{"id":497289,"date":"2018-01-22T14:46:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T22:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=54718"},"modified":"2024-01-02T23:31:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T23:31:43","slug":"keeper-flame-spurlin-giovanine-roadster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/keeper-flame-spurlin-giovanine-roadster\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeper of the Flame &#8211; The Spurgin-Giovanine Roadster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<figure id=\"attachment_586817\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-586817\" style=\"width: 1043px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/23736405_10214642930417840_2470296223017042638_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-586817 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/23736405_10214642930417840_2470296223017042638_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1043\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/23736405_10214642930417840_2470296223017042638_o.jpg 1043w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/23736405_10214642930417840_2470296223017042638_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/23736405_10214642930417840_2470296223017042638_o-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/23736405_10214642930417840_2470296223017042638_o-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/23736405_10214642930417840_2470296223017042638_o-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/23736405_10214642930417840_2470296223017042638_o-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/23736405_10214642930417840_2470296223017042638_o-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/23736405_10214642930417840_2470296223017042638_o-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1043px) 100vw, 1043px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-586817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Nagamatsu, reliving history, behind the wheel of the 1948 Spurgin-Giovanine Roadster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Racing swiftly in the swirling dust from the clay pans of the Dry Lakes of Southern California in the SCTA racing season of 1948\u2026 flashed the sleek silver aluminum and black Land Speed Racer that was the innovative Spurgin-Giovanine Roadster. The slippery racer was the legendary \u201cAlbata\u201d Club Dry Lakes racer that established one of the most incredible feats in Dry Lakes Land Speed racing history\u2026by breaking the existing record in each of the 6 scheduled Dry Lakes racing meets of 1948. \u201cIt was the little Chevy 4 motor that thought it could\u2026 and it did\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_586822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-586822\" style=\"width: 728px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/SCAN0080-e1516660726436.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-586822 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/SCAN0080-e1516660726436.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/SCAN0080-e1516660726436.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/SCAN0080-e1516660726436-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/SCAN0080-e1516660726436-100x60.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/SCAN0080-e1516660726436-293x175.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-586822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Spurgin-Giovanine, in period.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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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