{"id":2104,"date":"2022-04-13T08:31:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T22:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2104-lamborghini-huracan-super-trofeo.html"},"modified":"2022-04-13T08:31:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T22:01:00","slug":"lamborghini-huracan-super-trofeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2104-lamborghini-huracan-super-trofeo.html","title":{"rendered":"Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- s9ymdb:2764 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"\/serendipity\/uploads\/land_photos\/1898-_MG_1185.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThere is a very good reason why my chest is bruised blue and yellow and yet I still can\u2019t wipe the grin from my face&#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLast Saturday I got to experience 20 minutes in this extraordinary, audacious piece of machinery completely giving all trust to a driver who now has my respect for life.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nMy first 10 seconds on the track was full of anticipation, pensive enthusiasm and excitement. My next 30 seconds expanded into something akin to managed (just) terror. I found myself teetering on the verge of panic and perhaps my pride more than self preservation dictated the next moments of this expanding experience.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI briefly glimpsed a similar moment as a teenager, a moment where I had to trust another soul with my very existence (thank you Simon). Forty years later for the second time ever I gave that same trust to Ben, the man behind the wheel of this beautiful yet brutal racing car.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI spent the remainder of the first lap in a kind of detached mediation, calm but aware of my corporeal body being flung around like a rag dog in a hurricane (Huracan!). By the second lap I was beginning to enjoy the very physical experience of being in a serious racing car. By the third lap I was starting to connect with the car, the track and the driver. After that it was all joy.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThank you Ben for an amazing experience I will never forget.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n#Lamborghini #Huracan #SuperTrofeo #motorsports #racing #cars #thebend","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a very good reason why my chest is bruised blue and yellow and yet I still can\u2019t wipe the grin from my face&#8230; Last Saturday I got to experience 20 minutes in this extraordinary, audacious piece of machinery completely giving all trust to a driver who now has my respect for life. My &#8230; <a title=\"Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2104-lamborghini-huracan-super-trofeo.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}