{"id":460691,"date":"2006-01-25T16:00:58","date_gmt":"2006-01-25T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=76575"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:24:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:24:46","slug":"graham-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/graham-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some say Graham Hill was not a natural, but one who had to work hard at his motor racing. I say so what? Not many of us work so well at something that we equal Hill\u2019s outstanding record of winning the 1962 and 1968 Formula One World Championships, 14 championship Grands Prix, the 1966 Indianapolis 500 and the 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hill was a true Brit, as English as the White Cliffs of Dover. 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