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January in Racing History

Juan Manuel Fangio drives a Mercedes-Benz W196 to victory in the Argentine Grand Prix in Buenos Aires (1955). Photo: Mercedes
Rodger Ward
Rodger Ward
Jim HurtubisePhoto: IMS
Jim Hurtubise
Photo: IMS

1 Jim Clark wins the South African Grand Prix driving a Ford Cosworth-powered Lotus 49 for his 25th GP victory (1968).

2 Walter Sobraske, machinist for Miller, Schofield, Offenhauser, and Meyer & Drake, is born in West Virginia (1901).

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