Word: gurney
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Most auto racers stick to one well-practiced groove-either sports cars, Grand Prix machines, souped-up Detroit stock cars or big Indianapolis racers. Dan Gurney, 31, a lean, blond professional from California, drives anything with wheels-and does it so skillfully that Argentina's retired Juan Miguel Fangio recently went so far as to call him "one of the greatest race drivers in the world." But after eight years on the circuits, Gurney may sometimes wonder if selling insurance would not be better. Few top drivers have suffered through worse luck...
...leader of the Ohio house and son of the late Senator, swamped Cleveland's inept Richard D. Kennedy to win an at-large seat. Utah unveiled a bright newcomer in Sherman P. Lloyd, 48, a talented Utah state senator, who clobbered Liberal Bruce Jenkins. Florida's Ed Gurney appeared attractive on television, ran as a genuine conservative to win over Democrat John Sutton in the Cape Canaveral area...
...think it should have gone years ago to Robert Frost," commented J. Douglas Bush, Gurney Professor of English Literature...
...blockade. Cried he: "Anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of history should know that a blockade is an instrument of war. Is Bentley proposing that we sink Soviet freighters?" Bentley was indeed, and now he is making the most of his I-told-you-so chances. Florida Republican Edward J. Gurney, a war hero and former mayor of Winter Park claims that Kennedy's decision to blockade "was forced upon him by the leaders of my party-and the people are saying 'Thank...
...Roger Penske, up-and-coming U.S. auto racer from Gladwyne, Pa.: the $20,000 Pacific Grand Prix at Laguna Seca, Calif. Driving a homemade car that he put together from a beat-up Cooper and a new Climax engine, Penske took the championship when Dan Gurney's Lotus Mark 19 went bad. Penske's purse...