Foyt, in the original Ford GT40 at Le Mans back in 1967. Like Jay Leno, Ford had invited Dan Gurney to be present that day, presumably on hand just to chat with the media about his victory, co-driving with A.J. Dan Gurney with his IMSA GTP racers | AAR photoĪs I walked from the paddock to the pit lane, I noticed a man, looking younger than his 74 years, sitting alone on the pit wall. Those of us invited by Ford got to drive early production Ford GTs from Monterey to Big Sur and back and, on the day after the vintage racers had pulled out of Laguna Seca, each of us would be granted three laps around the famed racing circuit in one of the cars.
He was 86, and had been in declining health)įord was getting ready to launch the Le Mans-inspired Ford GT and part of the launch program was a press event on the Monterey Peninsula timed in conjunction with the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and the Monterey Historic vintage races. (Editor’s note: Dan Gurney, one of America’s greatest auto racing heroes, died Sunday.
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