{"id":460027,"date":"2003-09-01T13:00:58","date_gmt":"2003-09-01T20:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=106377"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:24:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:24:31","slug":"convergence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/convergence\/","title":{"rendered":"Convergence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Champ Car racing is in the middle of an ongoing drama, which can be best described as character building. Starting in 2005, CART rules call for 3-liter V-10 engines, just like Formula One. Could it be that some convergence is in the air?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If so, we have been there before. In 1978, two of the final three rounds of the USAC Championship were held in England. 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