{"id":491441,"date":"2010-08-01T19:00:52","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T02:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=40201"},"modified":"2024-12-27T12:46:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T12:46:39","slug":"dan-gurneys-five-favorite-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/dan-gurneys-five-favorite-eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Gurney\u2019s Five Favorite Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h1>To Salute Dan Gurney\u2019s selection as Featured Guest for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, we asked the All American Racer to make a tough call<\/h1>\n<p>It\u2019s like tasking a parent to choose between children. Each is dearest for different reasons. Nonetheless, we believed it not inappropriate to ask Dan Gurney to name his five favorite Eagles, and were pleased when he agreed. An interesting selection has he made, too, with a pair of cars he raced himself and three that other men drove. Equally noteworthy is the fact that his five choices carry five different types of engines, from free-breathing stock block V-8 to tightly wound turbocharged twin-cam four.<\/p>\n<p>That same kind of diversity hallmarked Dan\u2019s driving career, as he became the first driver to win races in all the major global categories, and his time as a team owner and car constructor was spent equally multi-dimensionally. Never one to be satisfied with the status quo, he always looked to the horizon in search of the next discovery, and from that continuing quest crafted a career that has earned him featured recognition at August\u2019s annual vintage racecar festival on California\u2019s Monterey Peninsula. He joins Juan Manuel Fangio as the second man ever to be so honored.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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An interesting selection has he made, too, with a pair of cars he raced himself and three that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":580961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12318,11272,9348,17100,18207],"tags":[14286,6197,17140,13061,6722,11382,245,17143],"class_list":["post-491441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greatest-racecars","category-members-only","category-guides","category-model-guides-race-cars","category-special-feature","tag-best-motorsport","tag-best-cars","tag-members-only","tag-car-profiles","tag-race-car-in-depth","tag-dan-gurney","tag-race-car","tag-special-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dan Gurney\u2019s Five Favorite Eagles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"John Zimmermann asks the All American Racer to play favorites and select his top choices from all the many Eagle racing cars AAR\u2008has produced.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/dan-gurneys-five-favorite-eagles\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/dan-gurneys-five-favorite-eagles\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dan Gurney\u2019s Five Favorite Eagles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"John Zimmermann asks the All American Racer to play favorites and select his top choices from all the many Eagle racing cars AAR\u2008has produced.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/dan-gurneys-five-favorite-eagles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-08-02T02:00:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T12:46:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/FEA201008-p1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Zimmermann\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Zimmermann\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"19 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/dan-gurneys-five-favorite-eagles\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/dan-gurneys-five-favorite-eagles\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John Zimmermann\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/96b206a07dacd5614967544b2c3b0e35\"},\"headline\":\"Dan Gurney\u2019s Five Favorite Eagles\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-08-02T02:00:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T12:46:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/dan-gurneys-five-favorite-eagles\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":3626,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/dan-gurneys-five-favorite-eagles\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/08\\\/FEA201008-p1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Best (Motorsport &amp; 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