{"id":490422,"date":"2008-12-01T18:00:22","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T02:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=49705"},"modified":"2024-05-06T19:26:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T19:26:09","slug":"bob-mckee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/bob-mckee\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob McKee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>Bob McKee had chutzpah. He believed he could build racecars that were as good as anyone else\u2019s and build them safer. Not only did he build racecars, he also built components like early transaxles, which many people in the early days of mid-engined racecars sought out from him. However, a lack of a major sponsor and the money that a sponsor would bring, meant his cars became increasingly uncompetitive and the buyers stopped arriving at his front door. Today, he repairs and prepares vintage racecars at his Lake Zurich, Illinois, shop. John Wright recently caught up with this modest and retiring man at his shop on a quiet day.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i>Tell us something of your background.<\/i><\/b><\/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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