections? Anyone want to guess Who are those guys?

[B Squared]

From Racer; what a great gesture. I've always loved this car and was fortunate to see it run in period. Cox did a powered tethercar of this car and my brother and I wanted one in a big way. It was not inexpensive and wouldn't have one in the collection until many years later when Dad found one basically, "new and in the box."

 

"The stunning 1967 Eagle Indy car was presented to Dan Gurney on his 84th birthday, yesterday in Santa Ana, Calif. Impeccably restored by John Mueller and Jerry Wise, and refitted with a Ford four-cam from Tom Malloy, this was arguably the finest present that Gurney’s sons could have come up with. As it sat glinting in the sun, Dan was visibly moved…and became even more so when the engine finally caught and fired up."

 

photo: David Malsher

 

http://www.racer.com...n-84th-birthday

 

Apologies for another "yawn-worthy" post - at least according to some.

[Tim Murray]

What a great birthday present. Thanks for letting us know, Brian.

[JacnGille]

 

Apologies for another "yawn-worthy" post - at least according to some.

Hardly!!

[B Squared]

Thanks for the support gentlemen. Robin Miller talks with Mr. Gurney after receiving his gift:

http://www.racer.com...with-dan-gurney

[Sigur]

Truly a legend. He did so much for the sport and was so innovative. Glad to see him looking so good.

[Jack-the-Lad]

A couple of days late, but......


HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAN GURNEY!!!!

I was at Revival in 2012 when Dan the Man was the honoured driver.....standing right at the S/F line near him....Royal Marine band playing the Star Spangled Banner just for him....Lord March at his side....a flight of P-51 Mustangs doing a fly-by in his honor. This Yank was properly misted up!

DAN GURNEY FOR PRESIDENT! (It isn't too late)

Many happy returns of the day to a true racing legend and just a helluva guy!

Edited by Jack-the-Lad, 17 April 2016 - 05:48.

[JacnGille]

[fuzzi]

In these primary days in the USA, my new "Dan Gurney for President" sticker (it was a present) looks very fine in the back window!

 

And it is just as relevant now as it was back when Car and Driver thought up the idea.

[Jack-the-Lad]

In these primary days in the USA, my new "Dan Gurney for President" sticker (it was a present) looks very fine in the back window!
 
And it is just as relevant now as it was back when Car and Driver thought up the idea.

I brought two back from Goodwood as mentioned above. I can't decide whether to "wear" 'em or preserve 'em!