{"id":7896,"date":"2015-04-01T00:19:03","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T07:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=7896"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:37:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:37:47","slug":"the-racing-gregory-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-racing-gregory-brothers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Racing Gregory Brothers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<figure id=\"attachment_709415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-709415\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/fea201504-p1-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-709415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/fea201504-p1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Masten Gregory sits in the cockpit of the 1965 BRP Indycar as team manager Tony Robinson looks on.\" width=\"1080\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/fea201504-p1-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/fea201504-p1-1-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/fea201504-p1-1-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/fea201504-p1-1-100x74.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/fea201504-p1-1-770x571.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/fea201504-p1-1-293x217.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-709415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Masten Gregory sits in the cockpit of the 1965 BRP Indycar as team manager Tony Robinson looks on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What brothers? Most motor racing aficionados know something about Masten Gregory. An American, he won Le Mans in 1965 and drove in Formula One. Few, however, remember that he had a brother who also raced. His name was Riddelle. We called him \u201cRocket.\u201d I met Masten one time, but Rocket and I were good friends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Somewhat older than his brother, Rocket was born in 1927; Masten in 1932. They came from Kansas City, Missouri, where their father owned an insurance company. The father\u2014Riddelle Sr.\u2014died in 1935. Their mother sold the business, creating a considerable estate. She set aside a significant amount of money for the boys and their sister, Nancy, to receive when they became 21 years old or got married. 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Somewhat older than his brother, Rocket was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":709413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1698,263,11272,18114,18330,18207],"tags":[11807,18323,1699,17152,415,11753,324,11309,17140,548,18435,18107,16791,1148,604,11795,17143],"class_list":["post-7896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allard","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-people","category-profiles-car-culture","category-special-feature","tag-scca","tag-2010s-all","tag-allard","tag-car-culture","tag-jaguar","tag-jaguar-c-type","tag-maserati","tag-maserati-250f","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-people","tag-people-profiles","tag-profiles","tag-24-hours-of-le-mans","tag-f1","tag-indycar","tag-special-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Racing Gregory Brothers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"History of racer Masten Gregory and his brother Riddelle\" \/>\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\/the-racing-gregory-brothers\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-racing-gregory-brothers\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Racing Gregory Brothers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"History of racer Masten Gregory and his brother Riddelle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-racing-gregory-brothers\/\" \/>\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=\"2015-04-01T07:19:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T01:37:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/fea201504-p1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"801\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Art Evans\" \/>\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=\"Art Evans\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"16 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-racing-gregory-brothers\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-racing-gregory-brothers\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Art Evans\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8cc1bdfceb5198fc557ef54c1dfcd1b1\"},\"headline\":\"The Racing Gregory Brothers\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-04-01T07:19:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T01:37:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-racing-gregory-brothers\/\"},\"wordCount\":2926,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-racing-gregory-brothers\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/fea201504-p1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"(SCCA) Sports Car Club of America\",\"2010s All\",\"Allard Motor Company\",\"Car Culture\",\"Jaguar\",\"Jaguar C-Type\",\"Maserati\",\"Maserati 250F\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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