{"id":489791,"date":"2007-12-01T18:00:59","date_gmt":"2007-12-02T02:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=59874"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:06:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:06:21","slug":"tony-robinson-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/tony-robinson-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Robinson, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Last Month, Mike Jiggle spoke with mechanic-turned-designer Tony Robinson about his early days in motorsport with Stirling Moss and the British Racing Partnership. This month, Mike talks with Tony Robinson about the direction his career took, after Moss\u2019s grisly crash at Goodwood in 1962, including his transition to designer with BRP and later Cooper.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>You made a transition, or rather included, racing car designer to your mechanic role. 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