{"id":460056,"date":"2003-11-01T13:00:28","date_gmt":"2003-11-01T21:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=105061"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:24:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:24:31","slug":"heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thirty years ago one of the he\u00adadline stories on television news was David Purley desperately trying to save the life of Roger Wil\u00adliamson, whose car had flipped at Zandvoort and had caught fire. The marshals were confused, but Purley stopped his car and wrestled a fire extinguisher from a marshal and did his best to save his friend. Purley failed and that fact always haunted him. 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