Hemmings Daily: Dan Gurney presented with Robert E. Petersen Lifetime Achievement Award

Dan Gurney in 2016. Images courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum. Over the past six decades, Dan Gurney has earned remarkable success as a driver, team owner and constructor, but his ideas and designs have also helped to shape modern racing, making it safer and more competitive. On Saturday, October 22, his efforts were honored by the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, which presented Dan with its Robert E. Petersen Lifetime Achievement Award at the institution's 22nd-annual gala. A young Dan Gurney [View in Browser | Subscribe] [Hemmings Daily] Tuesday, October 25, 2016 [Dan Gurney presented with Robert E. Petersen Lifetime Achievement Award] [Dan Gurney presented with Robert E. Petersen Lifetime Achievement Award] Posted by Kurt Ernst - Dan Gurney in 2016. Images courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum. 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