{"id":496548,"date":"2017-05-03T10:57:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T17:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=45558"},"modified":"2023-12-12T04:40:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T04:40:25","slug":"le-sommet-des-legendes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/le-sommet-des-legendes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sommet des Legendes (2017) &#8211; Recap &#038; Photo Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 13<sup>th<\/sup> edition of le Sommet des Legendes, celebrating historic racecars from over the past 50 years at Quebec\u2019s Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant, scheduled for the weekend of July 6-9, will this year feature BMW and the CSL. 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