{"id":490776,"date":"2009-07-01T19:00:58","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T02:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=46610"},"modified":"2025-01-06T00:45:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T00:45:58","slug":"moons-magic-milestones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/moons-magic-milestones\/","title":{"rendered":"Moons, Magic & Milestones"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two events, one forever unforgettable, the other somewhat less memorable, shared the same Sunday, 40 years ago.<\/h1>\n
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Heading up the main straight hill to start Heat 2, Cannon and Eaton occupy the front row, with Gethin alongside Adamowicz on the second.\u00a0Photo: Pete Lyons \/ www.petelyons.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Sixties was a decade filled with aberration, acrimony, and achievement that affected virtually every aspect of human existence. In the continuing context of human history, however, none of those moments was more significant than the happenings of July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11\u2019s Eagle lander touched down on the moon and NASA\u2019s Neil Armstrong took his historic small step onto the lunar surface.<\/p>\n

Earlier that day, a quarter-million miles \u201cbelow,\u201d in a special section of Wisconsin\u2019s scenic Kettle Moraine countryside, another young American adventurer took a different type of Eagle to another kind of victory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n