{"id":459390,"date":"2001-01-01T19:00:39","date_gmt":"2001-01-02T03:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=119954"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:05:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:05:49","slug":"turn-left-at-the-lighthouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/turn-left-at-the-lighthouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Prix of Bari &#8211; Turn Left at the Lighthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>No one was exactly thrilled when word reached Maranello, Modena, Arese and points north that the automobile club of an Italian seaside town called Bari was organizing a new Grand Prix. \u201cTheir own Grand Prix? The audacity of it all,\u201d some said. \u201cWho are these people? Where and what is Bari, anyway?\u201d others shrilled.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was rather like Palmdale, California, preparing to host the Olympic Games. Little town, big ambitions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the top teams of the day \u2013 and the not so top \u2013 began to sit up and take notice when they heard the starting money on offer; that\u2019s what made Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Maserati et.al. take their cars and stars to what seemed like the end of the earth \u2013 well, Italy, anyway \u2013 and race.<\/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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