{"id":493481,"date":"2013-11-01T00:16:03","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T00:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=14568"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:26:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:26:31","slug":"tony-brooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/tony-brooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Brooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<figure id=\"attachment_527816\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-527816\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HE201311-p4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-527816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HE201311-p4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HE201311-p4.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HE201311-p4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HE201311-p4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HE201311-p4-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HE201311-p4-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HE201311-p4-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HE201311-p4-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HE201311-p4-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-527816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Brooks continues to participate in select vintage racing festivals and other historic events.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Keith Booker<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Quiet, thoughtful, modest, Tony Brooks was all of those things, which is probably why his name isn\u2019t exactly on the tip of everyone\u2019s tongue when reminiscing about post-war motor racing heroes. But this unpretentious young man was the strong, determined driver who lit up fast circuits like Spa and Monza in works Vanwalls and Ferraris, and twice came close to winning the world title.<\/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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