Gurney @ Spa...The All-American Victory on Speed

Thanks! DVR primed.

That Eagle remains one of the "prettiest" F1 cars ever IMESHO.

Looking fwd to catching it.

Cheers,
Ian

 

Argh, can't set the VCR from here.

Hopefully there will be a rerun.

 

Andreas,
SPEED mentioned that there will be reruns throughout the weekend but the next one is set for tonight at 7:30pm Eastern. I did not record the show but I definitely will tonight.

Hope that helps,
Gregg

 

I'm not gonna be in the US for a while.

Did you record on VHS?

 

I missed it yesterday but yes I'm still recording on VHS but hope to move into the 21st century one day soon haha.

 

Not to hijack the thread but VHS has its advantages

 

Regardless of the media type the point is getting a program recorded and since I started recording F1 races in the early '80s the VHS has never let me down and I have about 100 tapes to prove it, lol.

Anywho back to AAR I got all mixed up watching another show and decided to wait for the next airing. IMHO I think this documentary of DG and AAR should be extended to cover all of the AAR triumphs. I was drooling over the GTP car behind Dan because I remember watching, yet unfortunately not recording, those couple of years when it dominated.

I should really spend more money buying racing video's than at the 24HR News Stand!!

 

I will never forget the day when Dan spent some time telling a 15 year old kid how he got started in racing.

Here's the results from that day. I was there with my neighbor, what was an advertising guy, and Amalie PRO Racing Oil was his client. Fred Van Buren the 4th was driving their main sponsor car that day.

Green Valley 300

SCCA Trans Am race
Green Valley Raceway, Smithfield, TX
April 16, 1967
188 laps on 1.6 mile road course; 300.8 miles

Fin St Driver # Owner Car Laps Money Status Laps Led
1 2 Dan Gurney 98 Bud Moore Mercury Cougar 188 1,250 running
2 Parnelli Jones 15 Bud Moore Mercury Cougar 188 450 running
3 1 Dick Thompson Carroll Shelby Ford Mustang 185 275 running 0
4 Mark Donohue Roger Penske Chevrolet Camaro 182 200 running 0
5 28 Jerry Titus 17 David Witts Ford Mustang 182 150 running 37
6 Milt Minter 78 Ford Mustang 179 110 running 0
7 John Pauly
Bill Bowman 5 Porsche 911 179 750 running 0
8 Paul Jett
Fred Van Beuren IV 8 Ford Mustang 176 90 running 0
9 Fred Baker 55 Porsche 911 172 450 running 0
10 Horst Kwech 6 Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA 169 275 running 0
11 Del Taylor
Robert Pratt Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA 167 200 running 0
12 Bill Steele 47 Porsche 911 167 150 running 0
13 Richard McDaniel 1 BMC Mini Cooper S 165 110 running 0
14 Tony Adamowicz 4 Ford Lotus Cortina 164 90 running 0
15 Vic Campbell 75 Chevrolet Camaro 145 80 running 0
16 Charles Barnes
Lynn Kysar Ford Lotus Cortina 140 80 running 0
17 John McComb 33 Ford Mustang 128 75 running 0
18 Allan Moffat 40 Ford Lotus Cortina 115 70 running 0
19 Jim Baker 37 Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA 169 70 did not finish 0
20 Bob Johnson 38 Ford Mustang 155 70 did not finish 0
21 Monty Winkler Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA 141 0 did not finish 0
22 Joe Starkey 42 Ford Lotus Cortina 123 0 did not finish 0
23 Craig Fisher 3 Chevrolet Camaro 115 0 did not finish 0
24 Charlie Kolb Chevrolet Camaro 89 0 did not finish 0
25 Bob Tullius Dodge Dart 88 0 did not finish 0
26 Mike Allison Ford Mustang 76 0 did not finish 0
27 Bob Grossman Ford Mustang 68 0 did not finish 0
28 Ron Dykes Don Pike Ford Mustang 47 0 did not finish 2
29 Dale Wood 74 Ford Mustang 18 0 did not finish 0
30 Dave Dooley Ford Lotus Cortina 5 0 did not finish 0
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That Gurney Eagle is one of my favorite F1 cars ever. Just Beautiful.

 

On my first big trip to the US a friend took me to some racing guy's shop. The driver was a tall guy telling me about his career in the US. I listened but had no idea who that man was. At least I was smart enough to get his autograph. Just in case...

Only later did I realize that I just met Dan Gurney.