{"id":492800,"date":"2012-12-01T18:00:44","date_gmt":"2012-12-02T02:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=22920"},"modified":"2024-02-28T13:57:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T13:57:34","slug":"drew-alcazar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/drew-alcazar\/","title":{"rendered":"Drew Alcazar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i>VR<\/i>: How did you first get bitten by the \u201cbug\u201d?<\/b><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_526932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-526932\" style=\"width: 564px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ROADint201212-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-526932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ROADint201212-p1.jpg\" alt=\"Drew Alcazar is president and founder of Russo &amp; Steele Auctions. \" width=\"564\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ROADint201212-p1.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ROADint201212-p1-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ROADint201212-p1-81x100.jpg 81w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ROADint201212-p1-293x364.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-526932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drew Alcazar is president and founder of Russo &amp; Steele Auctions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>DA:<\/b> Well, that was an easy moment to remember because it was like an epiphany. I was probably in fifth grade and I was riding around in my friend Dale Vesley\u2019s station wagon. He had been telling me about his older brother\u2019s 428 Cobra Jet Mach 1, and he was totally obsessed with Shelbys. I didn\u2019t really know what a Shelby was, but as we were riding around in the back of his mom\u2019s station wagon he starts going nuts and he\u2019s hitting me and he\u2019s going, \u201cthere, there that\u2019s a Shelby, you see it, right there!\u201d And, parked out by this guy\u2019s house was a 1967 GT500. Sitting up on blocks, all in primer. But the fact that the shape of his car, all in this red oxide primer, with big long hood and the scoops in it and the side scoops on the back and the ducktail spoiler, that, to me, just was like an epiphany moment. You just went, holy cow, that is just\u2014that\u2019s it! I\u2019ve got to have one of those. From then on it was just kind of downhill.<\/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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