1926 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 1926 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 April 17th Targa Florio [1]
31 May 14th Indianapolis 500 [2]
12–13 June 4th 24 Hours of Le Mans [3]
17–21 June 15th Isle of Man TT [4]
3–4 July 3rd 24 Hours of Spa [5]

Births

DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef
6January Pat Flaherty AmericanRacing driverWinner of the Indianapolis 500 (1956) [6]
28 Jimmy Bryan AmericanRacing driverWinner of the Indianapolis 500 (1958) [7]
2April Jack Brabham AustralianRacing driver Formula One World Champion (1959-1960, 1966). [8]
4May Umberto Masetti ItalianMotorcycle racer500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1950, 1952). [9]
20 Bob Sweikert AmericanRacing driverWinner of the Indianapolis 500 (1955) [10]
20September Libero Liberati ItalianMotorcycle racer500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1957). [11]
11November Maria Teresa de Filippis ItalianRacing driverThe first female Formula One driver. [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "17^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "1926 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Le Mans Register - 1926". formula2.net. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "TT 1926". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Spa 24 Hours 1926 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Pat Flaherty". espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Jimmy Bryan". espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Jack Brabham". ESPN . Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "Umberto Masetti". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Bob Sweikert". espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Libero Liberati". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "Maria Teresa de Filippis". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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