{"id":491443,"date":"2010-08-01T13:30:07","date_gmt":"2010-08-01T13:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=40221"},"modified":"2025-01-06T00:46:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T00:46:18","slug":"dan-gurney-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/dan-gurney-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Gurney, the Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p>A number of those among us stood head and shoulder above all others during the Golden Age of Motorsports. Juan Fangio, Stirling Moss, Carroll Shelby, John Fitch, Dan Gurney and Phil Hill immediately come to mind. Only one from that exhalted group, however, was proposed for President of the United States: Daniel Sexton Gurney. Of course it was all in fun, but I seem to remember unbounded enthusiasm among young ladies of the time, including my then girlfriend, the daughter of an SCCA official.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/ArtEvans.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-580965\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/ArtEvans.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/ArtEvans.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/ArtEvans-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/ArtEvans-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/ArtEvans-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>It seemed as if Dan could do anything and everything. 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