{"id":492720,"date":"2012-11-01T13:00:47","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T20:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=23629"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:08:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:08:28","slug":"my-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/my-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"My Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harry Schell was an American driver, born in Paris, who spent most of his life in Europe. He was nobody\u2019s first choice, but he was a safe pair of hands who secured works drives with BRM, Ferrari, Gordini, Maserati and Vanwall. He was also the first to drive a Cooper in a World Championship race: Monaco, 1950, in a Cooper 500 fitted a with an 1100-cc JAP V-twin.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_529165\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-529165\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-529165 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1-293x293.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1-390x390.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-529165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Lawrence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was a playboy; an excellent qualification for a racing driver in the 1950s. He was fun, and people liked to have him around.<\/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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Mike Lawrence He was a playboy; an excellent qualification for a racing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":322,"featured_media":529165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12077,226,263,11272,261,18207],"tags":[18323,1319,228,6234,7050,17152,1433,155,302,60,20226,1591,65,642,11657,16663,11349,14615,50,11689,324,17140,452,13874,548,11624,11725,11377,583,1307,1308,17143,11529,17201],"class_list":["post-492720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ac-cars","category-bmw","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-2010s-all","tag-ac","tag-bmw","tag-british","tag-british-racing-motors","tag-car-culture","tag-cooper","tag-germany","tag-italy","tag-ferrari","tag-ferrari-featured","tag-fiat","tag-ford","tag-gordini","tag-grand-prix","tag-united-states-grand-prix","tag-gp-history","tag-isetta","tag-italian","tag-pre-war","tag-maserati","tag-members-only","tag-mille-miglia","tag-morris-minor","tag-motorsport","tag-graham-hill","tag-harry-schell","tag-stirling-moss","tag-monaco","tag-shelby","tag-shelby-cobra","tag-special-feature","tag-vanwall","tag-last-lap-column"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>My Hero<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mike Lawrence makes the case for Mario Cipolla, the Isetta-wielding great, you\u2019ve never heard of.\" \/>\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\/my-hero\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My Hero\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mike Lawrence makes the case for Mario Cipolla, the Isetta-wielding great, you\u2019ve never heard of.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/my-hero\/\" \/>\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=\"2012-11-01T20:00:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T03:08:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"520\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"520\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Lawrence\" \/>\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=\"Michael Lawrence\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/my-hero\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/my-hero\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Lawrence\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9ecce5f233369521caad554c1241d5d6\"},\"headline\":\"My Hero\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-11-01T20:00:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T03:08:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/my-hero\/\"},\"wordCount\":1023,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/my-hero\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2010s All\",\"AC Cars\",\"BMW\",\"British\",\"BRM\",\"Car Culture\",\"Cooper\",\"Country (Germany)\",\"Country (Italy)\",\"Ferrari\",\"Ferrari (Featured)\",\"Fiat\",\"Ford\",\"Gordini\",\"Grand Prix\",\"Grand Prix (United States)\",\"History (Grand Prix)\",\"Isetta\",\"Italian\",\"Market (Pre-War)\",\"Maserati\",\"Members Only\",\"Mille Miglia\",\"Morris Motors\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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