{"id":460479,"date":"2005-06-01T18:00:03","date_gmt":"2005-06-02T01:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=85723"},"modified":"2024-01-08T14:18:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T14:18:03","slug":"tim-schenken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/tim-schenken\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Schenken"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>From an Austin A30 sedan to the wheel of a Formula One car is quite a journey. When growing up, Australian driver Tim Schenken had a burning passion to be a Formula One driver. It was this passion that proved successful with 34 Grand Prix starts and has kept him deeply involved in motorsport ever since. 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