{"id":285,"date":"2020-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-04-29T09:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:34:45","slug":"on-board-lap-of-le-mans-from-1956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micksgarageblog.org\/on-board-lap-of-le-mans-from-1956\/","title":{"rendered":"On-Board lap of Le Mans From 1956!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy a lap of &nbsp;the Circuit de la Sarthe with 1955 Le Mans winner Mike Hawthorne driving the legendary Jaguar D-Type. 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