{"id":494447,"date":"2015-05-01T00:26:30","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T07:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=9112"},"modified":"2024-01-08T14:03:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T14:03:32","slug":"philip-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/philip-young\/","title":{"rendered":"Philip Young, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p><strong>Philip Young:\u00a0Founder and GM of the Endurance Rally Association<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The second part of our interview with Philip Young, head of the Endurance Rally Association (ERA)\u2014a motor club he founded just over 25 years ago which organizes some of today\u2019s most inspiring classic rallies\u2014was to be a celebration of his latest demanding event, The \u201cRoad to Mandalay\u201d. Tragically, after an historic crossing from Thailand into Burma, Philip was involved in a motorbike accident and succumbed to his injuries just a few days later. After consulting family and friends, Vintage Roadcar offers this second part of our interview as a tribute to a man who brought adventure to those who travelled with him on many pioneering and visionary events.<\/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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Tragically, after an historic crossing from Thailand into Burma, Philip was involved in a motorbike accident and succumbed to his injuries just a few [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":711888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11272,18114],"tags":[18435,15124,16462],"class_list":["post-494447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-members-only","category-people","tag-people","tag-philip-young","tag-interview"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Philip Young, Part 2<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"interview with ERA founder Philip Young\" \/>\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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