Dan Gurney

Dan Gurney (Daniel Sexton Gurney, 13 April 1931 to 14 January 2018) was an American racing driver, engineer and motorsport executive who competed in Formula One from 1959 to 1970 and is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of motorsport. He won four Formula One Grands Prix across 11 seasons, driving for Ferrari, BRM, Porsche, Brabham, his own Eagle cars and McLaren. His 1962 French Grand Prix win remains Porsche's only victory as a constructor in Formula One. In endurance racing he won the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1959 and the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans with A. J. Foyt in a Ford GT40 Mk IV, where his champagne spraying on the podium began a custom now common across motorsport. He also raced in NASCAR, USAC Championship Car, Can-Am and Trans-Am, founded All American Racers, invented the Gurney flap and was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1990.