Dan Gurney

Dan Gurney was an American race-car driver, constructor, and team owner who won in Formula One, sports-car racing, and NASCAR.

Carroll Shelby: Carroll Shelby was an American racing driver and automotive designer who founded Shelby American. Shelby partnered with Gurney on the Ford GT40 program and shared his drive toward American-built racing success.
1967 24 Hours of Le Mans: The 1967 endurance race won by Dan Gurney and A. J. Foyt in a Ford GT40 Mk IV. The victory was Gurney’s defining endurance-racing achievement and a breakthrough for an American-built car.
Formula One: Formula One is the highest international class of single-seat circuit racing, governed by the FIA. Gurney won four Grands Prix and became the first American to win a race in a car bearing his own name.
Gurney flap: A small tab attached to an aerodynamic surface’s trailing edge to increase lift or downforce. Gurney developed and tested this device on racing cars to improve cornering grip.
All American Racers: All American Racers is the California racing team and constructor founded by Dan Gurney in 1964. Gurney’s team built Eagle cars and competed in Formula One, IndyCar, and sports-car racing.
Phil Hill: Phil Hill was an American racing driver who won the 1961 Formula One World Championship. Hill and Gurney were leading American drivers in Formula One during the early 1960s.
1967 Belgian Grand Prix: The 1967 Formula One race at Spa-Francorchamps, won by Dan Gurney in an Eagle-Weslake. Gurney’s victory proved his own constructor could win at the highest level of Grand Prix racing.
Sports car racing: Sports-car racing is circuit competition for closed-wheel cars, often featuring multiple drivers and endurance events. It brought Gurney major victories at Le Mans, Daytona, and Sebring.
Downforce: Downforce is aerodynamic force that presses a moving vehicle toward the track or road. Gurney flaps increase downforce by changing airflow over a wing.
Eagle (race car): Eagle was the marque used by All American Racers for its competition cars. The Eagle name embodied Gurney’s effort to create a successful American racing constructor.

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