Gurney for president
Dan Gurney was a racing driver and race car constructor who from 1958 competed in Formula 1, Indy, NASCAR, CanAm and Trans-Am events. He raced for Ferrari, Porsche, McClaren, Lotus, Ford and others. He won Le Mans with AJ Foyt in 1967 – starting a trend by spraying the crowd with champagne – then in 1968 was the first driver to use a fullface helmet. His driving style of using his brakes more gently than his rivals tended to save them from becoming worn.
Car & Driver magazine promoted a campaign to have Gurney run for American president until it was realised he was too young, but the campaign was regularly brought up again by his fans. The All American Racers team was started in 1965 and he won the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix in an AARbuilt V12 car. Gurney was said to be the only driver Jim Clark feared on the track. With Brock Yates he won the Cannonball Run in 1971. Gurney died in 2018 aged 86.