1921 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 1921 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
29 May 12th Targa Florio [1]
30 May 9th Indianapolis 500 [2]
14–16 June 10th Isle of Man TT [3]

Births

DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef
10January Rodger Ward AmericanRacing driverWinner of the Indianapolis 500 (1959, 1962) [4]
9April Jean-Marie Balestre FrenchAuto racing executive administratorThe 9th FIA president [5]
11May Geoffrey Crossley BritishRacing driverOne of the first British Formula One drivers. [6]
4June Ettore Chimeri VenezuelanRacing driverThe first Venezuelan Formula One driver. [7]
29 Harry Schell AmericanRacing driverThe first American Formula One driver. [8]

See also

References

  1. "12^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. "1921 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  3. "TT 1921". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. "Rodger Ward". espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  5. Henry, Alan (31 March 2008). "Obituary: Jean-Marie Balestre". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  6. "Geoffrey Crossley". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  7. "Ettore Chimeri". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  8. "Harry Schell". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.