Dan Gurney: Racing Career Statistics

Dan Gurney
Racing Career Statistics: 1955 - 1970
Summary

312 starts - 51 victories - 42 pole positions
47 additional podiums (28 second places - 19 third places)
Established numerous lap records, race records, fastest race laps

Wins include:

4 Formula 1 World Championship Races:
Grand Prix of France 1962 (Porsche), Grand Prix of France 1964 (Brabham),
Grand Prix of Mexico 1964 (Brabham), Grand Prix of Belgium 1967 (Eagle)

3 Formula 1 (Non World Championship) races:
Ballarat Victoria Trophy 1961 (BRM), Solitude Grand Prix 1962 (Porsche),
Brands Hatch Race of Champions 1967 (Eagle)

5 NASCAR 500 mile stock car races

7 Indy car races

2 Indy 500 – second place finishes

5 overall victories Sports Car World Championship:
1959 "12 Hours of Sebring" (Ferrari),
1960 "1000km Nuerburgring" (Maserati Birdcage),
1962 " Daytona Continental" (Lotus 19),
1963 "Bridgehampton 500" (Shelby Cobra),
1967 "24 Hours of Le Mans" (Ford Mark IV).

5 class victories Sports Car World Championship:
Targa Florio (Porsche 1961 and Shelby Cobra 1964), Sebring (Porsche, 1962),
Le Mans (Shelby Cobra, 1964), Goodwood (Shelby Cobra, 1964).

22 wins overall: Southern California / National / International Sports Car Series, CanAm, TransAm, Formula Libre, British Saloon Cars, Cannonball Run

1958 USAC National Road Racing Champion

In the 100 year history of Grand Prix Racing, he remains the
only American to put a car of his own construction in the
winners circle of a Formula 1 World Championship event:

Formula 1 Grand Prix of Belgium, Spa, June 1967,
Eagle Gurney - Weslake V12

Dan Gurney raced the following cars / marques:

Brabham F1, BRM F1, Chevrolet, Cooper, Denzel, Eagle F1, Ferrari (F1,
sports cars 250 Testa Rossa, 4.9 Arciero Ferrari, Ferrari Dino, Ferrari Daytona)

Ford (NASCAR stockcars, Ford Galaxie and Mercury, Ford Mk II, Ford Mark IV, Ford Mustang,
Ford Shelby Cobra, Ford Shelby Cobra Daytona, Mercury Cougar TransAm)

Genie, Jaguar, Lola, Lotus (Lotus Indy car, Lotus 18 F1, Lotus 19 sports car, Lotus 23)
Maserati (F1, Birdcage), Matra, McLaren (F1, CanAm), McLeagle, "Ol’Yellar", Osca

Plymouth, Porsche (F1, F2, 1600 Porsche Super, RSK Spyder, RS 61, GTL)
Triumph, Volkswagen Beetle, Zink (Indy Turbine)

First Race: Torrey Pines, 1955 - Triumph TR2
First Win: Montgomery Field, San Diego; 1956 - Porsche Super
First GP Team: Ferrari, 1959
First driver and one of only two (the other being Mario Andretti) to win in the four major racing categories: Formula One, Indy cars, Sports Cars and NASCAR Stock Cars.
First Grand Prix win for Porsche, Brabham, Eagle.
First win for Ford Shelby Cobra,
First CanAm win for Ford
In addition to his 42 pole positions, Dan started on the front row of the grid an additional 58 times.
133 career F1 World Championship points (third in points - equal with Stirling Moss -
in 1961 World Championship).

Racing statistics 1955 - 1970
In detail

**FIA Driver World Championship (1959 - 1970)**
	88 Starts - 3 Pole Positions - 4 Wins 15 additional podiums (eight 2nd places, seven 3rd places) 133 Formula 1 World Championship points 1962 Grand Prix of France, Rouen - Porsche / Porsche Flat 8 1964 Grand Prix of France, Rouen - Brabham / C-Climax V8 1964 Grand Prix of Mexico, Mexico City - Brabham / C-Climax V8 1967 Grand Prix of Belgium, Spa - Eagle Gurney - Weslake V12
	Non-Championship F1 (1959 - 1970) 24 Starts - 5 Pole Positions - 3 Wins 1960 Ballarat, Australia - BRM / BRM 4 cyl. 1962 Solitude, Germany - Porsche / Porsche Flat 8 1967 Brands Hatch, England - Eagle Gurney - Weslake V12

