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Automodello 1967 Gurney-Weslake Eagle Mk1 V-12

—including quite a bit here in the pages of Die Cast X. He is considered by many (and count yours truly among them) to be the greatest American racing driver of all time. He was a renaissance master whose chosen instrument was the steering wheel. He was competitive in anything he drove. He was the first driver ever to win in each of the four major racing series—Formula 1, Le Mans, Indycar and NASCAR (a feat only achieved twice since)—as well as in many “lesser” series like Trans-Am and Can-Am. He is the only man ever to score the first win for three different Formula One constructors—Porsche, Brabham, and Eagle. He was a technical pioneer, inventing the “Gurney flap”—an aerodynamic miracle device which has been used on virtually every race car for the past 45 years. He was a safety innovator—introducing the full-face helmet to F1. He was a colossus

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