{"id":490121,"date":"2008-07-01T06:30:17","date_gmt":"2008-07-01T13:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=52154"},"modified":"2025-01-06T00:45:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T00:45:52","slug":"our-oscar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/our-oscar\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Oscar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oscar Koveleski called the other day, and when our talk was done I felt like I always do\u2014as if I\u2019d just been inside a dyno cell with a red-hot race engine at fever pitch. The man must be a decade richer in experiences than I, yet I\u2019m left panting by his everlasting enthusiasm, energy, and endurance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Had I ever been a Can-Am driver, as Oscar was, I imagine I\u2019d have felt like that every time Denny Hulme blew by.<\/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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