Word: gurney
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fired a last-round 71, two under par, collected $1,350 (bringing her season's winnings to $13,130) and talked wistfully about joining the men's pro tour. "I could wear a hood or some disguise so they wouldn't recognize me," she said. > Dan Gurney, 33: the Grand Prix de France, averaging 108.7 m.p.h. in his green, Climax-powered Brabham, to beat Britain's Graham Hill by 41 sec.; at Rouen-Les Essarts. The Californian's victory was overshadowed, however, by the magnificent performance of Scotland's Jimmy Clark, the 1963 Grand...
...mile circuit southwest of Paris. The much-touted duel between Ferrari and Ford turned out to be a bust when none of the three new Ford racers-first team entry by a major U.S. manufacturer at Le Mans since 1928-managed to finish. California's Dan Gurney and Bob Bondurant saved a scrap of prestige for the U.S., placing fourth overall and winning the grand-touring championship in a Ford-powered A. C. Cobra. But Ferraris finished one-two-three, giving old Enzo Ferrari a record fifth straight Le Mans victory. >Santa Claus: the l½-mile Irish Sweeps...
Where Was Anybody? Gurney had not won a Grand Prix race in two years, and this was going to be a victory worth savoring. On the 28th lap, he blasted around the 8¾-mile course at 137.6 m.p.h.-breaking the old track record by more than 2 m.p.h. Then the Brab-ham's engine began to miss. Gurney screeched into the pits. "Gas!" he yelled-and imagine his surprise. There was no gas: fuel-company mathematicians had concluded that nobody would need to refuel. Frantically, Gurney wheeled his sputtering Brabham back onto the track. On the last...
Tall, mustachioed, and very British, Graham Hill would have cut a dashing figure at the winner's stand. But the fuel pump of his B.R.M. quit just 100 yds. past the spot where Gurney sat nursing his grief. In the grandstand, the fans began to get restless. Where was Gurney? Where was Hill? Where was anybody? At last, Bruce McLaren's Cooper cleared the crest of the last hill and started down the final straight. But McLaren was only coasting: his generator belt had parted and his engine was dead. Then came a sound that made McLaren swivel...
...confusion, the flagman was waving the checkered flag at everybody. Clark apparently hadn't noticed McLaren, hadn't seen Hill stopped by the wayside. So he kept on going-anxious to find out what had happened to Gurney. Photographers commandeered a car and rushed after him. "Jimmy," they shouted. "You're wanted at the victor's stand!" "Who, me?" asked Clark. "What...