January

BMW 2002 taking part in the January 2015 Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique.

This month we have the Rallye Monte-Carlo and the 24 Hours of Daytona to look forward to.

Recently, the Rallye Monte-Carlo has become the kingdom of the two Sébastiens, Ogier and Loeb.

Hurley Haywood and Scott Pruett have both won the 24 Hours of Daytona five times each.

From 1965 to 1968, the South African GP kicked off the F1 World Championship in early January.  Jim Clark won twice in this era.

From 1964 to 1975, the Tasman Series also started in January.   Jim Clark and Graham McRae, both won the series three times each.

In 1968 Vic Elford scored a unique double, winning the Rallye Monte-Carlo and the 24 Hours of Daytona in the same year.

For parts of the fifties and seventies, the Argentine GP was the first F1 race of the season.  In 1958 Stirling Moss took victory in this race run in January.  It was the first World Championship win for Rob Walker's team and the first win for a non-front engined car and the first win for Cooper.

In the sixties, the first NASCAR race of the season was a road course race at Riverside in January.  Famously, Dan Gurney won this race five times between 1963 and 1968.

The 1,000 Kms of Buenos Aires was held most years between 1954 and 1960 and again for a few years in the early seventies.  This was another race normally held in January.  Phil Hill was the only driver to win this race twice.  Ferrari won six times.