{"id":493597,"date":"2014-01-01T00:15:02","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T00:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=13711"},"modified":"2023-12-18T13:11:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T13:11:17","slug":"winning-at-riverside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/winning-at-riverside\/","title":{"rendered":"Legends of Riverside Festival (2014) – Winning at Riverside"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Rob<\/a>
Rob Dyson
Photo: Regis Lefebure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Going into the Los Angeles Times Grand Prix at Riverside in April of 1986, one of our Porsche 962s had been wrecked, so we got a new tub from the factory but it needed all the other parts from our wrecked car. In essence we were building the car in the paddock between sessions. The guys were out there striping and painting and tuning the car, and in between sessions we were trying to make it a little bit better, but we were also completing the decals and all the other stuff.<\/p>\n

It was the first time I had ever been to Riverside. Obviously I\u2019d heard a lot about it, and the L.A. Times Grand Prix was one of the all-time great races in sports car history. We were using the longest course configuration, which went way up into the back to the Carousel, and it had that long straightaway into Turn 9. My initial impression of the place was that it looked so familiar from all the pictures I\u2019d seen, particularly the Kink before the Esses, which is kind of a classic view that you got from the track. What amazed me was how in the older pictures you see everyone going back and forth through the Esses whereas we were going almost straight, just touching the curbs.<\/p>\n

Our car was very good, but we were up against the full retinue of IMSA, everybody was there. Also in 962s were Bob Wollek and Paolo Barilla for Bruce Leven, Al Holbert and Derek Bell, Jim Busby had two cars with himself and John Morton in one and Jochen Mass and Darin Brassfield in the other, and Bob Akin was driving with James Weaver\u2014it was actually the first time I met James, who later became a big part of our team. The Corvette team was there with Doc Bundy and Sarel Van der Merwe, Bob Tullius had two Jaguars for himself, Chip Robinson and Hurley Haywood, and two Ford Probes were entered with Pete Halsmer and Lyn St. James in one, and Klaus Ludwig and Tom Gloy in the other.<\/p>\n

It was just Price Cobb and I in our car for the six-hour race. The car was great fun to drive with the variety of corners and a lot of speed differential from one part of the course to another. The climbing turn coming up out of the Esses was where all the photographs were taken, then you got on a short chute and dumped down the hill into Turn 7 and then a long straightaway back up to the Carousel. It was pretty bumpy on the back straight and then Turn 9 was legendary, kind of like a speedway banked turn, and several people had gotten seriously injured or killed there, so I greeted it with a lot of respect. At the same time, I thought it wasn\u2019t really that bad, kind of wide and with a lot of asphalt, so if something happened you could at least do something to slow yourself up.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The 1986 Los Angeles Times Grand Prix at Riverside was Rob Dyson\u2019s first visit to the legendary Southern California circuit, and he concentrated on learning the track and its many nuances, first in the pre-race practice sessions, and then during an extended caution period early in the race itself.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Earlier that week, John Kalagian had flipped his March in the Esses. His crew was paddocked right next to us, and the car was completely trashed. This was pre-HANS devices, so John got bounced around and became a quadriplegic. That was my introduction to Riverside. What it told me was: \u201cDon\u2019t go off the racetrack.\u201d There\u2019s so much sand, and it\u2019s all soft, and as soon as you hit your car is going to roll.<\/p>\n

The race started and was pretty uneventful. Price had qualified our car 10th, so he started and did two stints, then I got in and while I was going down the back straight flat-out, Bundy went by me in the Corvette, which was run by the Hendrick team. I couldn\u2019t believe how fast the car was going, but what I did know was that he had had pit troubles and was trying to make up time. He went around into Turn 9 and as he went by the pits I guess he pinched Lyn St. James in the Probe, who nudged Chip Robinson in the Jaguar, and the cars literally went flying.<\/p>\n

