{"id":460738,"date":"2006-03-01T19:00:27","date_gmt":"2006-03-02T03:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=75924"},"modified":"2024-12-02T19:48:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T19:48:48","slug":"buzz-bombs-from-bristol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/buzz-bombs-from-bristol\/","title":{"rendered":"Buzz Bombs from Bristol"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since the very beginning of motorsports competition, a common thread has run through the sport: It takes money to go fast. An old joke goes something like, \u201cYou know how to make a million dollars at racing? Start with five million!\u201d In this day of Formula One teams spending half a billion dollars during a season, it\u2019s hard to imagine a time when an individual racer could be competitive in a race series with a home-made car, running on a shoe-string budget.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_710058\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-710058\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/FEA200603-p2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-710058\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/FEA200603-p2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/FEA200603-p2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/FEA200603-p2-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/FEA200603-p2-1024x627.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/FEA200603-p2-100x61.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/FEA200603-p2-770x471.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/FEA200603-p2-293x179.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-710058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the earliest home-builts in England was Clive Lones \u201cTiger Kitten.\u201d Powered by a JAP 500-cc engine, Lones made hill-climb history in May 1948 at famed Prescott when he broke the 50-second barrier in this car.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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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