{"id":493711,"date":"2014-03-01T00:18:34","date_gmt":"2014-03-01T08:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=12652"},"modified":"2024-01-08T14:03:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T14:03:51","slug":"brian-foley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/brian-foley\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Foley"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/INT201403-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-522570 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/INT201403-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/INT201403-p1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/INT201403-p1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/INT201403-p1-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/INT201403-p1-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>A well-known name in Australian motor sport circles, Brian Foley commenced racing during the 1950s behind the wheel of an Austin A30. He soon moved on to other BMC cars, including an A40 Farina, Lancer, Austin-Healey Sprite and the mighty Mini Cooper S, though the late 1960s and early \u201970s found Foley driving some potent Alfa Romeos and Porsches. In addition to his many successes in race meetings across Australia, Foley was also successful internationally in places like Malaysia and Singapore. Recently Vintage Racecar\u2019s South Pacific Editor Patrick Quinn caught up with Foley at his home south of Sydney, Australia, to discuss his diverse career.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i>My first memory of you was in an Austin Lancer, but you tell me that it goes way back before that?<\/i><\/b><\/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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In addition to his many successes in race meetings across Australia, Foley was also successful internationally in places like Malaysia and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":192,"featured_media":522569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11272,18114],"tags":[18323,18435,16462],"class_list":["post-493711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-members-only","category-people","tag-2010s-all","tag-people","tag-interview"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Brian Foley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Brian Foley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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