1912 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 1912 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
25–26 May 7th Targa Florio [1]
30 May 2nd Indianapolis 500 [2]
28 June-1 July 6th Isle of Man TT [3]

Births

DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef
22March Leslie Johnson BritishRacing driverOne of the first British Formula One drivers. [4]
7October Peter Walker BritishRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1951) [5]
26December Luis Fontés BritishRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1936). [6]

References

  1. ↑ "7^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "1912 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "TT 1912". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Leslie Johnson". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Peter Walker". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Luis Fontes". historicracing.com. historicracing.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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