1969 in motorsport

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1969 in sports

The following is an overview of the events of 1969 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Contents

Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

DateEventRef
1–2 February 8th 24 Hours of Daytona [1]
2 February 1969 NHRA Winternationals [2]
23 February 11th Daytona 500 [3]
4 May 53rd Targa Florio [4]
18 May 27th Monaco Grand Prix [5]
30 May 53rd Indianapolis 500 [6]
7–13 June 51st Isle of Man TT [7]
14–15 June 37th 24 Hours of Le Mans [8]
26–27 July 21st 24 Hours of Spa [9]
5 October 10th Hardie-Ferodo 500 [10]
16 November 16th Macau Grand Prix [11]

Births

DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef
3January Michael Schumacher GermanRacing driver Formula One World Champion (1994-1995, 2000-2004). [12]
30March Troy Bayliss AustralianMotorcycle racer Superbike World champion (2001, 2006, 2008). [13]
23May Laurent Aïello FrenchRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1998). [14]
24May Mendy Fry AmericanDrag racer
16August Yvan Müller FrenchRacing driverChampion of the BTCC in 2003 and 2008, 2010-2011, 2013 [15]
3September Jörg Müller GermanRacing driver 1993 Macau Grand Prix winner. [16]
23November Olivier Beretta MonégasqueRacing driver 1999 FIA GT Champion, 2000 24 Hours of Daytona winner. [17]
29December Allan McNish BritishRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1998, 2008, 2013). FIA World Endurance champion (2013). [18]

Deaths

DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef
30March Lucien Bianchi 34BelgianRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1968). [19]
27July Moisés Solana 33MexicanRacing driver [20]

See also

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