{"id":499398,"date":"2021-09-08T10:25:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T10:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=122771"},"modified":"2024-12-02T19:37:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T19:37:46","slug":"grand-prix-homage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/grand-prix-homage\/","title":{"rendered":"Automotive Art \u2013 Arthur Benjamin&#8217;s Grand Prix Homage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Grand Prix Homage Artwork<\/h2>\n<p>I chose one of the 1967 film&#8217;s most iconic racing scenes set in one of the few iconic racing circuits left in the world &#8211; \u00a0Monza circuit in Italy &#8211; built in 1922 and which has been host to countless races since. Making this image additionally memorable is that it is set on the now defunct high-speed banking. In those pre-CGI\u00a0days, much footage was taken from heavily\u00a0modified racing cars onto which\u00a0hapless cameramen were strapped desperately\u00a0trying to achieve the best results &#8211; as well as traveling backwards at speeds well over 150 mph! \u00a0For other shots, the relatively huge cameras were mounted directly\u00a0onto the cars. Some, radio operated, could swivel as required.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Grand-Prix-Homage-177Kb-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-814330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Grand-Prix-Homage-177Kb-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1506\" height=\"1037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Grand-Prix-Homage-177Kb-1.jpg 1506w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Grand-Prix-Homage-177Kb-1-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Grand-Prix-Homage-177Kb-1-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Grand-Prix-Homage-177Kb-1-100x69.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Grand-Prix-Homage-177Kb-1-770x530.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Grand-Prix-Homage-177Kb-1-293x202.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Grand-Prix-Homage-177Kb-1-1400x964.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1506px) 100vw, 1506px\" \/><\/a><\/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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In those pre-CGI\u00a0days, much footage was taken from heavily\u00a0modified racing cars onto which\u00a0hapless cameramen were strapped desperately\u00a0trying to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":814330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11296,263,11272],"tags":[16904,17152,3660,11863],"class_list":["post-499398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-history","category-car-culture","category-members-only","tag-automotive-art","tag-car-culture","tag-movie","tag-john-frankenheimer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Automotive Art \u2013 Arthur Benjamin&#039;s Grand Prix Homage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Arthur Benjamins paints a striking tribute to John Frankenheimer&#039;s 1967 classic, &quot;Grand Prix&quot;.\" \/>\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\/grand-prix-homage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Automotive Art \u2013 Arthur Benjamin&#039;s Grand Prix Homage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Arthur Benjamins paints a striking tribute to John Frankenheimer&#039;s 1967 classic, &quot;Grand Prix&quot;.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/grand-prix-homage\/\" \/>\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=\"2021-09-08T10:25:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-02T19:37:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Grand-Prix-Homage-177Kb-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1506\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1037\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arthur Benjamins\" \/>\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=\"Arthur Benjamins\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/grand-prix-homage\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/grand-prix-homage\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arthur Benjamins\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cce906d18418b309336e805ad324da0a\"},\"headline\":\"Automotive Art \u2013 Arthur Benjamin&#8217;s Grand Prix Homage\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-08T10:25:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-02T19:37:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/grand-prix-homage\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":250,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/grand-prix-homage\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/Grand-Prix-Homage-177Kb-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Automotive Art\",\"Car Culture\",\"Movies &amp; 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