{"id":460982,"date":"2006-11-01T18:00:40","date_gmt":"2006-11-02T02:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=68849"},"modified":"2024-12-08T15:30:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T15:30:47","slug":"scooter-patrick-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/scooter-patrick-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Scooter Patrick"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>From gas station owner in 1954 to leading Le Mans in 1967, sports car racer Scooter Patrick enjoyed an amazing career. Perhaps best remembered for his prowess and speed at the wheel of Otto Zipper\u2019s many Porsches in the \u201960s, Patrick also enjoyed racing success in a wide variety of racecars including the Shelby-owned Toyota 2000GTs, James Garner\u2019s Lola T70 and L-88 Corvettes, as well as F5000s and notching up the last Can-Am victory of the mighty McLaren juggernaut. Casey Annis recently sat down with Patrick to explore his remarkable career and his surprising relationship with mentor Ken Miles.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_679097\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-679097\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/INT200611-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-679097 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/INT200611-p1.jpg\" alt=\"Scooter Patrick\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/INT200611-p1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/INT200611-p1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/INT200611-p1-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/INT200611-p1-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-679097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scooter Patrick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>How did you get started in racing?<\/strong><\/em><\/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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Perhaps best remembered for his prowess and speed at the wheel of Otto Zipper\u2019s many Porsches in the \u201960s, Patrick also enjoyed racing success in a wide variety of racecars including the Shelby-owned Toyota 2000GTs, James Garner\u2019s Lola T70 and L-88 Corvettes, as well as F5000s and notching up the last Can-Am victory of the mighty McLaren juggernaut. Casey [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":679092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11272,18114],"tags":[18322,18435,11773,12566,16462,89],"class_list":["post-460982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-members-only","category-people","tag-2000s-all","tag-people","tag-ken-miles","tag-scooter-patrick","tag-interview","tag-porsche"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scooter Patrick<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Casey Annis speaks with the sports car racer about his long history with Porsche and his surprising relationship with Ken Miles.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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