{"id":489691,"date":"2007-09-01T18:00:28","date_gmt":"2007-09-02T01:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=61626"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:06:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:06:15","slug":"alistair-caldwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/alistair-caldwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Alistair Caldwell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Alistair Caldwell joined the McLaren team in their early days as a cleaner and ended up as team manager, winning two World Championships\u2014with Emerson Fittipaldi and James Hunt. 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