{"id":493402,"date":"2013-10-01T13:00:07","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T20:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=15361"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:26:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:26:31","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is probably to do with it being 60 years since the Queen\u2019s coronation, but BBC TV has been screening a glut of documentaries about the Tudors. What has been fascinating is to hear different interpretations of the same events. History is not set in stone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ask any racing enthusiast who, in their opinion, is the greatest racing driver ever and the chances are it was whoever was dominant when they were a teenager. Many Brits of a generation older than me tended to nominate Tazio Nuvolari and that is because they saw him win the 1938 Donington GP.<\/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? You&#8217;re missing out<\/h2>\n<p class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content\">Any Text Here<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a07online-global-marketing-prompt\" href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/checkout?plan=86696\">Get Started<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">\n<h4 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">Already a Member? <a href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/account\">Sign in to your account here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is probably to do with it being 60 years since the Queen\u2019s coronation, but BBC TV has been screening a glut of documentaries about the Tudors. What has been fascinating is to hear different interpretations of the same events. History is not set in stone. Ask any racing enthusiast who, in their opinion, is the greatest racing driver ever and the chances are it was whoever was dominant when they were a teenager. Many Brits of a generation older [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":322,"featured_media":531783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11272,261,18207],"tags":[17152,545,17140,548,17143,17201],"class_list":["post-493402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-car-culture","tag-history","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-special-feature","tag-last-lap-column"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>History<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"History\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"History\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"History\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-10-01T20:00:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T01:26:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"520\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"520\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Lawrence\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Lawrence\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/history\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/history\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Lawrence\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9ecce5f233369521caad554c1241d5d6\"},\"headline\":\"History\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-01T20:00:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T01:26:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/history\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1035,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/history\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/10\\\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Car Culture\",\"History\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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