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Anglo American Racers (Eagle) was a Formula One constructor from the USA. They participated in 25 Grands Prix, entering a total of 34 cars. The team was originally named All American Racers, established in Santa Ana, California in 1964, by Dan Gurney, to run sportscars for him to drive in the United States between his Formula 1 commitment with the Brabham team. In that same year, Carroll Shelby, who was running Goodyear tires on his Cobra sportscars, introduced Gurney to the tiremaker because Goodyear wanted to take on Firestone at Indianapolis. A deal was struck and work began on an Indycar for 1966. Gurney hired Len Terry, the designer of the Indianapolis-winning Lotus in 1965 and he laid out a mid-engined Eagle chassis which would serve for both Formula 1 and Indycar racing. The result was the Eagle-Ford T2G for the US and the Eagle-Climax T1G for Formula 1. The inaugural Formula One World Championship was won by Italian Giuseppe Farina in his Alfa Romeo in 1950, barely defeating his Argentine teammate Juan Manuel Fangio. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... Jump to: navigation, search Daniel Sexton Gurney (born April 13, 1931) is one of the most important figures in the history of American auto racing. ... Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ... The Brabham Racing Organisation was a Formula One racing team founded by Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac. ... Carroll Hall Shelby, (born January 11, 1923 in Leesburg, Texas) is an American racing and automotive design legend. ... Firestone tire The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was founded by Harvey Firestone in the late 19th century to supply pneumatic tires for wagons, buggies, and other forms of wheeled transportation common in the era. ... The Indianapolis skyline Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana. ... IndyCar is most often used as a generic term for American Championship Car Racing, a form of open-wheel auto racing. ... Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports cars and racing cars based in Hethel, Norfolk, formed as Lotus Engineering Ltd. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ...


In order to run the Formula 1 operations, Gurney established Anglo American Racers Ltd. in Sussex, England. The Eagle powered by an obsolete Climax engine debuted at the 1966 Belgian GP and scored its first points with a fifth place three weeks later at the French GP. In 1967 Richie Ginter was signed as a second driver. The Climax engine was replaced by a new 3-liter Weslake V12 specially designed for Gurney by Aubrey Woods and built in Great Britain by Harry Weslake. At Spa in June of that same year Gurney got a victory, the first "all-American" victory in a Grand Prix since Jim Murphy in 1921. Sussex is a traditional county in southern England, divided for administrative purposes into West Sussex and East Sussex and the city of Brighton and Hove. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... Coventry Climax was a British specialty engine manufacturer. ...


The Eagle-Weslake was a beautiful car and efficient car using titanium and exotic alloys. Sadly the Weslake engine was unreliable despite being powerful. The engine seemed well designed but Weslake used surplus Royal Navy World War 1 machinery. Weslake obsolete machines were introducing such variations in the size of the parts that they were not fully exchangeable between engines. Gurney's program ran out of money in 1968 and by the end of the year he returned to the United States to concentrate his efforts on the more successful Indycar program, in which Bobby Unser had won the Indianapolis 500 and the 1968 Indycar Championship. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Robert William Bobby Unser (born February 20, 1934) was a U.S. automobile racer. ... Indianapolis 500, 1994 The Indianapolis 500 Mile Race, frequently shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500, is an American race for open-wheel automobiles held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. ...


External links

http://www.allamericanracers.com/gurney_grand-prix/eagle_f1-effort.html


Complete Formula One results

(Note: grands prix in bold denote points scoring races.)

Yr Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1966 B.Bondurant, D.Gurney MON BEL FRA GBR DUT DEU ITA USA MEX      
1967 R. Ginther, D.Gurney, B. McLaren, A.Pease SAF MON DUT BEL FRA GBR DEU CAN ITA USA MEX  
1968 D.Gurney SAF SPA MON BEL DUT FRA GBR DEU ITA CAN USA MEX
1969 A.Pease SAF SPA MON DUT FRA GBR DEU ITA CAN USA MEX  

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Dan Gurney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1477 words)
Shelby convinced Goodyear, who wanted to challenge Firestone's domination of American racing at the time, to sponsor the team, and Goodyear's president Victor Holt suggested the name, "All American Racers", and the team was formed in 1965.
Partnered with British engine maker Weslake, the Formula One effort was called "Anglo-American Racers." The Weslake V12 engine was not ready for the 1966 Grand Prix season, so the team used outdated four-cylinder 2.7-liter Coventry-Climax engines and made their first appearance in the second race of the year in Belgium.
AAR withdrew from the CART series in 1986, but enjoyed tremendous success with Toyota in the IMSA GTP series, where in 1992 and 1993 Toyota Eagles won 17 consecutive races, back-to-back Drivers and Manufacturers Championships, and wins in the endurance classics of Daytona and Sebring.
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AAR then designed and built the GTP Toyota Eagle, a car which became legendary for its speed, reliability and impressive winning streaks: 17 consecutive victories during 1992 and 1993, two Drivers Championships and two Manufacturers Championships, as well as impressive wins in the endurance classics at Daytona and Sebring.
AAR was interested, and the discussions that led to the eventual delivery of that same prototype machine began.
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