{"id":490166,"date":"2008-08-01T11:00:49","date_gmt":"2008-08-01T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=51838"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:06:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:06:35","slug":"fast-exposure-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/fast-exposure-49\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorsport Moment &#8211; 1979 French Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Mario Andretti and the Unhappy Lotus 80<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Where: <\/strong>France<strong>\u00a0\/\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Date:<\/strong>July 1,1979<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">French Grand Prix; Dijon-Prenois, July 1,1979. Mario Andretti with the unhappy Lotus 80. It was not a success, and the team subsequently reverted to the Lotus 79.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/1979-French-Grand-Prix.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-642175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/1979-French-Grand-Prix.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/1979-French-Grand-Prix.jpeg 702w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/1979-French-Grand-Prix-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/1979-French-Grand-Prix-100x67.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/1979-French-Grand-Prix-370x247.jpeg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/1979-French-Grand-Prix-293x197.jpeg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Photo courtesy of: <\/strong>THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION<\/li>\n<li><strong>Address: <\/strong>PO Box 8204, Stamford, CT 06905 USA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tel: <\/strong>(203) 461-9804<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fax: <\/strong>(203) 968-2970<\/li>\n<li><strong>E-mail:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:info@klemcoll.com\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">info@klemcoll.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Web site: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.klemcoll.com\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">www.klemcoll.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Blog:<\/strong> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/klemcoll.wordpress.com\/\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">klemcoll.wordpress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mario Andretti and the Unhappy Lotus 80 Where: France\u00a0\/\u00a0Date:July 1,1979 French Grand Prix; Dijon-Prenois, July 1,1979. Mario Andretti with the unhappy Lotus 80. It was not a success, and the team subsequently reverted to the Lotus 79. Details: Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Address: PO Box 8204, Stamford, CT 06905 USA Tel: (203) 461-9804 Fax: (203) 968-2970 E-mail: info@klemcoll.com Web site: www.klemcoll.com Blog: klemcoll.wordpress.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":642175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1920,261,12314,8907],"tags":[13338,11657,12141,11349,1961,20068,12555,13339,20125,13683,548,17167,11308],"class_list":["post-490166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lotus","category-motorsport-racing","category-fast-exposure","category-pictures-videos","tag-dijon-prenois","tag-grand-prix","tag-french-grand-prix","tag-gp-history","tag-lotus","tag-lotus-featured","tag-lotus-79","tag-lotus-80","tag-lotus-race-featured","tag-fast-exposure","tag-motorsport","tag-motorsport-moments","tag-mario-andretti"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Motorsport Moment - 1979 French Grand Prix<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mario Andretti with the unhappy Lotus 80, during the 1979 French Grand Prix. 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