{"id":459410,"date":"2001-02-01T19:00:31","date_gmt":"2001-02-02T03:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=119971"},"modified":"2024-12-02T20:38:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T20:38:12","slug":"triple-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/triple-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Hill &#038; Winning The Triple Crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p>Winning Le Mans, the Indy 500 or the Formula 1 World Championship is something to which most racing drivers aspire but very few achieve. To win one of these \u201cblue ribbon\u201d titles is enough for most, to win two of them is pretty exceptional, but only one man has won all three \u2013 the so-called Triple Crown of motor racing \u2013 and that is Graham Hill.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It took him nine years from the time he first sat in a racing car to when he chalked up the first part of the Triple Crown. Having started his Grand Prix career at Team Lotus, he switched to BRM in 1960. After two frustrating years, initially getting to grips with the first rear-engined BRM car and then struggling with an underpowered Climax-engine, as a result of the switch to the 1.5-liter formula, everything came good in 1962.<\/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? You&#8217;re missing out<\/h2>\n<p class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content\">Any Text Here<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a07online-global-marketing-prompt\" href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/checkout?plan=86696\">Get Started<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">\n<h4 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">Already a Member? <a href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/account\">Sign in to your account here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winning Le Mans, the Indy 500 or the Formula 1 World Championship is something to which most racing drivers aspire but very few achieve. To win one of these \u201cblue ribbon\u201d titles is enough for most, to win two of them is pretty exceptional, but only one man has won all three \u2013 the so-called Triple Crown of motor racing \u2013 and that is Graham Hill. It took him nine years from the time he first sat in a racing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":270,"featured_media":814008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,3766,11272,261,18124,18114,16918,18207],"tags":[17152,11351,17140,548,11624,17225,17143],"class_list":["post-459410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-history","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-the-stories","category-people","category-races","category-special-feature","tag-car-culture","tag-motorsport-history","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-graham-hill","tag-race-recap","tag-special-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Graham Hill &amp; Winning The Triple Crown<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Graham Hill is the only driver to have won the F1 Championship, the Indy 500 and Le Mans. 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