{"id":491961,"date":"2011-08-01T16:00:23","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T16:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=33455"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:07:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:07:54","slug":"the-flying-scotsmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-flying-scotsmen\/","title":{"rendered":"The Flying Scotsmen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A million clich\u00e9s come to mind. Giant killer is probably the worst, pummelled to death by a thousand newspaper hacks, but that\u2019s exactly what the original Ecurie Ecosse was. A meteor that came from nowhere and took the world\u2019s endurance motor racing crown\u2014twice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was a shoestring operation working out of a tiny garage in the backstreets of Edinburgh, Scotland, but it blasted works teams like Ferrari, Maserati, Aston Martin and Porsche right out of the water. A handful of Scots running second-hand D-Type Jaguars that beat the cream of the world\u2019s motor racing at their own game to win the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1956 and 1957.<\/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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