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Dan Gurney
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American racing driver, constructor and team owner
OverviewAI-generated
Dan Gurney was a male American engineer, racing automobile driver, and athlete. Born in Port Jefferson in 1931, he was educated at Menlo College. He competed in auto racing, participating in events such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He drove for the BRM team and held the position of driver.
His racing career included 91 starts, resulting in 4 wins, 3 pole positions, and 19 podium finishes. He accumulated 133 points during his competition. Gurney received the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America award. He also authored one work, titled From the Fells to Ferrari.
Gurney died in Newport Beach in 2018 due to pneumonia, which occurred as a result of natural causes.
Synthesized by Vinony from 36 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- From the Fells to Ferrari
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 269
- Total plays
- 2,444
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Dan+Gurney">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,940x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,854x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,770x
- Commentary: The Materials Project: A materials genome approach to accelerating materials innovation
· 2013 · cited 12,215x
- LAMMPS - a flexible simulation tool for particle-based materials modeling at the atomic, meso, and continuum scales
· 2022 · cited 11,640x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Daniel Sexton Gurney , ( 1931-04-13 ) April 13, 1931, Port Jefferson, New York , U.S.
- Died
- January 14, 2018 (2018-01-14) (aged 86), Newport Beach, California , U.S.
- Spouse
- Evi Butz ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1969 )
- Children
- 6, including Alex
- Nationality
- American
- Active years
- 1959 – 1968 , 1970
- Teams
- Ferrari , BRM , Porsche , privateer Lotus , Brabham , Eagle , McLaren
- Entries
- 87 (86 starts)
- First entry
- 1959 French Grand Prix
- First win
- 1962 French Grand Prix
- Last win
- 1967 Belgian Grand Prix
- Last entry
- 1970 British Grand Prix
- Best finish in the championship span bes
- 4th ( 1969 )
- First race
- 1962 Indianapolis 500
- Last race
- 1970 California 500 ( Ontario )
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Motorsport
- Team
- BRM
- Position
- Driver
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
~29 min read
Encyclopedic overview
NASCAR Cup Series career 16 races run over 10 years Best finish77th (1962) First race1962 Daytona Qualifier #1 (Daytona) Last race1980 Winston Western 500 (Riverside) First win1963 Riverside 500 (Riverside) Last win1968 Motor Trend 500 (Riverside)
24 Hours of Le Mans career Years1958–1967 TeamsNART, Ferrari, Cunningham, Porsche, Serenissima, Shelby, Ford Best finish1st (1967) Class wins2 (1964, 1967)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dan Gurney” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.