1938 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1938 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.

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.

Date	Event	Ref
3–4 April	12th Mille Miglia	[1]
22 May	29th Targa Florio	[2]
30 May	26th Indianapolis 500	[3]
13–17 June	27th Isle of Man TT	[4]
17–18 June	15th 24 Hours of Le Mans	[5]
9–10 July	12th 24 Hours of Spa	[6]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
3	January	Ove Andersson	Swedish	Rally driver	1975 Safari Rally winner.	[7]
12	March	Johnny Rutherford	American	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (1974, 1976, 1980).	[8]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
6	September 1938	John Stuart Hindmarsh	30	British	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1936).	[9]
2	October	André Lagache	53	French	Racing driver	Winner of the inaugural 24 Hours of Le Mans (1923)	[10]

See also

• List of 1938 motorsport champions

References

1. "Mille Miglia - 1938". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
2. "29^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
3. "1938 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
4. "TT 1938". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
5. "Le Mans Register - 1938". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
6. "Spa 24 Hours 1938 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
7. "Ove Andersson". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
8. "Johnny Rutherford". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
9. "John Hindmarsh". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
10. "André Lagache". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.