{"id":497411,"date":"2018-03-01T01:59:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T09:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=55706"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:09:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:09:41","slug":"the-eagle-has-flown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-eagle-has-flown\/","title":{"rendered":"1966 Eagle-Weslake &#8211; The Eagle Has Flown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">1966 Eagle-Weslake<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/PRO201803-p2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-592129 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/PRO201803-p2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/PRO201803-p2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/PRO201803-p2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/PRO201803-p2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/PRO201803-p2-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/PRO201803-p2-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/PRO201803-p2-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/PRO201803-p2-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/PRO201803-p2-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>It is a privilege to update and run my test of the Eagle-Weslake. At Vintage Racecar we were very lucky to be close to Dan and his family. Casey Annis and I sat in his office and he told revealing stories, and occasionally from the other room Evi would say \u201cyou can\u2019t say that\u2026they\u2019re journalists!\u201d, but he did and laughed and said he knew we would keep his confidence, which we did. When my daughter Heather was two and was asked what she wanted for Christmas, she said,\u201dDan Gurney.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>I told him that story at Goodwood years later and he picked up my phone and called her and said, \u201cThis is Santa Claus\u2026I\u2019m a bit late.\u201d She is now 55 and the story has never been forgotten. 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When my daughter Heather was two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":592128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18204,11272,17177,261,18207],"tags":[12551,15134,2727,18323,544,1769,11531,7050,17178,12461,4595,60,11715,11657,17140,548,11981,11855,11382,11572,14319,13629,11858,11573,11362,12358,11297,11305,12028,11747,9881,583,6943,11493,604,11795,9884],"class_list":["post-497411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eagle-racing-cars","category-members-only","category-chassis-histories","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-aar","tag-arca","tag-1960s","tag-2010s-all","tag-alfa-romeo","tag-auto-union","tag-bandini","tag-british-racing-motors","tag-chassis-histories","tag-climax","tag-eagle","tag-ferrari","tag-ferrari-156-f1","tag-grand-prix","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-bob-bondurant","tag-chris-amon","tag-dan-gurney","tag-denis-hulme","tag-guy-ligier","tag-harry-weslake","tag-jack-brabham","tag-jo-siffert","tag-john-surtees","tag-len-terry","tag-richie-ginther","tag-indianapolis-500","tag-usac","tag-brands-hatch","tag-ims","tag-monaco","tag-monza","tag-watkins-glen","tag-f1","tag-indycar","tag-zandvoort"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1966 Eagle-Weslake - The Eagle Has Flown<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ed McDonough reprises his test drive of the Race of Champions-winning Eagle Formula One car.\" \/>\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\/the-eagle-has-flown\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-eagle-has-flown\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1966 Eagle-Weslake - The Eagle Has Flown\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ed McDonough reprises his test drive of the Race of Champions-winning Eagle Formula One car.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-eagle-has-flown\/\" \/>\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=\"2018-03-01T09:59:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T03:09:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/PRO201803-p1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ed McDonough\" \/>\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=\"Ed McDonough\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"26 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-eagle-has-flown\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-eagle-has-flown\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ed McDonough\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/011d7505e6bfb08c26631ce799da7d56\"},\"headline\":\"1966 Eagle-Weslake &#8211; 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