{"id":489660,"date":"2007-08-01T06:30:41","date_gmt":"2007-08-01T13:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=62871"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:37:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:37:34","slug":"revenge-of-the-roadsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/revenge-of-the-roadsters\/","title":{"rendered":"Revenge of the Roadsters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDinosaurs,\u201d we called them, ridiculing their bulk, their weight, their mindless loyalty to outmoded dogma. Indy Roadsters; they were rife with front engines and beam axles and no clue about \u201cModern Engineering.\u201d Hopelessly old-fashioned, they should be rolled aside and forgotten. That\u2019s what we said at the time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But look what history says about them now. Roadsters are positively hip. 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