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All of the chief mechanics were given a ballot at the beginning of the month of May to determine who in their elite group would receive the coveted Mechanical Achievement Award. When the ballots were collected Bill was nominated in 1967 by his peers. Bill was concerned with safety: “I was the first one to put a shoulder harness in a race car. I put it in the Lotus 19 that Gurney drove. I used aircraft refueling caps instead of the LeMans type (the spring-loaded cap flips up by pressing down on a roller latch) where it could open if the car crashed or rolled over. Gurney never spent a day in the hospital driving a car that I prepared.” View Related Article
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