{"id":567667,"date":"2023-10-28T22:32:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T22:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?page_id=567667"},"modified":"2023-10-31T02:21:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T02:21:28","slug":"january-in-motorsport-racing-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/motorsport-history\/january-in-motorsport-racing-history\/","title":{"rendered":"January in Motorsport &#038; Racing History"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">January in Racing History<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Auto-Union-P-Wagen-Grand-Prix-car.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>January is a dead month as far as racing fans are concerned. Sure, there are bits and pieces of news here and there, but it is otherwise quiet. It wasn\u2019t always this way. For example, between 1953 and 1982, a total of 23 grands prix took place in the first month of the year \u2013 in some seasons not just one but two being held in the southern hemisphere as the UK shivered in the grip of winter gloom. If we go even further back, there were speed records broken and announcements that were radically impactful to the future of motorsports. Below, we outline the most important motorsports and racing events from the month of January globally over the years. <\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Become A Member<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/January-In-Motorsport-History.png\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/admin-page\/become-a-member\/\" rel=\"\">become a member<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January in Racing History January is a dead month as far as racing fans are concerned. 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