1930 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 1930 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
6 April 2nd Monaco Grand Prix [1]
12–13 April 4th Mille Miglia [2]
4 May 21st Targa Florio [3]
30 May 18th Indianapolis 500 [4]
16–20 June 19th Isle of Man TT [5]
21–22 June 8th 24 Hours of Le Mans [6]
5–6 July 7th 24 Hours of Spa [7]

Births

DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef
31January Jo Bonnier SwedishRacing driverThe first Swedish Formula One driver. 1959 Dutch Grand Prix winner. [8]
19February "Wild Willie" Borsch American Drag racer Driver of the Winged Experess AA/FA [9]
11March Troy Ruttman AmericanRacing driverWinner of the Indianapolis 500 (1952) [10]
12June Innes Ireland BritishRacing driver 1961 United States Grand Prix winner. [11]
5August Richie Ginther AmericanRacing driver 1965 Mexican Grand Prix winner. [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "II Grand Prix de Monaco". kolumbus.fi. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Mille Miglia - 1930". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "21^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "1930 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "TT 1930". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Le Mans Register - 1930". formula2.net. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Spa 24 Hours 1930 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Jo Bonnier". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  9. ↑ Motorsport.com (retrieved 14 September 2018)
  10. ↑ "Troy Ruttman". espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Innes Ireland". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "Richie Ginther". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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