{"id":491363,"date":"2010-06-01T19:00:27","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T02:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=40843"},"modified":"2024-12-02T19:49:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T19:49:22","slug":"century-success-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/century-success-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"A Century of Success &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p>Alfa Romeo will be 100 years old on June 24 and its motor sport pedigree almost 99\u2014one of only a handful of companies that can trace their motor racing heritage back to the start of the 20th century.<\/p>\n<p>But Alfa\u2019s is a kind of pear-shaped pedigree, in which the Italian company won\u00a0 no fewer than three Grand Prix and Formula 1 World Championships, two World Sports Car Championships, 10 Mille Miglias, eight Targa Florios and four consecutive 24 Hours of Le Mans in its first 60 years or so. 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