{"id":53669,"date":"2008-07-01T06:02:08","date_gmt":"2008-07-01T13:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=53669"},"modified":"2023-12-24T18:41:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T18:41:51","slug":"grande-passione","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/grande-passione\/","title":{"rendered":"Grande Passione (2008) &#8211; Recap &#038; Photo Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Donington Park, UK<br \/>\nApril 19-20, 2008<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_581792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-581792\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/pg2-200807-p2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-581792 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/pg2-200807-p2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/pg2-200807-p2.jpg 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1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-581793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jon Minshaw and Nick Linney dispute the Chicane in their Lola T70 Mk IIIb GTs.<br \/>Photo: Peter Collins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_581794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-581794\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/pg2-200807-p3-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-581794 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/pg2-200807-p3-1.jpg\" alt=\"The unique Piper GTR of Tim Slack.Photo: Peter Austin\" width=\"1080\" height=\"772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/pg2-200807-p3-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/pg2-200807-p3-1-300x214.jpg 300w, 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