{"id":496459,"date":"2017-04-01T03:57:31","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T10:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=43466"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:09:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:09:27","slug":"iron-horses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/iron-horses\/","title":{"rendered":"Iron Horses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Only four names come to mind when one recalls which drivers have driven their self-constructed cars in World Championship Grands Prix. Jack Brabham, Dan Gurney and Bruce McLaren, of course, and they won with them too, but the other was a lesser-known man hailing from the southern tip of Africa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Louis Douglas Serrurier, the creator of LDS racing cars, had a huge involvement with, and impact on, motor racing in his native South Africa and his contribution to the sport as a participant, constructor, patron, organizer and mentor was immense.<\/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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