{"id":492415,"date":"2012-06-01T17:00:23","date_gmt":"2012-06-02T00:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=27779"},"modified":"2024-02-28T10:18:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T10:18:57","slug":"state-of-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/state-of-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whether you read about it in Vintage Racecar\u2014or almost any other automotive publication\u2014over the past year, chances are good that you\u2019ve already heard about our Associate Editor John Nikas and the remarkable Austin-Healey named Grace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last year\u2014as a fairly last-minute, \u201cwild hair\u201d idea\u2014John decided that he would take a friend\u2019s decidedly dilapidated Austin-Healey and try to drive it to the Eastern seaboard and back, as a way of cheering up the owner, who was undergoing cancer treatment. As a cancer survivor himself, John understood how important it is for cancer patients to have something positive to focus on while they undergo treatment. 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