{"id":489686,"date":"2007-09-01T06:30:13","date_gmt":"2007-09-01T13:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=61575"},"modified":"2025-01-06T00:45:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T00:45:45","slug":"bruces-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/bruces-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce\u2019s Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bruce Leslie McLaren won the first-ever Grand Prix of the United States in 1959, but really established his life\u2019s legacy eight years later. It was September 3, 1967, at Road America, when his Can-Am team began a five-year run of dominance in the fastest kind of road racing the world had ever seen. So strong and so solid was the foundation laid then that McLaren remains one of the greatest names in motorsports today.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_610411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-610411\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-610411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Lyons\" width=\"300\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/FL-PETELYONS-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/FL-PETELYONS-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/FL-PETELYONS-293x415.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-610411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pete Lyons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kiwis can be crusty (they\u2019re not alone in this), but Bruce was blessed with one of the sunniest natures ever to venture north from New Zealand. Open of face, friendly of manner, self-effacing and always on the brink of a laugh, he had a gift for bringing talented and ambitious racers\u2014not the easiest of personality types\u2014together in a loyal, tight-knit, intensely competitive team.<\/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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