January 31st, 2010 
Stephen Rhodes 
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During this week in racing history:
January 31
Pedro Rodriguez and Jackie Oliver drive a Gulf Porsche 917K to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona (1971).
February 1
Guy Frequelin becomes competition chief of Citroen (1989).
February 2
Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons drive a Lola T70 MkIIIB to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona (1969).
February 3
Paul Goldsmith drives Smokey Yunick’s Pontiac to victory in the last stock car race on the beach at Daytona, Florida, USA (1958).
February 4
Porsche 907s sweep the top three finishing positions in the 24 Hours of Daytona with the Elford/Neerspatch/Siffert/Stommelen/Herrmann car winning (1968).
February 5
Rally driver Marcus Gronholm born in Espoo, Finland (1968).
February 6
Ricardo and Pedro Rodriguez, ages 12 and 15 respectively, take part in their first auto race (1955).
Source: VintageRPM.com
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