{"id":369400,"date":"2011-06-09T21:30:55","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T01:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=35450"},"modified":"2024-01-12T23:19:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T23:19:10","slug":"sir-stirling-moss-obe-retires-from-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/sir-stirling-moss-obe-retires-from-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Stirling Moss OBE Retires from Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Racing legend Sir Stirling Moss OBE has retired from racing, closing the door on a competitive racing career that has spanned more than 60 years. During qualifying for the Le Mans Legends race at the wheel of his Porsche RS 61, Moss made the decision to retire from the sport he loves.<\/p>\n<p>On his retirement Stirling said, \u201cThis afternoon I scared myself and I have always said that if I felt I was not up to it or that I was getting in the way of fellow competitors, then I would retire.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moss leaves motor racing as one of the most recognised racing drivers in the world, having raced from the age of 18, winning the British Grand Prix twice, the Monaco Grand Prix three times, the Mille Miglia, the Targa Florio and the Tourist Trophy, as well as countless other races, during his professional career. He is regarded as one of the greatest motor racing drivers the sport has ever known, having raced successfully in all forms of motor sport and racing not only to win, but racing because he loved the racing itself.<\/p>\n<p>As Stirling said, on the day of his retirement, \u201cI love racing, but now it is time to stop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stirlingmoss.com\/articles\/news\/sir-stirling-moss-obe-announces-his-retirement-motor-racing\">Stirlingmoss.com<\/a>; photo credit: Mercedes-Benz]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Racing legend Sir Stirling Moss OBE has retired from racing, closing the door on a competitive racing career that has spanned more than 60 years. During qualifying for the Le Mans Legends race at the wheel of his Porsche RS 61, Moss made the decision to retire from the sport he loves. On his retirement Stirling said, \u201cThis afternoon I scared myself and I have always said that if I felt I was not up to it or that I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":789744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13063],"tags":[15234],"class_list":["post-369400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-events-vintage-racing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sir Stirling Moss OBE Retires from Racing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Racing legend Sir Stirling Moss OBE has retired from racing, closing the door on a competitive racing career that has spanned more than 60 years.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/sir-stirling-moss-obe-retires-from-racing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sir Stirling Moss OBE Retires from Racing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Racing legend Sir Stirling Moss OBE has retired from racing, closing the door on a competitive racing career that has spanned more than 60 years.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/sir-stirling-moss-obe-retires-from-racing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-06-10T01:30:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-12T23:19:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Stirling-Moss-at-Mille-Miglia.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"529\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sports Car Digest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sports Car Digest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/sir-stirling-moss-obe-retires-from-racing\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/sir-stirling-moss-obe-retires-from-racing\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sports Car Digest\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/188bd99a52d1e69543c54566c30e906b\"},\"headline\":\"Sir Stirling Moss OBE Retires from Racing\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-10T01:30:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-12T23:19:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/sir-stirling-moss-obe-retires-from-racing\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":214,\"commentCount\":7,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/sir-stirling-moss-obe-retires-from-racing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/Stirling-Moss-at-Mille-Miglia.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Event (Vintage Races)\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Vintage Races &amp; 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