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01-14-2018, 06:38 PM
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Join Date: May 2013
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 289 Street
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Daniel Sexton Gurney RIP
The world lost another Hero today. Dan Gurney passed away at age 86, due to complications from pneumonia approximately noon.
Godspeed, Mr. President-
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01-14-2018, 07:00 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Adelaide,
SA
Cobra Make, Engine: AP 289FIA 'English' spec.
Posts: 13,152
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What a legend! Fewer and fewer of those Cobra heroes left now, most unfortunately.
Here's 'cheers!' to Dan. Long may he and his achievements be remembered!
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01-14-2018, 07:03 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: (Beautiful) Sequim,
WA
Cobra Make, Engine: Pacific Roadster, 347 cu.in. 5-speed
Posts: 2,004
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RIP, Mr. President, I met him once when he came to Pacific Raceway's (1967 Trans-Am) A awe struck 12yo kid, got to shake his hand. My father's 62 Volvo P-1800 had a Gurney for President sticker on it. You will be missed.
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01-14-2018, 08:48 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Carlsbad,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SAI FIA, 289HP (5-bolt), 48IDA Webers
Posts: 1,244
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Gods speed Dan, there is no better American Motorsport ambassador!
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01-14-2018, 10:41 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Gilroy,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2291, Whipple Blown & Injected 4V ModMotor
Posts: 2,734
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It is sad to see such an extraordinary man pass. The Man and his contributions have long been the stuff of legend. What a unique example of how to be both competitive and a gentleman.
Ed
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01-15-2018, 05:51 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Canandaigua,
NY
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF MKII Riverside Racer FIA
Posts: 2,502
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A true legend both on and off the track. He will be sadly missed.
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01-15-2018, 08:18 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Tahoe/Truckee,
ca
Cobra Make, Engine: Ford Racing 363/8-stack injection, SPFR0012
Posts: 260
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RIP Dan.
Mark.
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01-15-2018, 09:08 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: arroyo grande, ca,
ca
Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 427
Posts: 1,774
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Was always a gentleman. Will always be an icon.
Godspeed Mr. Gurney.
Greg
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01-15-2018, 09:41 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Lafayette,
IN
Cobra Make, Engine: Looking to buy
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RIP Dan. Jimmy Clark's dad once said that Dan was the only driver Jimmy feared.
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01-15-2018, 05:05 PM
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Posts: 629
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One of the heroes of the Man Cave
They are all gone now...
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01-15-2018, 07:44 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ferndale,
WA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF2089
Posts: 460
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A very sad day.
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01-16-2018, 09:31 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Granite Bay,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF GT40P-2265/393W, KMP318 (PROJECT!!!!!)/CSX478
Posts: 1,158
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Met him a few years back at Laguna Seca. Was very kind and patient with all of the autograph seekers (me included). His legendary status hadn't gone to his head.
RIP
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01-16-2018, 09:31 AM
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Location: Gilroy,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2291, Whipple Blown & Injected 4V ModMotor
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I saw and remembered this verse today as I was reading the Autoweek eulogy for Dan. It is a part of an A.E. Houseman poem that a now deceased Autoweek Journalist and lifelong friend of Dan Gurney, Denise McCluggage, used when she wrote her book about those special men from his generation, like Dan Gurney. The very same men who so astounded us with their on track and life performances and have now passed on.
With rue my heart is laden
For golden friends I had
For many a rose-lipped maiden
And many a lightfoot lad
By brooks too broad for leaping
The lightfoot boys are laid
The rose-lipped girls are sleeping
In fields where roses fade
The man still amazes me ...
Ed
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01-17-2018, 09:31 PM
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Location: Lafayette,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Looking to buy
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Denise was a great one too!
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01-18-2018, 03:10 AM
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Location: Brisbane,
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Another sad day in Motorsport history.
Not many had their name on racing parts, like the Gurney flap.
A man of many talents, will be missed.
RIP Dan.
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01-18-2018, 05:03 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY USA,
NY
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance
Posts: 4,543
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I had the great luck of having some interactions with DSG over the years, my first at Indy qualifying in 1969 and the last in April of 2017 just before his family presented him with a Shelby 289 "Dan Gurney" replica. I had the great honor of being involved with the development of the Gurney replica via Ross Henry, who is the driving force behind the Superformance and Shelby 289 cars. Two interactions 48 years apart...gee, 48, that number seems familiar!
Dan sent me a very nice thank you photo in addition to resigning a photo he signed in 1969 that I took of him at the 1968 Watkins Glen US Grand Prix. I also received a very nice communication from Evi, just more proof of what class people Dan and his family are.
This is Ross meeting with Dan last April just before he was presented with his 289. That famous smile is very evident. And under that towel is Dan's revolutionary engine project.
Sir, you will be missed............
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01-18-2018, 06:08 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: St. Lucia, West Indies,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427SC 383 stroker
Posts: 3,772
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Even as a little boy growing up on a tiny Caribbean island in the 60's, I was familiar with Dan Gurney's name from reading my Dad's Science & Mechanics and Popular Science magazines, along with any other automotive-related literature I could get my hands on. A true icon to any lover of motorsports, and the end of a glorious era.
R.I.P and Godspeed Dan!
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