{"id":491307,"date":"2010-05-01T06:30:01","date_gmt":"2010-05-01T13:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=41175"},"modified":"2025-01-06T00:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T00:46:11","slug":"can-goes-conventional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-goes-conventional\/","title":{"rendered":"Can-Am Goes Conventional"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<figure id=\"attachment_582974\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-582974\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-582974\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Lyons\" width=\"300\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/FL-PETELYONS-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/FL-PETELYONS-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/FL-PETELYONS-293x415.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-582974\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pete Lyons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The year was 1970. The year the ground turned over under America\u2019s greatest sports racing car series.<\/p>\n<p>It began in tragedy, and improved little. Bruce McLaren, the sunny New Zealander who had stamped the Canadian-American Challenge Cup Series as his own, and who would have reigned as series champion for the second time, lost his life in a testing crash just days before the first race of the season.<\/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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