{"id":492877,"date":"2013-02-01T02:00:40","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=21175"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:08:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:08:28","slug":"colors-of-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/colors-of-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Colors of Black"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<figure id=\"attachment_523798\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-523798\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-523798\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Lyons \" width=\"300\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/FL-PETELYONS-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/FL-PETELYONS-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/FL-PETELYONS-293x415.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-523798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pete Lyons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stirling Moss deliberately steering his Lotus into rain puddles around the N\u00fcrburgring\u2014reading about that may have been the first time I ever really thought about racing tires.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was the German Grand Prix of 1961. The 1.5-liter formula had just come in, and the tiny, 4-cylinder Coventry Climax behind Moss\u2019 shoulders made a mere 150 hp. But this was World Championship combat in fragile, incendiary F1s, and it was the fearsome \u2019Ring, all 14-plus miles of it. One minor misstep could have gruesome consequences.<\/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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