{"id":854311,"date":"2024-04-29T09:15:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T16:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=518339"},"modified":"2024-12-03T22:18:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T22:18:06","slug":"barc-boys-to-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/barc-boys-to-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"BARC Boys To Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p>For young teenagers entering high school, it is a time for discovering new interests, making new friends and perhaps becoming involved in sports and\/or special interest clubs. For many teenage boys, high school also heightens their interest in cars especially as they approach the magic age of 16 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Such was the case with four teenagers who attended High School in Binghamton, NY, a small, rural town on the Susquehanna River near the Pennsylvania border. 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