All American Racers is an American-licensed auto racing team and constructor based in Santa Ana, California. Founded by Dan Gurney and Carroll Shelby in 1964, All American Racers initially participated in American sports car and Champ Car races as well as international Formula One events with cars named Eagle. The Formula One team, based in the United Kingdom and using British-built Weslake engines was named Anglo American Racers. Under team manager Bill Dunne they set up shop in Rye, East Sussex. The team were adjacent to Harry Weslake's engine development plant and half a mile from Elva cars. They participated in 25 Grands Prix, entering a total of 34 cars.
An Eagle Mk1, in early, four-cylinder Climax-engined T1F form. The car wears the Imperial blue paint, the national racing colour of the United States.
The Eagle driven to 6th place in the 1969 Indianapolis 500 by Joe Leonard
1972 Gurney-Eagle Indycar chassis driven by Mark Donohue
1968 Indianapolis 500-winning chassis, driven by Bobby Unser
Daniel Sexton Gurney was an American racing driver, race car constructor, and team owner who reached racing's highest levels starting in 1958. Gurney won races in the Formula One, Indy Car, NASCAR, Can-Am, and Trans-Am Series. Gurney is the first of three drivers to have won races in sports cars (1958), Formula One (1962), NASCAR (1963), and Indy cars (1967), the other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya.
Gurney in 1970
Gurney's car after his accident at the 1960 Dutch Grand Prix, which killed a young spectator
Gurney after his accident at the 1960 Dutch Grand Prix, a defining moment in his life
A GT40 with a Gurney Bubble
