Daniel Sexton Gurney Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Daniel Sexton Gurney (born April 13, 1931) is a retired American racing driver, race car constructor, and team owner.The son of a Metropolitan Opera star, he was born in Port Jefferson, New York, but moved to California as a teenager. He has been a driver, a car manufacturer, and a team owner at racing's highest levels since 1958.Gurney also won races in the Indy Car, NASCAR, Can-Am, and Trans-Am Series. Gurney was the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958), Formula One (1962), NASCAR (1963), and Indy Car (1967) (the other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya). In 1967, after winning the 24 hours of Le Mans together with A.J. Foyt, he spontaneously sprayed champagne while celebrating on the podium. Apart from starting this tradition, he also was the first to put a simple right-angle extension on the upper trailing edge of the rear wing. This device, called a Gurney flap, increases downforce and, if well designed, imposes only a relatively small increase in aerodynamic drag. At the 1968 German Grand Prix he became the first driver ever to use a full face helmet in Grand Prix racing.
Inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2007.
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Is one of only five American drivers to have won a Formula 1 World Championship race (the others are 'Phil Hill', Richie Ginther, Mario Andretti and Peter Revson).
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Won four Formula 1 World Championship races.
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Was the only American driver to win a Formula 1 race in a car of his own design (Eagle-Weslake) at the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix.
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Is one of only two drivers to have won races in Formula 1, Indy-type cars and NASCAR (Mario Andretti is the other).
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Owned his own racing team, All-American Racers (Anglo American Racers) for several years.
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Won the 1967 24 Hours of LeMans with A.J. Foyt.
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His mother was an opera singer.
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He won the 1975 Indianapolis 500 as a team owner in 1975 with driver Bobby Unser.
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Was second at the 1968 Indianapolis 500.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Winning
1969
Dan Gurney (uncredited)
Transportation Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Grand Prix
1966
racing driver
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
McHale's Navy
1966
TV Series technical advisor - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 24 Hour War
2016
Documentary completed
Himself
Dan Gurney: Motorsports Legend
2014
Short
Himself
Flat Out: Formula One in the Sixties
2006
Video short
Himself
The Life Between
2003
Documentary
Himself
The Snake and the Stallion
2002
TV Movie
Himself
The American Sportsman
1979
TV Series
Himself - Driver #15
1966 Indianapolis 500
1966
TV Movie
Himself
1965 Indianapolis 500
1965
TV Movie
Himself
ABC's Wide World of Sports
1964
TV Series
Himself - Driver #12
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Formula 1's 60th Anniversary: Plus Ça Change
2011
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Flat Out: Formula One in the Sixties (2006) as Himself
$1.3 Million
