{"id":1577,"date":"2025-08-16T05:01:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T05:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/1577\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T05:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T05:01:10","slug":"how-designing-supercars-helped-gordon-murray-through-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/1577\/","title":{"rendered":"How Designing Supercars Helped Gordon Murray Through Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/news\/730451\/gordon-murray-t50-ride\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"0\" data-params=\"%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22730451%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22gordon-murray-t50-ride%22%7D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gordon Murray<\/a> can\u2019t stop working. As he approaches 80 years old, Murray is still developing new supercars, and not even a cancer diagnosis took him away from the drafting table. One of Gordon Murray Automotive\u2019s newest supercars\u2014the S1 LM\u2014was developed while its namesake was undergoing chemotherapy.<\/p>\n<p>Murray revealed his cancer diagnosis earlier this summer. He was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in early 2024, something he and his doctors caught during a routine endoscopy. Murray went through chemotherapy, saying in an interview, \u201c[t]he oncologist spent the best part of an hour going through the possible side-effects with me and my wife before I started the chemo, and boy, I got everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last July, Murray had a successful keyhole surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout all this, he was working closely with the customer who commissioned the S1 LM, a tribute to Murray\u2019s Le Mans-winning McLaren F1 GTR. &#8220;I can honestly say that got him through the cancer treatment,&#8221; said Phil Lee, GMA CEO, at a Monterey Car Week event. &#8220;He was very, very focused; he went through long, enduring moments of chemotherapy, working alongside the customer, and going away and keeping focused himself, and this car is the birth of that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motor1.com\/photos\/910181\/gordon-murray-automotive-s1-lm\/#8217972_gordon-murray-automotive-s1-lm\" class=\"msnt-photo-thumb-gallery-main-photo-box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/16x9-tr.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Gordon Murray Automotive S1 LM\" width=\"16\" height=\"9\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                    26                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Source: Gordon Murray Automotive                        <\/p>\n<p>Lee expanded on this in remarks with journalists. &#8220;It\u2019s amazing how focused he kept on the Special Vehicles stuff throughout the treatment. [I\u2019m] so proud of him in terms of what he did there, and of course, that made it very special for the customer as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The S1 LM is based on GMA\u2019s T.50 and comes from Gordon Murray Special Vehicles, a division of the company dedicated to limited editions and special customer commissions like this. It&#8217;s debuting in Monterey alongside the Le Mans GTR, a 24-car run that\u2019s more of a modern take on the F1 GTR.<\/p>\n<p>Lee tells us GMA has a lot more cars in the pipeline. So Murray won\u2019t be slowing down any time soon.<\/p>\n<p>Additional reporting by Brian Silvestro.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gordon Murray can\u2019t stop working. 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