I come around Turn 9 and all I hear on the radio\u2014thank god we had radios\u2014is Smitty (crew chief Pat Smith \u2013Ed.) saying, \u201cBig crash, front of the pits, slow down.\u201d There was stuff, junk, all over, it was unbelievable. So the yellow came out and I\u2019m motoring around, starting to pick up the leaders. I think we were running 2nd or 3rd before the wreck, and then Smitty said, \u201cJust stay on the main line because we don\u2019t want to get any pickup on the tires.\u201d<\/p>\n

I was sorry to see the wreck, but I was elated that nobody got hurt. Smitty told me a couple of laps later that everybody seemed to be all right. When Bundy went by me I knew he was a man on a mission, and as he went into Turn 9 I thought, \u201cGee, he\u2019s going awfully fast.\u201d It just struck me that if he had just been more patient it might have been a different result.<\/p>\n

One of the striking images was the burning Ford Probe with Lyn St. James crawling out of it, and as I went around a full lap under the yellow, which in that configuration was a long period of time, I saw Chip\u2019s car up in the weeds not far from the motor homes.<\/p>\n

The yellow was out for a long time as they cleaned up the wreck, so I used it to really learn the racetrack\u2014all the nuances, where the cracks were in the pavement, where the timing marks were and all. I\u2019d had maybe 15 or 18 laps in the car during the practice sessions\u2014which in those days were still pretty long\u2014but we were still building the car.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Rob and co-driver Price Cobb happily hoist the victor\u2019s cup on the podium in the winner\u2019s circle after taking the checkered flag.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So I used the caution period to learn the racetrack visually, then when the green flag waved for the restart, I took off, passed Weaver, and was catching Derek Bell in Al Holbert\u2019s car about two to two and a half seconds a lap. I figured either there\u2019s something wrong with their car or I\u2019ve really mastered this racetrack. It turned out that I had mastered the racetrack, but they were having some wastegate problems that ultimately took them out, so off we went and it was our race to win. Wollek was behind us, and Mass and Weaver. I didn\u2019t know all those guys that well by then, I hadn\u2019t raced enough. Going through the Esses I saw Wollek was catching me, so I decided I had to step it up, and I was able to hold him off.<\/p>\n

At the end of the day I was just so honored to be racing at Riverside because it was such a storied track, I was honored to be running the full configuration and not the shorter \u201cCan-Am\u201d circuit as they called it, and I also was pretty proud of our guys for putting a car together that was parts before the weekend started and here we won the race! So it was a bunch of things that made me feel really satisfied.<\/p>\n

It also gave me a lot of satisfaction to know I could run with these big boys, who were not business guys, but race drivers who made their living doing that. I was an amateur or a semi-pro or whatever you call it, and here I could run with them and beat them. That was really a confidence builder. It also added a little credibility to the team. It showed we weren\u2019t just a bunch of nobodies, and one of the interesting things was that an actual car owner had won a race like that against all the factory competition.<\/p>\n

The car was in perfect shape at the end of the race, although I did have a moment. I was coming by the pits and I see this relatively slow-moving Corvette ahead.\u00a0 As I went underneath him he came over into me, so I said, \u201cI gotta stop this,\u201d and I literally moved up and bumped him, because I didn\u2019t want him coming down any further and forcing me into the soft stuff. Fortunately I hit him in the middle of my car\u2019s door, so it didn\u2019t touch the wheels or the chassis. I kind of planned it that way, just to wake him up. We were right at that kink going into the Esses, which in those cars was almost flat.<\/p>\n

I still look at it as one of the best race wins I\u2019ve ever done, and the trophy was a large silver bowl like you see in the old pictures of the guys who\u2019d won it before, guys like Dan Gurney and Stirling Moss, Phil Hill, all the guys, and they were holding this same silver bowl. That\u2019s one of the main trophies that we have in our trophy case.<\/p>\n

Afterward I went to a business meeting in Los Angeles on the Monday, I was building my radio business then, and I went into the meeting and they asked: \u201cHow\u2019d you do at the race?\u201d One of the guys said, \u201cHold it, I\u2019ve got the newspaper right here.\u201d And it was then that I thought, \u201cGee, I think this racing might help my business along.\u201d<\/p>\n

