All American Racers

Base	Rye, East Sussex,UK andSanta Ana, California,USA[1]
Founder(s)	Dan Gurney
Formula One World Championship career
First entry	1966 Belgian Grand Prix
Races entered	25
Engines	Climax,Weslake
Constructors' Championships	0
Drivers' Championships	0
Race victories	1
Podiums	2
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	2
Final entry	1969 Canadian Grand Prix

All American Racers is anAmerican-licensed^[2]auto racing team and constructor based inSanta Ana, California.^[3] Founded byDan Gurney andCarroll Shelby in 1964, All American Racers initially participated in Americansports car andChamp Car races as well as internationalFormula One events with cars namedEagle. The Formula One team, based in theUnited Kingdom and using British-builtWeslake engines was namedAnglo American Racers. Under team manager Bill Dunne they set up shop inRye, East Sussex.^[4] The team were adjacent to Harry Weslake's engine development plant and half a mile fromElva cars.^[5] They participated in 25 Grands Prix, entering a total of 34 cars.

The first Eagles were created after AAR entered aGoodyear-backedLotus 38 in the1965 Indianapolis 500 and Gurney hired former Lotus designerLen Terry to develop their own car for 1966. The resultingFord-powered Eagle T2G was codeveloped with the Eagle T1G for Formula 1. After exiting Formula One in 1968 and concentrating on Champ Car, Eagle turned to sports car racing in the 1980s, partnering withToyota to develop theCelica and latersports prototypes for theIMSA GT Championship.

The company built the Ben Bowlby-designedDeltaWing that was run byHighcroft Racing at the2012 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In order to run the Formula 1 operations, Gurney established theAnglo American Racers team, based inRye, East Sussex,UK, though the cars were built inSanta Ana, California,USA by theAll American Racers team. TheEagle T1G car, powered by an obsoleteCoventry Climax engine, debuted at the1966 Belgian Grand Prix and scored its first points with a fifth place three weeks later at theFrench Grand Prix. For the1967 seasonRichie Ginther was signed as a second driver. The Climax engine was replaced by a new 3-literWeslake V12 engine designed byAubrey Woods and built in Great Britain byWeslake.

At the1967 Belgian Grand Prix Gurney achieved the first "all-American" victory in a Grand Prix sinceJimmy Murphy´s triumph withDuesenberg at the1921 French Grand Prix. Excluding theIndianapolis 500, this is the only win for a USA-built car as well asone of only two wins of anAmerican-licensed constructor in Formula One.^[3][6]

The Eagle-Weslake was a beautiful and efficient car, one example of which was constructed intitanium and exoticalloys. More than this, the Eagle was designed to make the tall Gurney fit comfortably at the wheel. Their efforts produced a V12 that was smooth and powerful. At Monza, an insight into the future of engine design was seen for the first time. The engine had four valves per cylinder at a narrow included angle (thirty degrees) that allowed a single cover to enclose both the close-spaced camshafts on each bank. The sixty-degree-vee layout had a larger bore than stroke (72.8 X 60mm). 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 whichBobby Unser had won theIndianapolis 500 and the 1968 Indycar Championship. A non-works version briefly appeared with privateerAl Pease in the1969 Canadian Grand Prix, but Pease became noticed for all the wrong reasons and made history as the only F1 driver ever disqualified for being too slow.

During the USAC years, the Eagle chassis was very successful in the late 1960s and 1970s. Eagles won 51 Champ Car races, including the 1968 and 1975 Indy 500's won byBobby Unser and the 1973 race won byGordon Johncock. During this two-decade period, Bobby Unser, who drove Eagle cars for most of his teams, joined AAR as the sole driver, winning the 1975 Indianapolis 500. Unser also claimed 22 wins and 52 podiums with Eagle cars. After Unser's departure from the team forTeam Penske, All American Racers started to lose their edge in IndyCar competition. Mike Mosley won a few races for the team before being dismissed at the end of 1982. By 1984, AAR merged withMike Curb's team to form Curb-All American Racers. After a two-year partnership with Curb, Gurney and Curb parted ways, and this marked the beginning of the end of AAR's time in IndyCar.^{[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]}

