1937 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 1937 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.

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Annual events

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

DateEventRef
4–5 April 11th Mille Miglia [1]
23 May 28th Targa Florio [2]
31 May 25th Indianapolis 500 [3]
15–18 June 26th Isle of Man TT [4]
19–20 June 14th 24 Hours of Le Mans [5]
8 August 9th Monaco Grand Prix [6]

Births

DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef
14January Tom "Mongo$e" McEwen American drag racer [7]
9February Tony Maggs South AfricanRacing driverThe first South African Formula One driver. [8]
18March Mark Donohue AmericanRacing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1972). [9]
26April Jean-Pierre Beltoise FrenchRacing driver 1972 Monaco Grand Prix winner. [10]
3June Jean-Pierre Jaussaud FrenchRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1978, 1980). [11]
30August Bruce McLaren New ZealanderRacing driverFounder of the McLaren. Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1966) [12]
30September Gary Hocking RhodesianMotorcycle racer500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1961). [13]
11November Vittorio Brambilla ItalianRacing driver 1975 Austrian Grand Prix winner. [14]

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References

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  12. "Bruce McLaren". ESPN . Retrieved 9 May 2017.
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  14. "Vittorio Brambilla". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 16 April 2018.