{"id":460949,"date":"2006-11-01T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2006-11-01T21:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=68707"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:25:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:25:00","slug":"yellow-peril","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/yellow-peril\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Peril"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A reader, Sam Gage, objected to the use of the term \u201cYellow Peril\u201d to caption a picture of an Alfa Romeo GTA. He is right, but for the wrong reasons. \u201cYellow Peril\u201d should be reserved for the Lotus that Graham Hill raced in 1956. Hill and his car became the first stars of the 750 MC\u2019s 1172 Championship and opened an extraordinary spell in British club racing, the aftershock of which is still felt today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hill had charmed his way into Lotus when Colin Chapman appointed him the transmission expert. A student who worked under Hill during college vacations soon realized that Graham was all bull and no knowledge. That student\u2019s name was Keith Duckworth.<\/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? You&#8217;re missing out<\/h2>\n<p class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content\">Any Text Here<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a07online-global-marketing-prompt\" href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/checkout?plan=86696\">Get Started<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">\n<h4 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">Already a Member? <a href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/account\">Sign in to your account here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reader, Sam Gage, objected to the use of the term \u201cYellow Peril\u201d to caption a picture of an Alfa Romeo GTA. He is right, but for the wrong reasons. \u201cYellow Peril\u201d should be reserved for the Lotus that Graham Hill raced in 1956. Hill and his car became the first stars of the 750 MC\u2019s 1172 Championship and opened an extraordinary spell in British club racing, the aftershock of which is still felt today. Hill had charmed his way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":322,"featured_media":678638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11272,261,18207],"tags":[18322,17152,17140,548,11624,17143,17201],"class_list":["post-460949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-2000s-all","tag-car-culture","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-graham-hill","tag-special-feature","tag-last-lap-column"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yellow Peril<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Just when you thought it was safe to go to the \u201cMail Box,\u201d Mike Lawrence unearths Graham Hill and the \u201coriginal\u201d Yellow Peril.\" \/>\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\/yellow-peril\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yellow Peril\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Just when you thought it was safe to go to the \u201cMail Box,\u201d Mike Lawrence unearths Graham Hill and the \u201coriginal\u201d Yellow Peril.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/yellow-peril\/\" \/>\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=\"2006-11-01T21:00:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T01:25:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"520\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"520\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Lawrence\" \/>\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=\"Michael Lawrence\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/yellow-peril\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/yellow-peril\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Lawrence\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9ecce5f233369521caad554c1241d5d6\"},\"headline\":\"Yellow Peril\",\"datePublished\":\"2006-11-01T21:00:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T01:25:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/yellow-peril\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1007,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/yellow-peril\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2006\\\/11\\\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2000s All\",\"Car Culture\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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