{"id":497165,"date":"2017-12-01T01:45:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T09:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=52931"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:09:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:09:41","slug":"fast-fernando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/fast-fernando\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast Fernando"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMirror, mirror, on the wall; Who is the fastest of them all?\u201d Many are the racing drivers, fast and slow, who would like to answer \u201cMe\u201d to that question. Unfortunately, with few exceptions, the response to that has to be \u201cNo, it isn\u2019t you.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_579466\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-579466\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LL-Howden.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-579466 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LL-Howden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LL-Howden.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LL-Howden-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LL-Howden-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LL-Howden-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-579466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Howden Ganley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I usually try to stay well away from questions of this nature. Who is or was the fastest is a much-discussed subject, accompanied by large doses of subjectivity and often very little objectivity. We all have our favorites, usually chosen for their success in whichever era we followed most closely.<\/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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