{"id":95021,"date":"2004-12-01T17:00:57","date_gmt":"2004-12-02T01:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=95021"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:29:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:29:19","slug":"casualties-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/casualties-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Casualties of War"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was really very gratifying to have received so much positive feedback on the \u201cAbsent Friends\u201d feature that we ran in the September &#8217;04 issue of VRJ. One never knows how a story like that will be received, as its focus was more on the war and its effects on three drivers, and less on their cars and the racing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_705019\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-705019\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/12\/FT2007.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-705019 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/12\/FT2007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/12\/FT2007.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/12\/FT2007-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/12\/FT2007-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/12\/FT2007-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-705019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Casey Annis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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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