{"id":497017,"date":"2017-10-01T03:55:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T10:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=51125"},"modified":"2024-08-18T01:05:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T01:05:44","slug":"reg-hillary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/reg-hillary\/","title":{"rendered":"Reg Hillary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>Reg Hillary, 96-years of age as of this writing, is as sharp and lively as someone half his age. He\u2019s also participated in many forms of motorsport, from Speedway Bikes to Daimler Dart sports cars to driving in, and winning, the first Shell Oil-sponsored cross-Canada Rally, the 4,000-mile Shell 4000, in a Studebaker Lark of all things! He\u2019s also won at Canadian tracks like Green Acres, Harewood Acres and at Mosport\u2019s first race in the spring of 1961. John Wright recently caught up to this busy man at his home in Cambridge, Ontario.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i>Could you tell us where you were born and a little bit about your very early involvement in motorsport?<\/i><\/b><\/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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