{"id":460200,"date":"2004-05-01T06:30:22","date_gmt":"2004-05-01T13:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=102339"},"modified":"2024-02-17T16:14:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T16:14:08","slug":"mark-donohue-and-f1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/mark-donohue-and-f1\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Donohue and F1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Friday evening be\u00adfore the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix, over dinner in a quiet countryside ho\u00adtel, Mark Donohue told us about setting a 221-mph speed record the week before with his old Can-Am Porsche. \u201cIt\u2019s the only thing I\u2019ve accomplished this year,\u201d he remarked with a small grin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By his high standards, Mark\u2019s first full season in Formula One had been disappointing. 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