{"id":460007,"date":"2003-09-01T06:30:33","date_gmt":"2003-09-01T13:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=106365"},"modified":"2024-02-20T02:24:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T02:24:28","slug":"our-brian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/our-brian\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Brian"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Brit Who Conquered the Colonies; I know that title\u2019s not fair to others of his countrymen who also have raced brilliantly in America, but\u2014 sorry, chaps\u2014it\u2019s how I think of Brian Redman.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_698939\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-698939\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/09\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-698939 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/09\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/09\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/09\/FL-PETELYONS-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/09\/FL-PETELYONS-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/09\/FL-PETELYONS-293x415.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-698939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pete Lyons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We Yanks just love the bloke.<\/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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