1911 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 1911 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
14 May 6th Targa Florio [1]
30 May 1st Indianapolis 500 [2]
30 June-3 July 5th Isle of Man TT [3]

Births

DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef
20June Paul Pietsch GermanRacing driverThe first German Formula One driver. [4]
24 Juan Manuel Fangio ArgentineRacing driver Formula One World Champion (1951, 1954-1957). [5]
2July Reg Parnell BritishRacing driver1951 BRDC International Trophy winner. [6]
14September Leslie Graham BritishMotorcycle racer500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1949). [7]

References

  1. "6^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. "1911 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  3. "TT 1911". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. "Paul Pietsch". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  5. "Juan Manuel Fangio". ESPN . Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  6. "Reg Parnell". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  7. "Leslie Graham". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.