{"id":459904,"date":"2003-05-01T03:07:54","date_gmt":"2003-05-01T10:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=107223"},"modified":"2024-02-21T03:42:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T03:42:04","slug":"steve-earle-voted-car-guy-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/steve-earle-voted-car-guy-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Earle Voted \u201cCar Guy\u201d of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/05\/n7-200305-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-698394 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/05\/n7-200305-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/05\/n7-200305-p1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/05\/n7-200305-p1-214x300.jpg 214w, 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