{"id":14691,"date":"2009-06-16T15:11:01","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T22:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=14691"},"modified":"2009-06-16T15:20:12","modified_gmt":"2009-06-16T22:20:12","slug":"automobile-nascar-sports-car-trgs-buckler-ready-to-pop-cork-on-nascar-homecoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=14691","title":{"rendered":"Automobile NASCAR Sports Car &#8211; TRG&#8217;s Buckler ready to pop cork on NASCAR homecoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The wine tastes a lot better nowadays around Kevin Buckler&#8217;s Petaluma shop.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The gold medals are prominently displayed in a tasting room toward the back of the building. A rich scent fills the air and a delightful young lady pours samples of Adobe Road wine from behind the bar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Walk through the large wooden doors, though, and Buckler&#8217;s other obsession, noisy and greasy as it might be, is on display. The garage is abuzz with mechanics and engineers working on powerful Porsches for an upcoming race.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It&#8217;s an unusual transition and, like stepping off a snowy slope to go to the beach, one that is uniquely California.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Racer&#8217;s Group headquarters is home to Buckler&#8217;s pride and joy, though it&#8217;s hard to tell if he&#8217;s more excited about his racing program or his winery&#8230;\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesheraldonline.com\/sports\/ci_12599058\" target=\"_blank\">Details<\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/placeholder-3700955?target=_top&#038;mouseover=N\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wine tastes a lot better nowadays around Kevin Buckler&#8217;s Petaluma shop. The gold medals are prominently displayed in a tasting room toward the back of the building. A rich scent fills the air and a delightful young lady pours samples of Adobe Road wine from behind the bar. Walk through the large wooden doors, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,22,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automobile","category-nascar","category-sports-car"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14691"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14704,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14691\/revisions\/14704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}