{"id":492844,"date":"2013-01-01T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T21:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=22110"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:08:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:08:28","slug":"chiron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/chiron\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiron"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is a story that has troubled me.\u00a0 On the evening before the first postwar Monte Carlo Rallye in 1949, there was a social event for those competitors who started from Monte Carlo. Teams began the rally from all over Europe and converged on a common route. Louis Chiron, turned on another competitor, Mlle. Hell\u00e9 Nice, and accused her of being an agent for the Gestapo during the German occupation of France.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_524894\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-524894\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-524894 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1-293x293.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1-390x390.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-524894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Lawrence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">No accusation could have been more lethal, given the fact that collaboration with the Germans had been widespread in France and the memory of it hurt.<\/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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