{"id":173348,"date":"2026-04-13T20:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T01:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/?p=173348"},"modified":"2026-04-20T20:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T01:07:11","slug":"dominiannis-hail-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/dominiannis-hail-mary\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominianni&#8217;s Hail Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_173281\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Guiar-Blessing-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173281\" class=\"size-large wp-image-173281\" src=\"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Guiar-Blessing-1024x826.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Guiar-Blessing-1024x826.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Guiar-Blessing-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Guiar-Blessing-768x620.jpg 768w, https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Guiar-Blessing-1536x1240.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Guiar-Blessing-2048x1653.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-173281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Walter Marshall.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>Story by Dave Nicholas*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most <em>VeloceToday<\/em> readers would recognize the name Frank Dominianni. Renowned as a 1960\u2019s Corvette driver and 1964 BP national champ, Frank started in much smaller cars. After working for George Patton and his 3rd Army, Frank returned to Long Island and opened Hi Speed Power equipment. Frank had a passion for racing and started in a TC MG in 1950. He wanted more speed and imported a Giaur Nardi in 1952.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro_content_message\">This content is for Premium Subscriber members only.<br \/><a href=\"\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fvelocetoday.com%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F173348\">Login<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/subscription-account\/subscription-checkout\/?level=1\">Subscribe<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story by Dave Nicholas* Most VeloceToday readers would recognize the name Frank Dominianni. Renowned as a 1960\u2019s Corvette driver and 1964 BP national champ, Frank started in much smaller cars. After working for George Patton and his 3rd Army, Frank returned to Long Island and opened Hi Speed Power equipment. 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