{"id":460785,"date":"2006-05-01T06:30:25","date_gmt":"2006-05-01T13:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=73776"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:28:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:28:40","slug":"heroes-are-human-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/heroes-are-human-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Heroes are Human Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Forty Memorial Days ago, I sat in the Indianapolis grandstand across from the pits and witnessed Graham Hill capturing the second of the three crowns that still make him unique\u2014the only driver ever to win the 500 (in 1966), the F1 world championship (in both 1962 and 1968) and Le Mans (1972).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a \u201cforeign\u201d race driver, Hill was absolutely captivating to us Americans in those na\u00efve days. 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