{"id":459539,"date":"2001-08-01T06:30:30","date_gmt":"2001-08-01T13:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=116954"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:30:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:30:52","slug":"phil-hill-our-first-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/phil-hill-our-first-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Hill \u2013 Our First Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Forty years! That\u2019s how long it\u2019s been since our man Philip Toll Hill, Jr., became the first American to win the World Driving Championship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are two ways to look at such a span of time. I\u2019ll bet some of us \u2013 maybe even Phil himself \u2013 would like to think it was only yesterday. 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