{"id":494761,"date":"2015-09-01T02:13:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T09:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=15081"},"modified":"2024-01-08T14:03:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T14:03:25","slug":"harry-heuer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/harry-heuer\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Heuer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<figure id=\"attachment_530425\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-530425\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/RACEint-201509-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-530425 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/RACEint-201509-p1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Tom Schultz\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/RACEint-201509-p1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/RACEint-201509-p1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/RACEint-201509-p1-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/RACEint-201509-p1-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-530425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Tom Schultz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>Affable and friendly are two words often used to describe Harry Heuer, but on the track he was a fierce competitor for the six years he was active in semi-pro and professional racing\u2014especially with the Meister Brauser team of which he was the organizing power from 1959 to 1964. He raced a variety of racecars ranging from the Bocar of Bob Carnes, the Scarab #003, the Chaparral I, a Lola T70 to a Formula Vee. John R. Wright spoke with him recently from Heuer\u2019s home in Casper, Wyoming.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i>Is it true you weren\u2019t initially interested in motorsport until you were sort of coerced into it, bribed with pizza by a colleague?\u00a0<\/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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