1919 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 1919 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
31 May 7th Indianapolis 500 [1]
23 November 10th Targa Florio [2]

Births

DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef
24August Dries van der Lof DutchRacing driverOne of the first Dutch Formula One drivers. [3]
2October Jan Flinterman DutchRacing driverOne of the first Dutch Formula One drivers. [4]

References

  1. "1919 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  2. "10^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. "Dries van der Lof". motorsportmagazine.com. Motorsport Magazine. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  4. "Jan Flinterman". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.