{"id":460538,"date":"2005-08-01T17:00:53","date_gmt":"2005-08-02T00:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=82579"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:28:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:28:59","slug":"those-magnificent-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/those-magnificent-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Those Magnificent Men\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While I wasn\u2019t sure if I\u2019d ever be able to say this again\u2014I really enjoyed watching this year\u2019s running of the Indianapolis 500. Though I want to come back to this in a future column\u2014as I thought this was one of the best Indy 500s in recent memory\u2014there was one pre-race occurrence that captured my attention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As I watched the pre-race telecast, the announcers previewed the fact that, when they came back from the commercial break, they would be showing us a unique insight into the life of Scottish driver Dario Franchitti. Upon hearing this, I yelled across the house for my wife to come watch. Because my wife, and all her family, are from Scotland, any driver racing with the St. Andrews cross on his helmet has a special place in Mrs. Annis\u2019s heart. And so it was that moments later she came streaking in, just in time to see \u201cher boy\u201d Dario take to the screen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content > :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=\"cs-paywall\">\n<div class=\"cs-paywall__card\">\n<div class=\"cs-paywall__top\"><span class=\"cs-paywall__label\">Members only<\/span><span class=\"cs-paywall__price\">$29 <em>\/ year<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"cs-paywall__title\">Keep going. <span>This is where it gets good.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"cs-paywall__lead\">Supercars.net Membership is for people who&#x27;d rather know the spec sheet by heart than skim ten headlines. The rest of this story \u2014 and every other one like it \u2014 is a few seconds away.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"cs-paywall__grid\">\n<li class=\"cs-paywall__item\"><span class=\"cs-paywall__icon cs-paywall__icon--book\"><\/span>\n<div>\n<h3>Thousands of members-only stories<\/h3>\n<p>Deep dives, driven reviews and the full archive back to 2005.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"cs-paywall__item\"><span class=\"cs-paywall__icon cs-paywall__icon--noads\"><\/span>\n<div>\n<h3>No ads. None.<\/h3>\n<p>The whole site reads like a magazine, on every device.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"cs-paywall__item\"><span class=\"cs-paywall__icon cs-paywall__icon--data\"><\/span>\n<div>\n<h3>Every car, every spec<\/h3>\n<p>Twenty years of models, numbers and history in one place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"cs-paywall__item\"><span class=\"cs-paywall__icon cs-paywall__icon--tag\"><\/span>\n<div>\n<h3>30% off the shop<\/h3>\n<p>Every Supercars.net shirt and piece of merch, all year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"cs-paywall__cta\"><a class=\"cs-paywall__button\" href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/checkout?plan=86696\">Join Supercars.net &mdash; Keep Reading<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"cs-paywall__fine\">$29 a year. Cancel anytime, no hoops.<br \/>Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/?memberful_endpoint=auth\">Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cs-paywall__trust\"><strong>BY CAR PEOPLE, NOT A NAMELESS MEDIA COMPANY.<\/strong> Your membership keeps a small independent team that celebrates the brands and cars that defined this industry doing this.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"cs-paywall__sticky\" href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/checkout?plan=86696\">Join &mdash; Keep Reading <em>$29\/yr<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I wasn\u2019t sure if I\u2019d ever be able to say this again\u2014I really enjoyed watching this year\u2019s running of the Indianapolis 500. Though I want to come back to this in a future column\u2014as I thought this was one of the best Indy 500s in recent memory\u2014there was one pre-race occurrence that captured my attention. As I watched the pre-race telecast, the announcers previewed the fact that, when they came back from the commercial break, they would be showing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":700662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11272,261,18207],"tags":[17152,17140,548,17143,17200],"class_list":["post-460538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-car-culture","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-special-feature","tag-first-turn-column"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Those Magnificent Men\u2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Casey Annis examines the common\u2014and sometimes tragic\u2014love affair between professional racecar drivers and aviation.\" \/>\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\/those-magnificent-men\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Those Magnificent Men\u2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Casey Annis examines the common\u2014and sometimes tragic\u2014love affair between professional racecar drivers and aviation.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/those-magnificent-men\/\" \/>\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=\"2005-08-02T00:00:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-04T22:28:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/GB7A2921-770x513-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"770\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"513\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Casey Annis\" \/>\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=\"Casey Annis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/those-magnificent-men\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/those-magnificent-men\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Casey Annis\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c6d9a48fb61e8e4ef14e84a8e2d5dd46\"},\"headline\":\"Those Magnificent Men\u2026\",\"datePublished\":\"2005-08-02T00:00:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-04T22:28:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/those-magnificent-men\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":790,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/those-magnificent-men\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2005\\\/08\\\/GB7A2921-770x513-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Car Culture\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; Racing\",\"Special Feature\",\"VRR Column (First Turn)\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Car Culture\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; Racing\",\"Special Feature\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/those-magnificent-men\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/those-magnificent-men\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/those-magnificent-men\\\/\",\"name\":\"Those Magnificent Men\u2026\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/those-magnificent-men\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/those-magnificent-men\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2005\\\/08\\\/GB7A2921-770x513-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2005-08-02T00:00:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-04T22:28:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c6d9a48fb61e8e4ef14e84a8e2d5dd46\"},\"description\":\"Casey Annis examines the common\u2014and sometimes tragic\u2014love affair between professional racecar drivers and aviation.