{"id":491887,"date":"2011-07-01T03:03:44","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T03:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=33705"},"modified":"2024-09-06T20:55:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T20:55:09","slug":"suburban-brabham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/suburban-brabham\/","title":{"rendered":"Suburban Brabham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For Western Australians, the home of postwar motor racing was Caversham in the Swan Valley on the outskirts of Perth. Similar to Goodwood in concept, but lacking the stately home and manicured grounds, Caversham started life as an emergency airfield built during WW2.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The circuit consisted of a long runway and a dispersal road connecting the ends, and was used from the early fifties until the late seventies. 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