Posted on 01/14/2018 6:50:21 PM PST by Sam_Damon
The news that the legendary Dan Gurney died on Sunday night after a long battle with pneumonia was something racing legends Mario Andretti and Bobby Unser had difficulty accepting. Although they knew Gurney was in failing health, the fact that he was a “Mount Rushmore of Auto Racing” figure made him bigger-than-life to drivers who have been described in the same vein.
“It’s one freaking sad day,” an emotional Unser told Autoweek in a phone interview Sunday night.
Andretti echoed those sentiments from his home in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, on Sunday evening.
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Actually, I was looking for the dome. It was big news back in the day!
I saw that MkIV several times at the Monterey Historic.
Not racing but just static.
Shades of Ol’ Dick Trickle having a cigarette lighter on the Roll Cage so He could light one up during the Caution Flags.(
Gurney was the first driver that I recall hearing about in my youth.
Rest in Peace Dan.
My focus shifted to the drag strip and the Salt Flats where it remains, yet Dan Gurney was always a fond memory from my younger days. So was Tommy Ivo...
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