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/those-magnificent-men\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/those-magnificent-men\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/those-magnificent-men\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2005\\\/08\\\/GB7A2921-770x513-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2005\\\/08\\\/GB7A2921-770x513-1.jpg\",\"width\":770,\"height\":513},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/those-magnificent-men\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Those Magnificent Men\u2026\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Supercars.net\",\"description\":\"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c6d9a48fb61e8e4ef14e84a8e2d5dd46\",\"name\":\"Casey Annis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7c87e2cd9a282e1eafe63b9a028df29006c61c86509a2ab9af47ba22eb6bebd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7c87e2cd9a282e1eafe63b9a028df29006c61c86509a2ab9af47ba22eb6bebd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7c87e2cd9a282e1eafe63b9a028df29006c61c86509a2ab9af47ba22eb6bebd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Casey Annis\"},\"description\":\"Casey M. Annis is the Founder and Editor of Vintage Racecar\\\/Vintage Roadcar magazine, the Petersen Museum\u2019s Finish Line and Petersen Quarterly, Alfa Owner, and The Oily Rag magazines. He founded Parabolica Publishing in 1997 after a career in biology, anatomy and neurobiology. Along with this passion for automobiles Casey is a long distance open-ocean paddleboard racer who\u2019s competed in the 32-mile Catalina to Manhattan Beach race and the 32-mile Molokai to Oahu race. Casey contributes and writes about the world of vintage road and race cars.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vintageracecar.com\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/caseyannis-2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Those Magnificent Men\u2026","description":"Casey Annis examines the common\u2014and sometimes tragic\u2014love affair between professional racecar drivers and aviation.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/those-magnificent-men\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Those Magnificent Men\u2026","og_description":"Casey Annis examines the common\u2014and sometimes tragic\u2014love affair between professional racecar drivers and aviation.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/those-magnificent-men\/","og_site_name":"Supercars.net","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/","article_published_time":"2005-08-02T00:00:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-01-04T22:28:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":770,"height":513,"url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/GB7A2921-770x513-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Casey Annis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@supercars_net","twitter_site":"@supercars_net","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Casey Annis","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/those-magnificent-men\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/those-magnificent-men\/"},"author":{"name":"Casey Annis","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c6d9a48fb61e8e4ef14e84a8e2d5dd46"},"headline":"Those Magnificent Men\u2026","datePublished":"2005-08-02T00:00:53+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-04T22:28:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/those-magnificent-men\/"},"wordCount":790,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/those-magnificent-men\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/GB7A2921-770x513-1.jpg","keywords":["Car Culture","Members Only","Motorsport &amp; Racing","Special Feature","VRR Column (First Turn)"],"articleSection":["Car Culture","Members Only","Motorsport &amp; Racing","Special Feature"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/those-magnificent-men\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/those-magnificent-men\/","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/those-magnificent-men\/","name":"Those Magnificent Men\u2026","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/those-magnificent-men\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/those-magnificent-men\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/GB7A2921-770x513-1.jpg","datePublished":"2005-08-02T00:00:53+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-04T22:28:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c6d9a48fb61e8e4ef14e84a8e2d5dd46"},"description":"Casey Annis examines the common\u2014and sometimes tragic\u2014love affair between professional racecar drivers and aviation.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/those-magnificent-men\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/those-magnificent-men\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/those-magnificent-men\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/GB7A2921-770x513-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/GB7A2921-770x513-1.jpg","width":770,"height":513},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/those-magnificent-men\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Those Magnificent Men\u2026"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/","name":"Supercars.net","description":"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c6d9a48fb61e8e4ef14e84a8e2d5dd46","name":"Casey Annis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7c87e2cd9a282e1eafe63b9a028df29006c61c86509a2ab9af47ba22eb6bebd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7c87e2cd9a282e1eafe63b9a028df29006c61c86509a2ab9af47ba22eb6bebd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7c87e2cd9a282e1eafe63b9a028df29006c61c86509a2ab9af47ba22eb6bebd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Casey Annis"},"description":"Casey M. Annis is the Founder and Editor of Vintage Racecar\/Vintage Roadcar magazine, the Petersen Museum\u2019s Finish Line and Petersen Quarterly, Alfa Owner, and The Oily Rag magazines. He founded Parabolica Publishing in 1997 after a career in biology, anatomy and neurobiology. Along with this passion for automobiles Casey is a long distance open-ocean paddleboard racer who\u2019s competed in the 32-mile Catalina to Manhattan Beach race and the 32-mile Molokai to Oahu race. Casey contributes and writes about the world of vintage road and race cars.","sameAs":["https:\/\/vintageracecar.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/author\/caseyannis-2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}