{"id":496484,"date":"2017-04-12T11:35:40","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T18:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=44520"},"modified":"2024-10-29T16:06:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T16:06:28","slug":"gurney-foyt-ford-honored-rrdc-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/gurney-foyt-ford-honored-rrdc-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Gurney, Foyt and Ford Honored at RRDC Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The concept of the annual Road Racing Drivers Club dinner in Long Beach was expanded this year to recognize the 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the Ford Motor Company\u2019s all-American triumph in the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans with drivers Dan Gurney and A. J. Foyt, in addition to the regularly scheduled honoring of Emerson Fittipaldi (see separate story).<\/p>\n<p>Foyt, Gurney and their victorious Ford MkIV were available to the assembled crowd during the cocktail hour in one of the Long Beach Hilton\u2019s courtyards prior to the dinner, and then took the stage inside to discuss their historic win. During that discussion, Edsel B. Ford II joined them to present Foyt with the Spirit of Ford Award, Ford\u2019s highest honor in auto racing, that recognizes lifetime achievement and contribution to the industry both on and off the racetrack. Foyt is the 26<sup>th<\/sup> recipient, Gurney having been so honored in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great honor and Ford has always been good to me,\u201d said the 82-year-old Foyt in accepting the award. \u201cAfter 50 years, who would have thought that Gurney and I would be around to be honored? It means an awful lot. 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