{"id":460518,"date":"2005-08-01T03:08:34","date_gmt":"2005-08-01T10:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=83005"},"modified":"2024-01-08T15:06:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T15:06:23","slug":"bowden-receives-bill-parish-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/bowden-receives-bill-parish-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowden Receives Bill Parish Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Will Bowden of Orlando, Florida was\u2002chosen for\u2002this year\u2019s Bill Parish Award. Supported by MGVR and Parish-Heacock Insurance, it is annually presented at MGVR\u2019s Focus Event, this year HSR\u2019s \u201cMitty\u201d at Road Atlanta, in memory of MG racer Bill Parish. It is presented to an MG racer at the event participating in Bill\u2019s past\u2002spirit of \u201cHaving the most fun, and being a Master of Speed Deception, while racing their MG over the years, unconcerned about race winning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Will, a retired Merchant Marine Officer and aerospace engineer, got his first MG\u2014an MGTD in 1960 and was a founder of the Classic MG Club of Florida. His first vintage MG race was at Sebring in 1978 with\u2002his MGTF in a support race.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/n8-200508-p1-1080x1078-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-701437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/n8-200508-p1-1080x1078-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/n8-200508-p1-1080x1078-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/n8-200508-p1-1080x1078-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/n8-200508-p1-1080x1078-1-1024x1022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/n8-200508-p1-1080x1078-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/n8-200508-p1-1080x1078-1-770x769.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/n8-200508-p1-1080x1078-1-293x292.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/n8-200508-p1-1080x1078-1-390x390.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/n8-200508-p1-1080x1078-1-585x585.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/n8-200508-p1-1080x1078-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/n8-200508-p1-1080x1078-1-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Bowden of Orlando, Florida was\u2002chosen for\u2002this year\u2019s Bill Parish Award. Supported by MGVR and Parish-Heacock Insurance, it is annually presented at MGVR\u2019s Focus Event, this year HSR\u2019s \u201cMitty\u201d at Road Atlanta, in memory of MG racer Bill Parish. It is presented to an MG racer at the event participating in Bill\u2019s past\u2002spirit of \u201cHaving the most fun, and being a Master of Speed Deception, while racing their MG over the years, unconcerned about race winning.\u201d Will, a retired Merchant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":701436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,255,18114],"tags":[508,18435,18105],"class_list":["post-460518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-news","category-people","tag-record","tag-people","tag-people-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bowden Receives Bill Parish Award<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bowden Receives Bill Parish Award\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/bowden-receives-bill-parish-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bowden Receives Bill Parish Award\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bowden Receives Bill Parish Award\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/bowden-receives-bill-parish-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2005-08-01T10:08:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-08T15:06:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/n8-200508-fea-293x140-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"293\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"140\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SportsCarDigest Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SportsCarDigest Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/bowden-receives-bill-parish-award\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/bowden-receives-bill-parish-award\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"SportsCarDigest Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/51d193ee53f997a3f6d82ce34de31baa\"},\"headline\":\"Bowden Receives Bill Parish Award\",\"datePublished\":\"2005-08-01T10:08:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-08T15:06:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/bowden-receives-bill-parish-award\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":131,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/bowden-receives-bill-parish-award\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2005\\\/08\\\/n8-200508-fea-293x140-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Awards &amp; 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