{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"S2 Ep2: The Golden Era of JDM: Japanese Grand Prix","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/s2-ep2-the-golden-era-of-jdm-japanese-grand-prix","audioUrl":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8883128.mp3?modified=1775362786&sid=5166135&source=rss","description":"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!"},"annotations":[{"startTime":57.8,"endTime":63.4,"type":"concept","title":"Suzuka","url":"/glossary/suzuka","quote":"It was before dawn outside Suzuka, Japan, and traffic had already bottlenecked for miles in every direction. 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