{"id":492209,"date":"2012-02-01T13:00:58","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T21:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=29878"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:26:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:26:17","slug":"the-don","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-don\/","title":{"rendered":"The Don"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once in a while a photograph gives me pause, and one such was in the December issue. It showed the start of the 500-cc support race to the 1953 International Trophy at Silverstone where not even one straw bale was in sight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Leading from pole was Don Parker on his way to his first British Formula 3 Championship, aged 45. Reg Bicknell later drove for Team Lotus and built his own Revis-Norton F3 car and Revis-Borgward 1.5-liter sports racer. 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