{"id":490556,"date":"2009-03-01T15:00:21","date_gmt":"2009-03-01T23:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=48129"},"modified":"2024-04-03T16:50:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T16:50:55","slug":"first-time-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/first-time-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"First Time Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What is it among first experiences that\u2019s supposed to be the most unforgettable? A boy\u2019s first kiss? I certainly remember that. First bicycle? Ditto. A boy\u2019s first By Golly Racing Victory? That\u2019ll do just fine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_761712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-761712\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/LS200903-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-761712 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/LS200903-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/LS200903-p1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/LS200903-p1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/LS200903-p1-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/LS200903-p1-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-761712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toly Arutunoff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I was going to my dozenth race and so, thoroughly steeped in the Racing Experience, I decided to prepare myself. Luckily, I had fought off the impulse to buy a used milk truck as a tow vehicle\u2014the kind where the driver sat on a barstool. The kind with a top speed of 57 screaming mph. I chose to stick with my \u201961 Corvair Monza coupe, J.C.Whitney duals and all.<\/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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Luckily, I had fought off the impulse to buy a used milk truck as a tow vehicle\u2014the kind where the driver sat on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":340,"featured_media":761714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,1920,11272,261,18207],"tags":[2727,11531,17152,1961,20068,1971,20125,13203,13206,6943,17143,17220],"class_list":["post-490556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-lotus","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-1960s","tag-bandini","tag-car-culture","tag-lotus","tag-lotus-featured","tag-lotus-7","tag-lotus-race-featured","tag-anatoly-arutunoff","tag-toly-arutunoff","tag-monza","tag-special-feature","tag-vrr-column-legends-speak"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>First Time Winner<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Anatoly Arutunoff reveals the effort and emotions invested in his very first race victory.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/first-time-winner\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/first-time-winner\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First Time Winner\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Anatoly Arutunoff reveals the effort and emotions invested in his very first race victory.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/first-time-winner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-03-01T23:00:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-03T16:50:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/LS200903-p2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"552\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anatoly Arutunoff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Anatoly Arutunoff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/first-time-winner\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/first-time-winner\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Anatoly Arutunoff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d6225778e2534e8bbdda58e0c3310837\"},\"headline\":\"First Time Winner\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-03-01T23:00:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-03T16:50:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/first-time-winner\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1054,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/first-time-winner\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/03\\\/LS200903-p2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"1960s All\",\"Bandini\",\"Car Culture\",\"Lotus\",\"Lotus (Featured)\",\"Lotus 7\",\"Lotus Race (Featured)\",\"People (Anatoly Arutunoff)\",\"People (Toly Arutunoff)\",\"Racetrack (Monza)\",\"Special Feature\",\"VRR Column (Legends Speak)\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Car Culture\",\"Lotus\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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