Champagne journey ends

AMERICAN motor racing legend Dan Gurney, who won in IndyCar, Formula One, NASCAR and at Le Mans, died yesterday at the age of 86 after complications from pneumonia.

Gurney won seven IndyCar, five NASCAR and four Formula One races, competing in all three series through much of the 1960s.

In 1967 he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Ford with AJ Foyt – turning a spray of champagne on his fellow American in celebration into a now traditional victory gesture.