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Old 01-14-2018, 07:18 PM
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No, no...say it ain't so.
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No, no...say it ain't so.
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Such sad news. Godspeed indeed.
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Very sad news. He was good friends with one of neighbors in the OC back in the day. Saw him there so much that it didn't seem a big deal after awhile. We all know his accomplishments in racing but he also was just a really nice guy to a lot of kids.

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have his picture in the Eagle MK1 in my office-RIP
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Very sad news. He was good friends with one of neighbors in the OC back in the day. Saw him there so much that it didn't seem a big deal after awhile. We all know his accomplishments in racing but he also was just a really nice guy to a lot of kids.

RIP Dan.
I got to speak to Dan at the 24 Hours of Daytona (maybe 92) when they were campaigning the Toyota powered IMSA prototypes. I would have been 11. That was back when you could just walk around on pit road. Nice guy, and he could definitely wheel!
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much like the resume of astronaut john young who died last week....never to be repeated. quick read of his impressive life......
http://autoweek.com/article/racing/dan-gurney-1931-2018
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Sorry to hear of his passing ,,,,very sad indeed


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Damn. Such sad news. RIP Dan.
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RIP he is in the greatest of company now
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Very sad to hear! A true racer and race car engineer!
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Did some reading online and Foyt had quite a few nice things to say about DG, which is saying a lot as Foyt rarely said/says nice things about anybody

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One of the greats for sure, who made a positive impact on racing on a worldwide scale. RIP
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