{"id":459536,"date":"2001-08-01T13:00:21","date_gmt":"2001-08-01T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=116935"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:30:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:30:52","slug":"bonneville-stirling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/bonneville-stirling\/","title":{"rendered":"Stirling Speaks &#8211; Bonneville"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p>I went to the Salt Flats at Bonneville in Utah for the first time in 1957. John Thornley from MG invited me to come and make an attempt on the International Class F record. MG had been there in 1954 when one of the MGA prototypes had been fitted with a Goldie Gardner streamlined body, and had set records in several categories. 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