{"id":490049,"date":"2008-06-01T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2008-06-01T19:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=54141"},"modified":"2024-12-02T19:36:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T19:36:08","slug":"raymond-mays-era-shelsley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/raymond-mays-era-shelsley\/","title":{"rendered":"Automotive Art &#8211; Tony Smith&#8217;s &#8220;Raymond Mays and the ERA at Shelsley&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The ERA at Shelsley Artwork<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Artist Tony Smith pays tribute to Raymond Mays and his mighty ERA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I first became aware of ERAs in 1945, and their special significance to British motor sport, together with their originator and promoter Raymond Mays, who was also responsible for the creation of BRM cars. Mays was a very fast driver and his many wins with ERAs helped him to sell these cars to other leading drivers of the day. He achieved many fastest times of day at Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb from 1934 to 1950, and it was at this Worcestershire hill that I first saw an ERA in 1947.<\/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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