1909 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 1909 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
2 May 4th Targa Florio [1]
23 September 3rd Isle of Man TT [2]

Births

DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef
15January Jean Bugatti FrenchAutomotive designer and test engineer
24February George Robson AmericanRacing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1946). [3]
6April Hermann Lang GermanRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1952). [4]
12 Jean Trémoulet FrenchRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1938). [5]
28December David Murray BritishRacing driverOne of the first British Formula One drivers. [6]

References

  1. "4^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. "TT 1909". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  3. "George Robson". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  4. "Hermann Lang". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  5. "Jean Trémoulet". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  6. "David Murray". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.