{"id":493445,"date":"2013-11-01T00:04:14","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T00:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=14564"},"modified":"2023-12-31T20:22:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T20:22:32","slug":"through-the-past-quickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/through-the-past-quickly\/","title":{"rendered":"Through the Past Quickly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HD201311-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-527812 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HD201311-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HD201311-p1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HD201311-p1-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HD201311-p1-1024x667.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HD201311-p1-100x65.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HD201311-p1-770x501.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HD201311-p1-293x191.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We haven\u2019t sent you to YouTube for some time now, but feel that this clip, for those who may not yet have seen it, will prove quite worth the effort, as it is both enlightening and educational. For many years, companies that were involved in the sport for commercial or technical reasons would produce films to tout that involvement and their achievements, and it is thanks to Shell Oil that we can here review the 1955 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Running just over 30 minutes, it takes us from the closing off of the quiet rural roads to make the circuit through pre-race activities, showing all the classic views of the original long circuit before presenting the Grand Prix itself where Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss lead the way in their Mercedes-Benz W196s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are given up close and personal looks at the drivers and their cars, with the commentary helpfully pointing out relevancies that might otherwise be overlooked. Mercedes, Maserati and Ferrari are the featured players, and as you will see, this was a more relaxed era for Grand Prix racing\u2019s World Championship. So sit back, pop a cork and take a visit into our sport\u2019s glorious past.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rAiKovUL8FM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rAiKovUL8FM<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We haven\u2019t sent you to YouTube for some time now, but feel that this clip, for those who may not yet have seen it, will prove quite worth the effort, as it is both enlightening and educational. For many years, companies that were involved in the sport for commercial or technical reasons would produce films to tout that involvement and their achievements, and it is thanks to Shell Oil that we can here review the 1955 Belgian Grand Prix at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":527811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[17152,17164],"class_list":["post-493445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","tag-car-culture","tag-websites-we-love"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Through the Past Quickly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Through the Past Quickly\" \/>\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\/through-the-past-quickly\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Through the Past Quickly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Through the Past Quickly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/through-the-past-quickly\/\" \/>\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:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/steve.natale1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-11-01T00:04:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-31T20:22:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HD201311-p2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"608\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steve Natale\" \/>\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=\"Steve Natale\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/through-the-past-quickly\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/through-the-past-quickly\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Steve Natale\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/237befa83e8e5937247db55880b8cc49\"},\"headline\":\"Through the Past Quickly\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-11-01T00:04:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-31T20:22:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/through-the-past-quickly\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":214,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/through-the-past-quickly\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/HD201311-p2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Car Culture\",\"VRR Column (Websites We Love)\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Car Culture\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/through-the-past-quickly\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/through-the-past-quickly\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/through-the-past-quickly\\\/\",\"name\":\"Through the Past Quickly\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/through-the-past-quickly\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/through-the-past-quickly\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/HD201311-p2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-11-01T00:04:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-31T20:22:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/237befa83e8e5937247db55880b8cc49\"},\"description\":\"Through the Past Quickly\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/through-the-past-quickly\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/through-the-past-quickly\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/through-the-past-quickly\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/HD201311-p2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/HD201311-p2.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":608},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/through-the-past-quickly\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Through the Past Quickly\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Supercars.net\",\"description\":\"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/237befa83e8e5937247db55880b8cc49\",\"name\":\"Steve Natale\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/Steve-Natale-100x100.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/Steve-Natale-100x100.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/Steve-Natale-100x100.png\",\"caption\":\"Steve Natale\"},\"description\":\"Steve Natale has been playing with cars ever since he was old enough to first hold a matchbox car in his hand. A lifelong enthusiast of anything old with an engine in it or wheels on it, Steve has been active in the hobby for over 35 years. Currently he owns a successful marketing company with his wife Mary, is an automotive photographer, blogger and writer for several automotive magazines and regular contributor to various automotive websites. Steve has attended vintage car events and visited car museums and collections around the world.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/stevenatale.com\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/steve.natale1\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/stevenatale\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@SteveNatale\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/steve100530\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Through the Past Quickly","description":"Through the Past Quickly","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/through-the-past-quickly\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Through the Past Quickly","og_description":"Through the Past Quickly","og_url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/through-the-past-quickly\/","og_site_name":"Supercars.net","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/steve.natale1","article_published_time":"2013-11-01T00:04:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-31T20:22:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":608,"url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HD201311-p2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Steve Natale","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@supercars_net","twitter_site":"@supercars_net","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Steve Natale","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/through-the-past-quickly\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/through-the-past-quickly\/"},"author":{"name":"Steve Natale","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/237befa83e8e5937247db55880b8cc49"},"headline":"Through the Past Quickly","datePublished":"2013-11-01T00:04:14+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-31T20:22:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/through-the-past-quickly\/"},"wordCount":214,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/through-the-past-quickly\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HD201311-p2.jpg","keywords":["Car Culture","VRR Column (Websites We Love)"],"articleSection":["Car Culture"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/through-the-past-quickly\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/through-the-past-quickly\/","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/through-the-past-quickly\/","name":"Through the Past Quickly","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/through-the-past-quickly\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/through-the-past-quickly\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HD201311-p2.jpg","datePublished":"2013-11-01T00:04:14+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-31T20:22:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/237befa83e8e5937247db55880b8cc49"},"description":"Through the Past Quickly","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/through-the-past-quickly\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/through-the-past-quickly\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/through-the-past-quickly\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HD201311-p2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HD201311-p2.jpg","width":1080,"height":608},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/through-the-past-quickly\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Through the Past Quickly"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/","name":"Supercars.net","description":"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/237befa83e8e5937247db55880b8cc49","name":"Steve Natale","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Steve-Natale-100x100.png","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Steve-Natale-100x100.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Steve-Natale-100x100.png","caption":"Steve Natale"},"description":"Steve Natale has been playing with cars ever since he was old enough to first hold a matchbox car in his hand. A lifelong enthusiast of anything old with an engine in it or wheels on it, Steve has been active in the hobby for over 35 years. Currently he owns a successful marketing company with his wife Mary, is an automotive photographer, blogger and writer for several automotive magazines and regular contributor to various automotive websites. Steve has attended vintage car events and visited car museums and collections around the world.","sameAs":["https:\/\/stevenatale.com\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/steve.natale1","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stevenatale\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SteveNatale\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/author\/steve100530\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}