{"id":489821,"date":"2008-02-01T00:10:08","date_gmt":"2008-02-01T08:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=58701"},"modified":"2023-12-31T15:09:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T15:09:40","slug":"american-wins-double-fia-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/american-wins-double-fia-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"American Wins Double FIA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Accomplished American historic racer John Delane recently notched up another remarkable racing achievement by winning both the Class A FIA Historic Formula One Championship and the FIA Lurani Formula Junior Championship for 2007.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Perhaps even more impressive is the fact that Delane has now won five FIA Historic Formula One championships and one FIA Formula Junior Championship. This puts Delane in the lofty position of being historically the American with the most FIA championships\u2014fairly impressive considering Phil Hill and Mario Andretti have but one apiece! Delane traveled to Monaco, in early December, to stand on the stage at the official FIA prizegiving with Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen to accept his award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accomplished American historic racer John Delane recently notched up another remarkable racing achievement by winning both the Class A FIA Historic Formula One Championship and the FIA Lurani Formula Junior Championship for 2007. Perhaps even more impressive is the fact that Delane has now won five FIA Historic Formula One championships and one FIA Formula Junior Championship. 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