{"id":460422,"date":"2005-03-01T17:00:20","date_gmt":"2005-03-02T01:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=90607"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:29:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:29:13","slug":"uncle-milty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/uncle-milty\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncle Milty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the few awful things that we have to contend with in the historic racing world is the relentless loss of our heroes. Sadly, every year brings news of more legends whose stories and experiences will be lost to us forever. Here at VRJ, more often than not, the task of summarizing one of these legends\u2019 lives falls on me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It\u2019s a very strange and difficult thing to try and summarize a person\u2019s entire life and accomplishments within a prescribed number of words. 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