The All American Racers team was inactive in single-seaters from 1987 to 1995 and returned in 1996 again building their own chassis and using newToyota engines. However, this new effort, a combination of new and untested equipment, did not prove to be successful, never winning a race and collecting only occasional top-tens. The team ceased active racing after the 1999 CART season.^[16]

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  1968 Indianapolis 500-winning chassis, driven byBobby Unser,Offenhauser turbo
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  The Eagle 68, powered by a turbochargedFord Indy V8 engine, driven to 6th place in the1969 Indianapolis 500 byJoe Leonard
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  1972 Gurney-Eagle Indycar chassis driven byMark Donohue
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  TheEagle 997 was the final CART car designed by AAR.

• Alex Barron (1998–1999)
• Raul Boesel (1999)
• Geoff Brabham (1981)
• Mike Chandler (1982, 1984)
• Kevin Cogan (1984–1985)
• Juan Manuel Fangio II (1996–1997)
• Pete Halsmer (1984)
• P. J. Jones (1996–1998)
• Jan Lammers (1986)
• Bobby Unser (1972–1978, USAC)
• Andrea Montermini (1999)
• Rocky Moran (1981)
• Mike Mosley (1979–1981)
• Ed Pimm (1984–1985)
• Gualter Salles (1999)
• Tom Sneva (1985)
• Vincenzo Sospiri (1998)

The Eagle MK-V was the third to last EagleCART, and the first original chassis following post-1986 inactivity. It was entered exclusively by Eagle and only for the 1996 season, because it was unsuccessful, even though it had 2 races in which it scored points, and a further 2 other races where it finished 1 place down from points. The drivers wereJuan Manuel Fangio II andP. J. Jones. The Mk-V would be the first CART chassis developed by Eagle after being inactive after the1986 CART Series. This new car, called the Mk-V would be a unique chassis, but would be structurally similar to theReynard 94I. The CART would be almost completely untested before the season, and during the season would prove to be extremely bad in the corners.^[17][18]

TheEagle 987 was the second to last chassis built by All American Racers.^[19] The car was raced only by Eagle, and was driven byVincenzo Sospiri andAlex Barron. The car was entirely unsuccessful, and would be replaced by theEagle 997 for the1999 CART Championship.

Gurney's team was contracted byToyota in 1983 to enter theIMSA GT Championship with specially-modifiedToyota Celicas.

In 1988, the team moved up to the GTP category with two chassis – a modifiedToyota 88CGroup C car and a team-designedEagle HF89 purpose-built for IMSA competition.

AAR experienced its greatest success in GTP competition with theEagle MkIII, introduced in 1991. Powered by aturbocharged 2.1-liter Toyotainline-4 developing up to 800 horsepower and generating 10,000 pounds of downforce at 200 mph, the MkIII won 21 of the 27 races in which it was entered – a record so dominant that it has been blamed for the collapse of the GTP series.^[20][21]

AAR created a specialTrans-Am Series version of thePlymouth Barracuda, running in the1970 season with drivers Dan Gurney andSwede Savage.^[22] Ahomologation special production edition was offered in 1970.^[23]

(key)

Year	Chassis	Engine(s)	Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Points	WCC
1966	Eagle T1G	ClimaxS4 WeslakeV12	G		MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	MEX				4	7th
				Dan Gurney		Ret	5	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	5
				Phil Hill							DNQ
				Bob Bondurant								DSQ	Ret
1967	Eagle T1G	WeslakeV12	G		RSA	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	CAN	ITA	USA	MEX		13	7th
				Dan Gurney	Ret	Ret	Ret	1F	Ret	Ret	RetF	3	Ret	Ret	Ret
				Richie Ginther		DNQ
				Bruce McLaren					Ret	Ret	Ret
				Ludovico Scarfiotti									Ret
1968			G		RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX	0*	12th
	Eagle T1G	WeslakeV12		Dan Gurney	Ret		Ret	Ret			Ret	9	Ret
	McLaren M7A	FordV8												Ret	4	Ret	—[a]

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1967	Castrol Oils Ltd.	Eagle T1G	ClimaxS4	G		RSA	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	CAN	ITA	USA	MEX
					Al Pease								NC
1968	Castrol Oils Ltd.	Eagle T1G	ClimaxS4	G		RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX
					Al Pease										DNS
1969	John Maryon	Eagle T1G	ClimaxS4	F		RSA	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX
					Al Pease									DSQ

