Dan Gurney - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

rexcramer · 01-17-2018, 06:18 PM

Dan Gurney: Pioneering F1 driver dies aged 86 - BBC Sport

boxsterboxster · 01-18-2018, 07:21 PM

Thanks for the link, a sad day mixed with many great memories.

PaulE · 01-18-2018, 07:32 PM

Porsche’s only F1 win
The Gurney Bubble
All American Racers
The Gurney Flap

Thanks for sharing

Topless · 01-18-2018, 08:15 PM

He was a home town hero raised in Riverside CA. My dad went to school with him and they used to run around in rat rods together for a while. Gurney was always faster

RIP as you go airborne one more time Dan.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHU1fKjVwAABgfo.jpg

coreseller · 01-19-2018, 08:30 PM

Very sad to hear, a true pioneer in motorsports.

rexcramer · 01-20-2018, 10:17 AM

Topless, your autographed picture is a real treasure.

kirkandorules · 01-20-2018, 03:17 PM

A Cannonball winner too! He could drive anything.

boxsterboxster · 01-20-2018, 08:41 PM

Hey Topless,
Your dad wasn't Skip Hudson by any chance?
I grew up in Berdoo, not far from Riverside.

Topless · 01-21-2018, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by boxsterboxster

Hey Topless,
Your dad wasn't Skip Hudson by any chance?
I grew up in Berdoo, not far from Riverside.

Nope, Bobby Hockett. He ran around with Bert Leithold and a few other well known hot rodders from the area in the late 40s early 50s. Once I came along he sold the model "A" rat rod and settled into an engineering job.

This is a story about Bert's car with pics that likely included my dads and Dan Gurney's. At some point in the mid 50s Dan made the switch to sports cars and was seen in the 356 Speedster in that pic below. The rest is history and he became one of the winningest drivers in the US.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/his-story-of-stan-back-the-roadster.1012117/

Topless · 01-21-2018, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boxsterboxster

Hey Topless,
Your dad wasn't Skip Hudson by any chance?
I grew up in Berdoo, not far from Riverside.

Delete duplicate post

Topless · 01-21-2018, 07:35 AM

Delete duplicate, website hanging.

boxsterboxster · 01-21-2018, 07:36 PM

Dan and Skip had matching speedsters and raced each other on local desert roads.

morgal48 · 01-22-2018, 08:34 AM

A copy of him in the 804 is pinned to the wall in my office. Those tires! My favorite era of motor racing. No big wings, but a couple of big other things squeezed into the cockpit!