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Dan Gurney, 1960

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TGR Staff


‘Dan worked with Bell Helmets in California where he helped to develop the first full-face helmet. He had seen motorcycle racers wear similar ones at Ascot Raceway in California. Dan wore the first full-face helmet at Indianapolis in 1968 and then also introduced it to Formula I racing at the British and German Grand Prix in 1968.’

– Evi Gurney, via The Retronaut 
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