{"id":499286,"date":"2021-06-08T19:58:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T02:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=119662"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:09:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:09:54","slug":"singapore-grand-prix-the-upper-thomson-road-circuit-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/singapore-grand-prix-the-upper-thomson-road-circuit-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore Grand Prix &#8211; The Upper Thomson Road Circuit Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_763309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-763309\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/001-10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-763309 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/001-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/001-10.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/001-10-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/001-10-1024x788.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/001-10-100x77.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/001-10-770x592.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/001-10-293x225.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/001-10-1400x1077.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-763309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Racing Car New\u2019s Editor Max Stahl chats with Vern Schuppan in the paddock ahead of the 1972 Singapore Grand Prix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h6>&#8220;It was lovely and fast-flowing, a wonderful and challenging circuit, and so gratifying when you manage to put it all together. You never ever thought, \u2018\u2018Ooo\u2019, what if I go down there?\u2019\u201d<\/h6>\n<p><em>Australian Vern Schuppan, the last winner of the Singapore Grand Prix, unfazed by all the hype about the treacherous monsoon drains, bus stops and concrete markers which ran along the Upper Thomson Road street circuit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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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You never ever thought, \u2018\u2018Ooo\u2019, what if I go down there?\u2019\u201d Australian Vern Schuppan, the last winner of the Singapore Grand Prix, unfazed by all the hype about the treacherous monsoon drains, bus stops and concrete markers which ran [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":813981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,17013,3766,11272,261,18331,18207],"tags":[17152,11657,18284,11349,11351,17140,548,18332,17236,17143],"class_list":["post-499286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-grand-prix-racing","category-history","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-motorsport-profiles","category-special-feature","tag-car-culture","tag-grand-prix","tag-grand-prix-singapore","tag-gp-history","tag-motorsport-history","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-profiles-motorsport-all","tag-profiles-races","tag-special-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Singapore Grand Prix - The Upper Thomson Road Circuit Years<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Eli Solomon explores the fascinating history of Singapore&#039;s early Grand Prix street circuit, at Upper Thomson Road.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/singapore-grand-prix-the-upper-thomson-road-circuit-years\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/singapore-grand-prix-the-upper-thomson-road-circuit-years\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Singapore Grand Prix - The Upper Thomson Road Circuit Years\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Eli Solomon explores the fascinating history of Singapore&#039;s early Grand Prix street circuit, at Upper Thomson Road.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/singapore-grand-prix-the-upper-thomson-road-circuit-years\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-09T02:58:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T03:09:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo15-Peng30-e1623202448217.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"765\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Eli Solomon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Eli Solomon\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"18 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/singapore-grand-prix-the-upper-thomson-road-circuit-years\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/singapore-grand-prix-the-upper-thomson-road-circuit-years\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Eli Solomon\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/72c840825400964e74e9a956dba8f1e1\"},\"headline\":\"Singapore Grand Prix &#8211; 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