{"id":460039,"date":"2003-10-01T18:00:58","date_gmt":"2003-10-02T01:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=105174"},"modified":"2024-02-19T03:20:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T03:20:29","slug":"frank-gardner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/frank-gardner\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Gardner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Over the course of his life, Frank Gardner has been a boxer, a surfer and a motorcycle mechanic before moving on to motor racing in Australia, England and eventually, throughout the world. Our Patrick Quinn managed to catch up with Frank at his Australian driver-training facility and found him to be both amazingly funny and one of the most self-effacing drivers he\u2019s ever met.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Frank, you ran a C-Type Jaguar in Sydney during the 1950s which you sold to Leaton Motors for Frank Matich to drive. Was that when you left for London for the English racing scene?<\/strong><\/em><\/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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