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Racing icon and F1 legend Dan Gurney dies at 86

Motorsports legend and maverick Dan Gurney, the only American to win in F1 in an American car, has passed away at 86. Racing has always offered its unfair share of injustices, and Dan Gurney is widely regarded - along with Stirling Moss - as the most talented and worthy Grand Prix driver never to win the Formula 1 World Championship. In spite of this inequity, Gurney's impact on motorsports was huge as a driver, team owner and manufacturer. And He won races doing all at the same time. He won in sports cars, stock cars, Indy cars and in Grand Prix cars. Versatile as well as fast, he was the ultimate all-rounder, just as Mario Andretti would be later on. Born in Port Jefferson, New York in...
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