{"id":495102,"date":"2016-01-01T00:34:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T08:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=23646"},"modified":"2024-01-08T14:03:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T14:03:19","slug":"mark-leonard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/mark-leonard\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Leonard"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p><strong>Owner, Grand Prix Classics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>VR:\u00a0 Can you tell me a little bit about how, or when, you were first bitten by the car bug? 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