{"id":460482,"date":"2005-06-01T06:30:17","date_gmt":"2005-06-01T13:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=85742"},"modified":"2024-12-08T15:30:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T15:30:41","slug":"twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/twins\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<figure id=\"attachment_716893\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-716893\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-716893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/FL-PETELYONS-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/FL-PETELYONS-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/FL-PETELYONS-293x415.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-716893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pete Lyons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Early in this year\u2019s Sebring 12 Hours, the two technicolored Audis that would go on to dominate the day were romping around nose-to-tail, a pairing that made an irresistible target for my Canon. As I kept shooting them, lap after lap, I thought back on all the other \u201ctwins\u201d that have burned their images into my memories.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just seeing two identical cars isn\u2019t enough. There\u2019s lots of teams of those. To be immortal, twins have to stamp their times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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