**Sports Car World Championship Events (1959 - 1969)**
*41 Starts - 6 Pole Positions- 10 Wins*
	Prototypes: 1959 12 Hours of Sebring - (with Phil Hill, Gendebien & Daigh) - Ferrari Testarossa 1960 1000 km Nuerburgring,Germany - (with Moss) - Maserati Birdcage 1962 Daytona 3 Hour Race - Arciero Lotus 19 (forerunner of the Daytona 24 hours) 1963 Bridgehampton 500 - Ford Shelby Cobra 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans - (with Foyt) - Ford Mark IV
	GT Category: 1961 Targa Florio, Sicily - (with Joakim Bonnier) Porsche RSK Spyder 1962 12 Hours of Sebring - (with Bob Holbert) Porsche Carrera 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans - (with Bondurant) Ford Shelby Cobra 1964 Targa Florio, Sicily - (with Jerry Grant) Ford Shelby Cobra 1964 Tourist Trophy Goodwood - Ford Shelby Cobra

**NASCAR Stock Cars (1962 - 1970)**
*17 Starts - 3 Pole Positions - 5 Wins*
1963	MOTOR TREND 500, Riverside	Ford / Holman & Moody
1964	MOTOR TREND 500, Riverside	Ford / Wood Brothers
1965	MOTOR TREND 500, Riverside	Ford / Wood Brothers
1966	MOTOR TREND 500, Riverside	Ford / Wood Brothers
1968	MOTOR TREND 500, Riverside	Ford / Wood Brothers

**Indy Cars (1962 - 1970)**
30 Starts - 10 Pole Positions - 7 Wins - 9 additional podiums
(four 2nd places, five 3rd places)

1967	Rex Mays 300, Riverside	Eagle / GW - Ford
1968	Mosport Park, Canada	Eagle / GW - Ford
1968	Mosport Park, Canada	Eagle / GW - Ford
1968	Rex Mays 300, Riverside	Eagle / GW - Ford
1968	Indy 500, Indianapolis, 2nd place	Eagle / GW - Ford
1969	Indianapolis Raceway Park	Eagle / GW - Ford
1969	Brainerd, Minnesota	Eagle / GW - Ford
1969	Indy 500, Indianapolis, 2nd place	Eagle / GW - Ford
1970	Sears Point	Eagle / GW - Ford

**CanAm Championship (1966 - 1970)**
*24 Starts - 5 Pole Positions - 3 Wins*
1966	Bridgehampton, New York	Lola / Ford
1970	Mosport Park, Canada	McLaren / Chevrolet
1970	St. Jovite, Canada	McLaren / Chevrolet

**Formula Libre (1961 - 1963)**
*5 Starts - 3 Pole Positions - 3 Wins*
1962	Bossier City, Louisiana	Arciero Lotus 18
1962	Bossier City, Louisiana	Arciero Lotus 18
1963	Indianapolis Raceway Park	Arciero Lotus 18

**TransAm (1967 - 1970)**
*12 Starts - 1 Win*
	1967	Green Valley, Texas	Ford / Mercury Cougar

**British Saloon Car Championship (1961 - 1963)**
*3 Starts - 2 Pole Positions - 1 Win*
	1963	Oulton Park, England	Ford Galaxie

**Sports Car Events (not counting World Championshps) 1955 - 1965:**
*64 Starts - 5 Pole Positions - 13 Overall Wins - (9 Class wins)*
1956	Montgomery Field, San Diego	Porsche 1600 Super
1957	Riverside, California	Bailey-Corvette
1957	Paramount Ranch, California	Arciero Ferrari 4.9
1957	Paramount Ranch, California	Arciero Ferrari 4.9
1958	Palm Springs, California	Arciero Ferrari 4.9
1958	Santa Barbara, California	Arciero Ferrari 4.9
1959	Pomona, California	Arciero Ferrari 4.9
1960	Nassau Trophy, Bahamas	Arciero Lotus 19
1961	Nassau Trophy, Bahamas	Arciero Lotus 19
1962	Mosport, Canada (Heat 1)	Arciero Lotus 19
1962	Kent, Washington	Arciero Lotus 19
1962	Kent, Washington	Arciero Lotus 19
1962	Laguna Seca, California	Arciero Lotus 19

Dan Gurney retired from active driving at the last race of the 1970 season at the TransAm event in Riverside, California, in October.

One year later, his friend journalist Brock Yates persuaded him to compete in the first "Cannonball Run", a somewhat "tongue-in-cheek-race" across the United States, which became the basis for the famous movies.

1971 "Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial
Trophy Dash" (commonly called the "Cannonball Run")

Winners:
Dan Gurney / Brock Yates - Ferrari Daytona Coupe

Time from downtown Manhattan to the Portofino Inn (Redondo Beach, California): 35 hours and 54 minutes.

Click here for an article about The Cannonball Run.

10 years after his official retirement, he competed in the 1980 NASCAR Riverside 500 for the Osterlund Team as teammate to young Dale Earnhardt. Dan retired half way through the race due to a snapped input shaft in second place.

Click here for an article about the
NASCAR Riverside 500, 1980

Dan participated in the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race in Long Beach 11 times, winning the race 4 times.

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