{"id":494011,"date":"2014-09-01T00:13:40","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T07:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=8995"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:26:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:26:45","slug":"john-surtees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/john-surtees\/","title":{"rendered":"John Surtees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"bodyText\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Antonio Ascari&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0}\">John Surtees Biography<\/span><\/span><b><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"bodyText\">The eldest of three children, John was born on February 11, 1934 in Tatsfield, England. His father Jack, who owned a motorcycle shop on Tamworth Road in Croydon, South London was a three-time British motorcycle sidecar champion so it&#8217;s not surprising that by the time he was 11 he had a bike of his own and could ride and repair it with equal skill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyText\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/surtees31.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-711116\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/surtees31.jpg\" alt=\"John Surtees\" width=\"218\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/surtees31.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/surtees31-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/surtees31-70x100.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a>He had his first professional outing in the sidecar of his father&#8217;s Vincent, which they won. 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