{"id":492481,"date":"2012-07-01T18:00:54","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T01:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=26582"},"modified":"2024-02-28T10:42:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T10:42:59","slug":"leslie-kendall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/leslie-kendall\/","title":{"rendered":"Leslie Kendall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i>VR<\/i>: Like so many of us, I\u2019m sure that you were influenced by the automobile very early on in your life. How did you get started in cars? What sent you on this path?<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>LK:<\/b> Gosh, I was the only student in kindergarten who knew what a Bugatti was! My parents, based on my request, every Christmas would get me Match Box cars. And I would play with them and my mother says I would just watch them as I pushed them along. I just had a rabid interest. 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