{"id":460988,"date":"2006-12-01T06:30:53","date_gmt":"2006-12-01T14:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=68446"},"modified":"2024-04-30T19:31:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T19:31:45","slug":"lets-hail-lancias-hundreth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/lets-hail-lancias-hundreth\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Hail Lancia\u2019s Hundreth!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the boisterous opera that has been Italian auto racing, one of the grandest of performers made just the briefest of appearances. Fewer than three full race seasons, from early 1953 to mid-1955; that was all the time Gianni Lancia got to try to remake the marque his father had founded.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_678332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-678332\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-678332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Lyons\" width=\"300\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/FL-PETELYONS-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/FL-PETELYONS-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/FL-PETELYONS-293x415.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-678332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pete Lyons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thinking to brighten the venerable firm\u2019s established image for prestige passenger cars, Gianni plunged into motorsport at the highest, costliest level.<\/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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