1933 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 1933 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
8–9 April 7th Mille Miglia [1]
23 April 5th Monaco Grand Prix [2]
28 May 24th Targa Florio [3]
30 May 21st Indianapolis 500 [4]
17–18 June 11th 24 Hours of Le Mans [5]
15–19 June 22nd Isle of Man TT [6]
1–2 July 10th 24 Hours of Spa [7]

Births

DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef
4March Nino Vaccarella ItalianRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1964). [8]
2June Lew "Sneaky Pete" Robinson American drag racer [9]
12August Parnelli Jones AmericanRacing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1963). [10]
18October Ludovico Scarfiotti ItalianRacing driver 1966 Italian Grand Prix winner. Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1963). [11]

Deaths

DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef
22June Tim Birkin 36BritishRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1929, 1931). [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mille Miglia - 1933". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "V Grand Prix de Monaco". kolumbus.fi. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "24^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "1933 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Le Mans Register - 1933". formula2.net. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "TT 1933". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Spa 24 Hours 1933 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Nino Vaccarella". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  9. ↑ Motorsportmemorial.org (retrieved 4 October 2018)
  10. ↑ "Parnelli Jones". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Ludovico Scarfiotti". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "Tim Birkin". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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