{"id":497181,"date":"2017-12-01T01:55:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T09:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=53014"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:09:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:09:41","slug":"john-sismey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/john-sismey\/","title":{"rendered":"John Sismey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>It was seeing Raymond Mays\u2019 ERA that first drew a young John Sismey to mechanical engineering. After a grammar school education, he worked as an apprentice machinist with Peter Brotherhood Ltd. of Peterborough. National Service beckoned and a spell with the Royal Air Force honed his mechanical and engineering abilities further. An eight-year spell with BRM was the prelude to Sismey forming his own engineering company, Vegantune, which built racing engines for a number of racing series and helped launch the burgeoning careers of drivers like James Hunt and Alan Jones. VR\u2019s European Editor, Mike Jiggle, welcomed an opportunity to talk to Sismey about his life in\u00a0engineering. Part one of this interview looks at his early career and his time with BRM.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>You started working for BRM in 1957, by that time things were on the up and weren\u2019t racing successes just around the corner for the team?<\/em><\/strong><\/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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