{"id":460624,"date":"2005-11-01T06:30:04","date_gmt":"2005-11-01T14:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=79873"},"modified":"2024-11-03T13:39:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T13:39:49","slug":"shelbys-flamekeeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/shelbys-flamekeeper\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelby\u2019s Flamekeeper"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Racing lays down rich strata of history with every passing season, but even though their glory days mostly lie four decades in the past, Carroll Shelby and his Cobras are at no risk of sinking into the fossilizing ooze of obscurity. Both names are true icons in American motorsports lore, revered above all for being the first to win for us on the international stage, but also for still, to this day, conveying the very meaning of pure, rawboned high performance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_711973\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-711973\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-711973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/FL-PETELYONS-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/FL-PETELYONS-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/FL-PETELYONS-293x415.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-711973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pete Lyons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If quantities of Cobra replicas being marketed now (and of lawsuits over them!) are indicators, the Shelby star will soar high for decades to come.<\/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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