{"id":15695,"date":"2014-04-17T00:23:10","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T04:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=15695"},"modified":"2014-04-17T00:23:10","modified_gmt":"2014-04-17T04:23:10","slug":"eddie-macdonald-wins-american-canadian-tour-opener-lee-usa-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/eddie-macdonald-wins-american-canadian-tour-opener-lee-usa-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie\u00a0MacDonald Wins the American Canadian Tour Opener at Lee USA Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Eddie-VL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Eddie-VL-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Eddie VL\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15696\" 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