The Golden Era of JDM: Japanese Grand Prix
4/7/202656 min
In this episode of Past Gas, we're diving into the first ever Japanese Gran Prix, and how it shaped motorsport from that day on. How did Japan's cars do against Europe's elite and experienced Formula teams? Which companies competed? And what did they learn from the first Gran Prix that they took into development for road cars? All that and more in this episode!
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Race day, 1963. It was before dawn outside Suzuka, Japan, and traffic had already bottlenecked for miles in every direction. Coaches had been charted from surrounding towns, and teenagers pedaled in on bicycles. Everyone weaved together into a crowd with the restless energy of a young generation catching its first glimpse of a new country. What echoed over the fields was not the roar of