{"id":493024,"date":"2013-04-01T13:00:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T20:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=19821"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:26:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:26:24","slug":"patch-and-other-tales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/patch-and-other-tales\/","title":{"rendered":"Patch and Other Tales"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-707565 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-2.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-2-293x293.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-2-390x390.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-2-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vintage Racecar recently published a letter from John Wright who is a nine of racing anecdotes. 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