1920 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 1920 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 8th Indianapolis 500 [1]
15–16 June 9th Isle of Man TT [2]
24 October 11th Targa Florio [3]

Births

DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef
3February Tony Gaze AustralianRacing driverThe first Australian Formula One driver. [4]
30April Duncan Hamilton BritishRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1953). [5]

Deaths

DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef
25November Gaston Chevrolet 28AmericanRacing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1920). [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1920 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "TT 1920". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "11^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Tony Gaze". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Duncan Hamilton". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Gaston Chevrolet". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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