As told to John Zimmermann<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Going into the Los Angeles Times Grand Prix at Riverside in April of 1986, one of our Porsche 962s had been wrecked, so we got a new tub from the factory but it needed all the other parts from our wrecked car. In essence we were building the car in the paddock between sessions. The guys were out there striping and painting and tuning the car, and in between sessions we were trying to make it a little bit better, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":525940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,13063],"tags":[432,15234,17926],"class_list":["post-493597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-events","tag-events-vintage-racing","tag-vintage-race-legends-of-riverside-festival"],"yoast_head":"\nLegends of Riverside Festival (2014) - Winning at Riverside<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Winning at Riverside\" \/>\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\/winning-at-riverside\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Legends of Riverside Festival (2014) - Winning at Riverside\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Winning at Riverside\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/winning-at-riverside\/\" \/>\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=\"2014-01-01T00:15:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-18T13:11:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/LS201401-p3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"722\" \/>\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=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/winning-at-riverside\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/winning-at-riverside\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Steve Natale\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/237befa83e8e5937247db55880b8cc49\"},\"headline\":\"Legends of Riverside Festival (2014) – Winning at Riverside\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-01-01T00:15:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-18T13:11:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/winning-at-riverside\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1688,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/winning-at-riverside\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/LS201401-p3.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Event (Car Events & Shows)\",\"Event (Vintage Races)\",\"Vintage Race (Legends of Riverside Festival)\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Car Events & Shows\",\"Vintage Races & Rallies\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/winning-at-riverside\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/winning-at-riverside\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/winning-at-riverside\\\/\",\"name\":\"Legends of Riverside Festival (2014) - Winning at Riverside\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/winning-at-riverside\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/winning-at-riverside\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/LS201401-p3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-01-01T00:15:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-18T13:11:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/237befa83e8e5937247db55880b8cc49\"},\"description\":\"Winning at Riverside\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/winning-at-riverside\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/winning-at-riverside\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/winning-at-riverside\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/LS201401-p3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/LS201401-p3.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":722},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/winning-at-riverside\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Legends of Riverside Festival (2014) – Winning at Riverside\"}]},{\"@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":"Legends of Riverside Festival (2014) - Winning at Riverside","description":"Winning at Riverside","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\/winning-at-riverside\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Legends of Riverside Festival (2014) - Winning at Riverside","og_description":"Winning at Riverside","og_url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/winning-at-riverside\/","og_site_name":"Supercars.net","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/steve.natale1","article_published_time":"2014-01-01T00:15:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-18T13:11:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":722,"url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/LS201401-p3.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":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/winning-at-riverside\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/winning-at-riverside\/"},"author":{"name":"Steve Natale","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/237befa83e8e5937247db55880b8cc49"},"headline":"Legends of Riverside Festival (2014) – Winning at Riverside","datePublished":"2014-01-01T00:15:02+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-18T13:11:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/winning-at-riverside\/"},"wordCount":1688,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/winning-at-riverside\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/LS201401-p3.jpg","keywords":["Event (Car Events & Shows)","Event (Vintage Races)","Vintage Race (Legends of Riverside Festival)"],"articleSection":["Car Events & Shows","Vintage Races & Rallies"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/winning-at-riverside\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/winning-at-riverside\/","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/winning-at-riverside\/","name":"Legends of Riverside Festival (2014) - Winning at Riverside","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/winning-at-riverside\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/winning-at-riverside\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/LS201401-p3.jpg","datePublished":"2014-01-01T00:15:02+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-18T13:11:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/237befa83e8e5937247db55880b8cc49"},"description":"Winning at Riverside","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/winning-at-riverside\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/winning-at-riverside\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/winning-at-riverside\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/LS201401-p3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/LS201401-p3.jpg","width":1080,"height":722},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/winning-at-riverside\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Legends of Riverside Festival (2014) – Winning at Riverside"}]},{"@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\/493597","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=493597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}