{"id":495934,"date":"2016-10-01T02:15:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T09:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=36352"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:09:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:09:14","slug":"french-lessons-leadfoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/french-lessons-leadfoot\/","title":{"rendered":"French Lessons at Leadfoot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This past February, the fifth annual Leadfoot Festival was held at international rally champion Rod Millen\u2019s ranch on the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand. Rod has semi-retired there after his championship-winning career, including toppling the Unser dynasty from Pikes Peak in the United States.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_573952\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-573952\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FEA201610-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-573952\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FEA201610-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FEA201610-p1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FEA201610-p1-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FEA201610-p1-1024x476.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FEA201610-p1-100x46.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FEA201610-p1-770x358.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FEA201610-p1-293x136.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-573952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Mark Dunstan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What started five years ago as an afternoon of fun for Millen and his mates has become a destination for racing fans and motorheads from all over the racing world, including fellow Kiwi Scott Dixon, a four-time Indycar champion. In the beginning, Rod and his pals started getting together to see who could set the best time racing up his mile-long driveway that goes over hill and dale and through the woods to Millen\u2019s house, which is perched on the top of a hill overlooking the Pacific.<\/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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Photo: Mark Dunstan What started five years ago as an afternoon of fun for Millen and his mates has become a destination for racing fans and motorheads from all over the racing world, including fellow Kiwi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":573976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,11272,261,18207,13063],"tags":[177,342,11846,12579,15234,60,832,65,17434,66,11657,17140,548,14163,11346,578,1148,90,1833,1307,1308,17143,355],"class_list":["post-495934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-audi","tag-australia","tag-new-zealand","tag-darracq","tag-events-vintage-racing","tag-ferrari","tag-ferrari-event","tag-ford","tag-ford-event","tag-ford-mustang","tag-grand-prix","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-rod-millen","tag-driver-profiles","tag-peugeot","tag-24-hours-of-le-mans","tag-pikes-peak","tag-riley","tag-shelby","tag-shelby-cobra","tag-special-feature","tag-subaru"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>French Lessons at Leadfoot<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jim Richardson\u2008examines a rare French legend at an unusual venue in New Zealand.\" \/>\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\/french-lessons-leadfoot\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/french-lessons-leadfoot\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"French Lessons at Leadfoot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jim Richardson\u2008examines a rare French legend at an unusual venue in New Zealand.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/french-lessons-leadfoot\/\" \/>\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=\"2016-10-01T09:15:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T03:09:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FEA201610-p3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jim Richardson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jim Richardson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"16 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/french-lessons-leadfoot\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/french-lessons-leadfoot\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jim Richardson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1e352cd73bad5b7383fc9d2666eb7ce4\"},\"headline\":\"French Lessons at Leadfoot\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-01T09:15:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T03:09:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/french-lessons-leadfoot\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":2402,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/french-lessons-leadfoot\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/FEA201610-p3.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Audi\",\"Country (Australia)\",\"Country (New Zealand)\",\"Darracq\",\"Event (Vintage Races)\",\"Ferrari\",\"Ferrari Events\",\"Ford\",\"Ford Events\",\"Ford Mustang\",\"Grand Prix\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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