{"id":493377,"date":"2013-10-01T03:05:26","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T10:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=15391"},"modified":"2023-12-31T16:21:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T16:21:28","slug":"moss-trophy-at-dijon-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/moss-trophy-at-dijon-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Moss Trophy at Dijon Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A new historic racing event, the Dijon Motors Cup, was held for the first time July 12-13 at the French circuit. Warm temperatures and a slight breeze greeted competitors in the six races scheduled over the weekend, producing a delightfully relaxed atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event\u2019s featured race was the one-hour Stirling Moss Trophy race, which produced plenty of action. Even before the green flag fell things began to happen as Gary Pearson\u2019s polesitting Lister Knobbly threw a rod and was unable to take the start. Then an early duel between Bobby Verdon-Roe\u2019s Ferrari 246S and the Lotus 17 prototype of Dion and Gabriel Kremer was short-circuited because the latter was forced to pit when it was discovered the wrong fuel pump had been switched on. After that the Ferrari drove away, putting a lap on the field before the checker.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Behind Verdon-Roe, however, a fierce last-lap fight for 2nd ensued between the Lister Knobbly driven by Stefan Ziegler\/Sam Hancock and the Lola Mk1 Prototype of Keith Ahlers\/James Bellinger, which finished in that order. The top five was filled out by Jean-Jacques Gravier\u2019s Lotus XI\u00a0 in 4th and the 5th-placed Lotus XI Le Mans of Philip Champion\/Sam Stretton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new historic racing event, the Dijon Motors Cup, was held for the first time July 12-13 at the French circuit. Warm temperatures and a slight breeze greeted competitors in the six races scheduled over the weekend, producing a delightfully relaxed atmosphere. The event\u2019s featured race was the one-hour Stirling Moss Trophy race, which produced plenty of action. 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