{"id":495457,"date":"2016-05-01T00:34:20","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T07:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=29687"},"modified":"2024-03-01T08:48:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T08:48:00","slug":"pete-vack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/pete-vack\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Vack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<figure id=\"attachment_719944\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-719944\" style=\"width: 906px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/pete-6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-719944 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/pete-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"906\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/pete-6.jpg 906w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/pete-6-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/pete-6-859x1024.jpg 859w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/pete-6-84x100.jpg 84w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/pete-6-770x918.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/pete-6-293x349.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-719944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pete Vack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>VR: I assume you were bitten by the car bug at an early age. When did you first realize that you were obsessed with cars?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PV:<\/strong> Almost immediately. My father had a Pierce-Arrow when I was three and I thought I\u2019d help him work on it. He made a pedal car for me instead.<\/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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