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Dan Gurney

American racing driver, constructor and team owner

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Jan 14, 2026
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Dan Gurney was the first person to spray champagne at a sports event

Dan Gurney is widely credited with turning a spontaneous bottle-spray into the modern podium champagne tradition after his win at the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans, when he deliberately shook and sprayed a...

Jan 14, 2026

Did any recorded champagne-spraying celebrations occur in other sports before 1966?

Recorded instances of intentional champagne‑spraying on podiums trace to mid‑1960s motorsport—an accidental spray by Jo Siffert at Le Mans in 1966 and an intentional celebration by Dan Gurney in 1967 ...