{"id":494068,"date":"2014-10-01T18:00:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T01:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.sportscardigest.com\/?p=6335"},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:04:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T14:04:22","slug":"woody-woodard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/woody-woodard\/","title":{"rendered":"Woody Woodard"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<figure id=\"attachment_707698\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-707698\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/INT-201410-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-707698 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/INT-201410-p1.jpg\" alt=\"Woody WoodardPhoto: Yours Truly Photography \" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/INT-201410-p1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/INT-201410-p1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/INT-201410-p1-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/INT-201410-p1-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-707698\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Woody WoodardPhoto: Yours Truly Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Woody Woodard was employed as a mechanic by Roger Penske, and in so doing worked closely with Mark Donohue on the Trans-Am effort, the Porsche Turbo Can-Am car and the most famous non-winning Ferrari ever, in the team\u2019s Quixotic effort to best Porsche at the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans. Today, he runs a small restoration shop in Virginia, and returns frequently to Watkins Glen for the vintage weekend in September. That\u2019s where our John Wright caught up to this straight-talking man who for many years put his own singular stamp on Penske Racing machines.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Could you describe for us, if you will, your path to the Penske team.<\/strong><\/em><\/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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That\u2019s where our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":707691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11272,18114],"tags":[18323,65,1857,11641,548,11665,18435,11597,16462,524,11493],"class_list":["post-494068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-members-only","category-people","tag-2010s-all","tag-ford","tag-lola","tag-lola-t70","tag-motorsport","tag-penske","tag-people","tag-mark-donohue","tag-interview","tag-daytona","tag-watkins-glen"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Woody Woodard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Woody Woodard\" \/>\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\/woody-woodard\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/woody-woodard\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Woody Woodard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Woody Woodard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/woody-woodard\/\" \/>\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:published_time\" content=\"2014-10-02T01:00:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-02T14:04:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/INT-201410-p2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"813\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John R. 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