1914 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1914 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.

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
19–21 May	8th Isle of Man TT	[1]
24–25 May	9th Targa Florio	[2]
30 May	4th Indianapolis 500	[3]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
19	January	Bob Gerard	British	Racing driver	One of the first British Formula One drivers.	[4]
22	June	Toulo de Graffenried	Swiss	Racing driver	The first Swiss Formula One driver.	[5]
13	July	Sam Hanks	American	Racing driver	Winner of the Indianapolis 500 (1957)	[6]
15		Birabongse Bhanudej	Thai	Racing driver	The first Thai Formula One driver.	[7]
12	November	Peter Whitehead	British	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1951)	[8]

References

1. "TT 1914". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
2. "9^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
3. "1914 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
4. "Bob Gerard". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
5. "Toulo de Graffenried". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
6. "Sam Hanks". espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
7. "Prince Bira". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
8. "Peter Whitehead". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.