{"id":459595,"date":"2001-11-01T06:30:18","date_gmt":"2001-11-01T14:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=116097"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:30:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:30:45","slug":"uncle-ken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/uncle-ken\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncle Ken"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We\u2019ve just lost Ken Tyrrell, and I share the sorrow that extends across racing. Not only was Tyrrell a legendary figure in F1, the team owner who spotted the talent in a young Jackie Stewart and mentored him to three World Championships; \u201cUncle Ken,\u201d as some of us called him (among ourselves), also was one of the most genuinely kind, considerate people I\u2019ve known.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To see that sweet side, you had to get past an appearance that could seem forbidding. This was a tall, craggy, forthright man who brooked no nonsense. Crash one of his cars, as I watched more than one of his drivers do, and your long walk back to the pits was going to terminate with you standing before him like a miscreant child, looking up into a visage of granite.<\/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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