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The following is an overview of the events of 1906 in motorsport, including the major racing events, racing festivals, circuits 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.

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.

Date	Event	Ref
6 May	1st Targa Florio	^[1]

Opened motorsport venues

29 January - opening of Aspendale Racecourse (Aspendale Speedway) near Melbourne (1906) was the world's first purpose-built motor racing circuit.

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
26	May	Mauri Rose	American	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (1941, 1947-1948).	^[2]
6	July	Cuth Harrison	British	Racing driver	One of the first British Formula One drivers.	^[3]
31	August	Raymond Sommer	French	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1932, 1933).	^[4]
4	October	Eitel Cantoni	Uruguayan	Racing driver	The first Uruguayan Formula One driver.	^[5]
12		Piero Taruffi	Italian	Racing driver	1952 Swiss Grand Prix winner	^[6]
30		Giuseppe Farina	Italian	Racing driver	First Formula One World Champion.	^[7]
11	November	Bill Cummings	American	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (1934).	^[8]

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References

↑ "1^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
↑ "Mauri Rose". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
↑ "Cuth Harrison". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
↑ "Raymond Sommer". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
↑ "Eitel Cantoni". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
↑ "Piero Taruffi". espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
↑ "Giuseppe Nino Farina — Biography". Grand Prix History. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
↑ "Bill Cummings". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

External links

Aspendale Speedway 1906 http://www.hyperracer.com/history

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[1] "1^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[2] "Mauri Rose". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

[3] "Cuth Harrison". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.

[4] "Raymond Sommer". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[5] "Eitel Cantoni". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

[6] "Piero Taruffi". espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.

[7] "Giuseppe Nino Farina — Biography". Grand Prix History. Retrieved 3 September 2017.

[8] "Bill Cummings". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

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