Above: Dan Gurney's milestone win in his Eagle at Spa, 1967. He wasn't an American Treasure as much as he was America's treasure. From the time he went from a sports car at Riverside to sitting in a Ferrari at the French Grand Prix in only 23 races to helping change the face of the Indianapolis 500 with rear-engine cars to teaming with A.J. Foyt to win Le Mans to capturing Spa in his own design to dominating Indianapolis with his Eagles to racing a street car across the United States at 150mph in a race that paid nothing, Daniel Sexton Gurney embodied everything that was cool and daring and spirited about motorsports. Dan Gurney, 1931-2018 RACER video series: "Dan Gurney: All American...
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