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EMA-1957.RRN-6
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Barely-known newcomer Dan Gurney, who was not even
in the event’s program, grins on the start grid in Frank Arciero’s Ferrari 375+ at Riverside Raceway’s first
SCCA National on November 17, 1957. As the main progressed, Gurney followed Carroll
Shelby in John Edgar’s Maserati 450S past the field of top drivers to finish second behind the amazing Texan. The name Gurney was forever after recognized and respected in motor racing.
Credit: Lester
Nehamkin, Edgar Motorsport Archive
EMA-1956.SBS-3
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Skip Hudson in John Edgar’s Alfa Romeo Guiletta spyder
on the practice grid at Santa Barbara, September 1, 1956. Edgar’s mechanic
Joe Landaker leans in while Hudson poses for a picture. Skip was a close friend
of Dan Gurney‘s from high school days in Riverside, California, where they began their racing careers with homemade
hot rods. Hudson placed 2nd in the Santa Barbara meet’s Under-1300 cc Production
class.
Credit: Lester Nehamkin, Edgar
Motorsport Archive
EMA-1987.LS-2
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Team owner Dan Gurney stop-watching
practice laps of one of his Toyota Celica Turbo factory IMSA-GTO class entries at Laguna Seca Raceway on May 1, 1987. Dan’s champion driver, Chris Cord,
won. Gurney’s other team driver, Willy T. Ribbs, finished 4th.
Credit: William Edgar,
Edgar Motorsport Archive
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