{"id":502523,"date":"2023-05-19T12:39:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T19:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=502523"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:37:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:37:53","slug":"an-honor-to-race-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/an-honor-to-race-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Roberto Guerrero"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On May 9<sup>th<\/sup>, 1992, Roberto Guerrero earned the pole position for the 76<sup>th<\/sup> running of the Indianapolis 500-mile race. Piloting a Buick-powered Lola T92\/00 for King Motorsports, the 33-year-old Colombian became the first man in Speedway history to officially break the 230-mph barrier as he set new track records for single-lap average (232.618 mph) and four lap average (232.482 mph) for the four-lap, ten-mile run into the record books.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guerrero would be the only driver in the 33-car starting field to record all four qualification laps over the 230 mph barrier as the 1984 Indianapolis \u201c500\u201d Co-Rookie of the Year award winner would log what would prove to be the sixth and final pole position of his Indy-car career.<\/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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