{"id":45312,"date":"2009-09-01T06:30:16","date_gmt":"2009-09-01T13:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=45312"},"modified":"2025-01-06T00:46:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T00:46:05","slug":"the-perfect-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-perfect-season\/","title":{"rendered":"McLaren &#8211; The Perfect Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<figure id=\"attachment_689145\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-689145\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-689145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/FL-PETELYONS-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/FL-PETELYONS-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/FL-PETELYONS-293x415.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-689145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pete Lyons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">How do you stop a racing runaway? Well, you might try throwing more races in its way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ending McLaren Can-Am domination\u2014that may have been one goal of series officials when they scheduled their fourth season, 1969, with nearly twice as many rounds as before.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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