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| Base | Rye, East Sussex, UK and Santa 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 |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Debut | 1979 Arizona Republic / Jimmy Bryan 150 (Phoenix) |
| Latest race | 1999 Marlboro 500 (Fontana) |
| Races competed | 134 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Indy 500 victories | 0 |
| Race victories | 1 |
| Pole positions | 1 |
All American Racers is an American-licensed[2] auto racing team and constructor based in Santa Ana, California.[3] Founded by Dan Gurney and Carroll Shelby in 1964, All American Racers initially participated in American sports car and Champ Car races as well as international Formula One events with cars named Eagle. The Formula One team, based in the United Kingdom and using British-built Weslake engines was named Anglo American Racers. Under team manager Bill Dunne they set up shop in Rye, East Sussex.[4] The team were adjacent to Harry Weslake's engine development plant and half a mile from Elva cars.[5] They participated in 25 Grands Prix, entering a total of 34 cars.
The first Eagles were created after AAR entered a Goodyear-backed Lotus 38 in the 1965 Indianapolis 500 and Gurney hired former Lotus designer Len Terry to develop their own car for 1966. The resulting Ford-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 with Toyota to develop the Celica and later sports prototypes for the IMSA GT Championship.
The company built the Ben Bowlby-designed DeltaWing that was run by Highcroft Racing at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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- ^ "Eagle". StatsF1. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ "Saga of Audacity: Eagle F1". Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
- ^ Competition Press & Autoweek, March 26, 1966, Page 3.
- ^ Competition Press & Autoweek, April 23, 1966, Page 6.