{"id":460331,"date":"2004-11-01T18:00:18","date_gmt":"2004-11-02T02:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=96174"},"modified":"2024-02-19T12:14:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T12:14:47","slug":"warwick-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/warwick-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Warwick Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Australian racer Warwick Brown has had a racing career marked by extreme highs and lows. His career highlights are marked by several F5000 championships, and center-seat Can-Am wins, but a vicious accident early in his career broke his stride, while another later on may have cut his career prematurely short. 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