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Dan Gurney, Jim Clark, Plymouth, Riverside Raceway, Superbird -

Shelby McLaren’s most poignant memory of Dan Gurney was not at a race track, but at a small Churchyard in the Scottish Borders on the 10th of April 1968. Almost 7000 people had gathered for the funeral of one the greatest Formula One drivers of all time, Jim Clark. Shelby was chatting with Jackie Stewart and Dan Gurney when James Clark Sr took Dan aside to tell him that the only man his son had ever feared on a race track was Dan Gurney. It was an emotional and solemn moment that Shelby and Dan would reflect on for many...

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