{"id":497080,"date":"2017-11-01T03:20:49","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T10:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=51394"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:22:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:22:00","slug":"ring-around-roadcar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/ring-around-roadcar\/","title":{"rendered":"Ring Around the Roadcar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p>\u201cOne ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since I own an Alfa Romeo\u2014and publish the national Alfa Romeo Owners Club magazine\u00a0<em>Alfa Owner<\/em>\u2014I\u2019m always interested when Alfa sends out a press release. In the waning days of September, they sent one that really caught\u00a0my eye\u2026in it the Milanese manufacturer \u00a0announced that its new SUV, the Stelvio, had broken the SUV lap record at the N\u00fcrburgring. Huh? There\u2019s an SUV lap record for the Ring?!<\/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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