Dan Gurney and A. J. Foyt with Victory Champagne at the 24 Heures du Mans (24 Hours of Le Mans) Race, June 1967
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Caught up in the excitement of winning the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans race, driver Dan Gurney vigorously shook his champagne bottle and sprayed the sparkling wine over everyone within reach. "It was like a fire hose," Gurney later said, "and they were loving it." Gurney's spontaneous celebration started what is now a victory tradition.
Caught up in the excitement of winning the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans race, driver Dan Gurney vigorously shook his champagne bottle and sprayed the sparkling wine over everyone within reach. "It was like a fire hose," Gurney later said, "and they were loving it." Gurney's spontaneous celebration started what is now a victory tradition.
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Date Made
11 June 1967
Subject Date
11 June 1967
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.N.670646.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Technique
Photographic processes
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 0.875 in
Width: 1.375 in
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