(key)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6
1967	Eagle T1G	WeslakeV12		ROC	SPC	INT	SYR	OUL	ESP
			Dan Gurney	1
			Richie Ginther	10

(key) (results inbold indicate pole position)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
1979						PHX	ATL		INDY	TRT		MCH		WGL	TRT	ONT	MCH	ATL	PHX
	Eagle 79	CosworthDFXV8t	G	Mike Mosley	36	6	17	17	3	13	DNS	2	20	12	14	34		14	10
1980						ONT	INDY	MIL	POC	MDO	MCH	WGL	MIL	ONT	MCH	MXC	PHX
	Eagle 80	CosworthDFXV8t	G	Mike Mosley	48	19
		ChevroletV8					32		23					17
1981						PHX	MIL	ATL		MCH	RIV	MIL	MCH	WGL	MXC	PHX
	Eagle 81	ChevroletV8	G	Mike Mosley	48		1*	DNS		18		DNS	26			24
				Geoff Brabham							19				9
				Rocky Moran										6
1983						ATL	INDY	MIL	CLE	MCH	ROA	POC	RIV	MDO	MCH	CPL	LAG	PHX
	Eagle 83	ChevroletV8	G	Jeff Wood	98											22	8
1984						LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MCH	ROA	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	PHX	LAG	CPL
	Eagle 84SB	PontiacV8	G	Mike Chandler	88	16		DNQ
				Kevin Cogan			8
					98			20	9	18	20	22
				Pete Halsmer									14
				Ed Pimm										26	13	22	22	19	10	12	19
1985						LBH	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MCH	ROA	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	LAG	PHX	MIA
	Eagle 85GC	CosworthDFXV8t	G	Tom Sneva	2	8	20	2		6	11	3	21	8	15		5			21
	LolaT900								24							7		19	19
				Tony Bettenhausen Jr.	97		29
				Ed Pimm	98			21
	Eagle 85GC					12	9		19	DNS		5	11	20	9	8	3	14	9	12
1986						PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MCH	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	ROA	LAG	PHX	MIA
	Eagle 86GC	CosworthDFXV8t	G	Jan Lammers	98	9	14	DNQ
1996						MIA	RIO	SFR	LBH	NAZ	500	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG
	Eagle MK-V	Toyota RV8AV8t	G	Juan Manuel Fangio II	36	21	17	15	25	25	22	19	18	14	13	28	14	20	8	19	28
				P. J. Jones	98						Wth	24	9	24	23	20	16	25	18	13	27
1997						MIA	SFR	LBH	NAZ	RIO	GAT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG	FON
	Reynard96i	Toyota RV8AV8t	G	Juan Manuel Fangio II	36	20	20	26	15
	Reynard97i	Toyota RV8BV8t								20	23	21	10	22	21	19	11	25	10	12	15	27
	Reynard96i	Toyota RV8AV8t		P. J. Jones	98	28	26	16	21
	Reynard97i	Toyota RV8BV8t								16	21	14	14	20	25	21	28	17	14	25	17	10
1998						MIA	MOT	LBH	NAZ	RIO	GAT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG	HOU	SFR	FON
	Reynard97i Reynard98i Eagle 987	Toyota RV8CV8t Toyota RV8DV8t	G	Alex Barron	36	18	24	14	DNS	12	14	DNS	20	14	15	28	15	16	24	19	20	12	19	13
				P. J. Jones	98	20	30	11	19	13	12	14	25	16	21	19	24	20	22	21
				Vincenzo Sospiri																	22	15	15	23
1999						MIA	MOT	LBH	NAZ	RIO	GAT	MIL	POR	CLE	ROA	TOR	MCH	DET	MDO	CHI	VAN	LAG	HOU	SRF	FON
	Eagle 997	Toyota RV8DV8t	G	Alex Barron	36	15	17	23	9	23	16	14
				Gualter Salles									27	13	20	25	15	11	18
				Raul Boesel																12					17
				Andrea Montermini																	11	24	23	15

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