AAR Major Racing Victories: 1965 - 2000
78 Victories - 83 Pole Positions
 (97 additional podiums)
Achieved by 66 AAR Factory Drivers
(F1 Grand Prix of Belgium, F1 Race of Champions Brands Hatch, Indy 500, Ontario 500, 24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring)
8 Championships

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• Grand Prix Events
  24 races - 1 win
  1967 Grand Prix of Belgium, Spa
             Dan Gurney  - Eagle/Gurney Weslake

• Non-Championship Events
  1 race - 1 pole position - 1 win
  1967 Brands Hatch, England 
            Dan Gurney  - Eagle/Gurney Weslake

Other Drivers: Bruce McLaren, Bob Bondurant, Ritchie Ginther, Ludovico Scarfiotti, Phil Hill (Practice).

• USAC National Championship
  22 wins - 33 pole positions
  (31 additional podiums)
  
  USAC National Championship 1974: Bobby Unser
   / Eagle - Offy
  Indy 500, 1975: Bobby Unser / Eagle - Offy
  Ontario 500, 1974: Bobby Unser / Eagle - Offy
  
  Winners: Dan Gurney/Eagle (7), Bobby Unser/Eagle (12), Swede Savage/Eagle (1), Mike Mosley/Eagle (1), Joe Leonard/Shrike (1).
  
  Other Drivers: Pancho Carter, Michael Chandler, Wally Dallenbach Sr., Dennis Hulme, Jan Lammers, Brett Lunger, Jim Malloy, Roger McCluskey, Johnny Parsons, Jochen Rindt, Lloyd Ruby, Swede Savage, Jeff Wood, Leroy Yarborough, Tom Sneva, Ed Pimm, Pete Halsmer, Geoff Brabham, Rocky Moran, Al Unser Jr., Kevin Cogan, Jerry Grant.

• IMSA Sports Car Championship
  10 wins - 8 pole positions
  ( 17 additional podiums)
  Car: Toyota Celica (AAR version).
  Winners: Dennis Aase, Chris Cord, Wally Dallenbach Jr., Boy Hayje.
  Other drivers: Jim Adams, Michael Chandler, Mike and Scott Gillman, Whitney Ganz, Kaoru Hoshino, Gene Hackman, Margie Smith-Haas, Roberto Moreno, Masanori Sekia, Al Unser Jr., Willy T. Ribbs.

• IMSA Sports Car Championship
  15 wins - 7 pole positions
   (21 additional podiums)
  Car: Toyota Celica GTS (AAR version).
  Winners: Dennis Aase, Chris Cord, Rocky Moran,
  Willy T. Ribbs.
  GTO Driver’s Championship 1987: Chris Cord
  GTO Manufacturer’s Championship 1987:Toyota Celica
  Other drivers: J.M. Fangio II, Steve Millen, Jerill Rice, Ricky Rudd.

• IMSA Sports Car Championship
  26 wins - 23 pole positions
  (22 additional podiums)
  Car: Toyota GTP Eagle
  Winners: Juan Fangio II, PJ Jones, Rocky Moran,
  Andy Wallace, Mark Dismore.
  Other Drivers: Steve Bren, Kenny Acheson, Drake Olsen
  12 Hours of Sebring 1992 Fangio/Wallace
  12 Hours of Sebring 1993 Fangio/Wallace
  
  24 Hours of Daytona 1993 Jones/Moran/Dismore
  
  GTP Drivers Championship 1992 J.M. Fangio II
  GTP Manufacturer's Championship 1992 Toyota Eagle
  
  GTP Driver's Championship 1993 J.M. Fangio II
  GTP Manufacturer's Championship 1993: Toyota Eagle

• Toyota engine development years 1996 - 1999
  No wins - No pole positions
  Car: Eagle - Reynard racing cars
  Drivers: Juan Fangio II, PJ Jones, Alex Baron,
  Vincenzo Sospiri, Gualter Salles, Andrea Montermini,
  Raul Boesel.

• SCCA
  21 races - 3 poles - 1 win
  1966 Bridgehampton
            Dan Gurney - Lola/GW-Ford
  Other Drivers: Jerry Grant, Swede Savage

• SCCA
  24 races - 1win
  (6 podiums)
  1976 Road America
  Winner: Vern Schuppan - Lola
  Other Drivers: James Hunt, Brett Lunger, Bobby Unser

• SCCA
  11 races - 3 pole positions
  Dan Gurney, Swede Savage - Plymouth Barracuda

• SCCA
  7 races - 4 poles positions - 1 win
  1966 Bridgehampton
  Jerry Grant - Lola/GW-Ford

• SCCA National Championship
  10 starts - 4 wins - 2 pole positions
  Winner: David Loring - Eagle Formula Ford
  
  Formula Ford National Championship:
  David Loring - Eagle Formula Ford

• 12 races - 1 pole position - 1 podium (3rd)
   Seven top 10 finishes.
  
  Driver: Alex Gurney

AAR Racing Highpoints

1971: Creation of the "Gurney Flap" (also called wicker bill) during 3 day AAR test of new Indy Eagle at Phoenix Raceway.

1972: World Records at  "California 500" Ontario Motor Speedway
Jerry Grant, driving the Olsonite Eagle No 48, becomes the first driver to break the 200mph barrier on an oval track in first day qualifying by posting a lap of 201.414 mph. He captured the pole with a 4 lap average of 199.600 mph. 
This represented a WORLD RECORD.

Team mate Bobby Unser, driving the Olsonite Eagle No 6, ran even faster the following day, setting a new world record with a 4 lap average of 201.374 mph (4 laps were: 200.597, 201.432, 201.509, 201,965 mph).

1973: 21 Eagles at the grid of the Indy 500.

1973/74: Gurney throws a challenge at Formula 1 by publicly betting $100,000. dollars that an Eagle Indy car will beat a Formula 1 Grand Prix car in a one lap contest at the Nuerburgring, Germany. The bet is widely discussed in the international press, nobody takes him up on it.

1976: Indy 500 Rookie of the Year
Vern Schuppan/Jorgensen Eagle Offenhauser.

1992/1993: 17 GTP Race victories in a row, a record for ONE team and a record in sports car history.

AAR CHAMPIONSHIPS:

• 1974 USAC (Indy Car) National Championship
  Bobby Unser / Eagle - Offy
• 1978 SCCA Formula Ford National Championship
  David Loring / Eagle
• 1987 GTO IMSA Driver's Championship
  Chris Cord 
• 1987 GTO IMSA Manufacturer's Championship
  Toyota Celica
• 1992 GTP IMSA Driver's Championship
  Juan Fangio II
• 1992 GTP IMSA Manufacturer's Championship
  Toyota Eagle
• 1993 GTP IMSA Driver's Championship
  Juan Fangio II
• 1993 GTP IMSA Manufacturer's Championship
  Toyota Eagle
• 1974 Ontario 500
  Bobby Unser / Eagle - Offy
• 1975 Indianapolis 500
  Bobby Unser / Eagle - Offy

Championship AAR Eagle Customers

• 1968 USAC (Indy Car) National Championship
  Bobby Unser
• 1968 Formula A Championship
  Dr. Lou Sell
• 1969 Formula A Championship
  Tony Adamowicz
• 1968 Indy 500
  Bobby Unser
• 1973 Indy 500
  Gordon Johncock

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