{"id":492410,"date":"2012-06-01T19:00:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-02T02:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=27702"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:08:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:08:14","slug":"best-24-hour-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/best-24-hour-race\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best 24-hour Race?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Is 263.4 kph, or 163.7 mph, the maximum speed of a new twin-turbo V12 people-carrier? The speed of a motorcyclist when caught on a British motorway by police camera (true!)?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Neither. The figures date back to 1973 and refer to the fastest timed lap ever recorded at the \u201clong\u201d Spa circuit. It was set up by Jacky Ickx during qualifying for that year\u2019s 1000K race when he was at the wheel of a Ferrari 312PB prototype.<\/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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You&#8217;re missing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":538966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,17013,3766,11272,261,18331,18124,18207],"tags":[17152,17015,11657,11351,17140,548,18332,17236,13247,501,504,17143],"class_list":["post-492410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-grand-prix-racing","category-history","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-motorsport-profiles","category-the-stories","category-special-feature","tag-car-culture","tag-defunct-series-grand-prix-racing","tag-grand-prix","tag-motorsport-history","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-profiles-motorsport-all","tag-profiles-races","tag-gp-race-profiles","tag-nurburgring","tag-spa","tag-special-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Best 24-hour Race?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Peter Collins recounts his family\u2019s participation in the 1975 24 Hours of Spa and why, in his opinion, it ranks as one of the best endurance events of all time.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/best-24-hour-race\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/best-24-hour-race\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Best 24-hour Race?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Peter Collins recounts his family\u2019s participation in the 1975 24 Hours of Spa and why, in his opinion, it ranks as one of the best endurance events of all time.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/best-24-hour-race\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-06-02T02:00:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T03:08:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/RACEfea201206-p7.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"718\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Peter Collins\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Peter Collins\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"19 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/best-24-hour-race\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/best-24-hour-race\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Peter Collins\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6b5b0d69b9ed6065f731dbb4a5c75026\"},\"headline\":\"The Best 24-hour Race?\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-06-02T02:00:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T03:08:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/best-24-hour-race\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":3609,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/best-24-hour-race\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/06\\\/RACEfea201206-p7.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Car Culture\",\"Defunct Series (Grand Prix Racing)\",\"Grand Prix\",\"History (Motorsports &amp; 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