1939 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 1939 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
14 May 30th Targa Florio [1]
30 May 27th Indianapolis 500 [2]
12–16 June 28th Isle of Man TT [3]
17–18 June 16th 24 Hours of Le Mans [4]

Births

DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef
1January Phil Read BritishMotorcycle racer500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1973-1974). [5]
29May Al Unser AmericanRacing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1970-1971, 1978, 1987). [6]
11June Jackie Stewart BritishRacing driver Formula One World Champion (1969, 1971, 1973). [7]
30 Harry Källström SwedishRally driver 1976 Acropolis Rally winner. [8]
5August Roger Clark BritishRally driver 1976 Lombard RAC Rally winner. [9]
12December Emerson Fittipaldi BrazilianRacing driver Formula One World Champion (1972, 1974). Indianapolis 500 winner (1989, 1993) [10]

Deaths

DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef
8February Bill Cummings 32AmericanRacing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1934). [11]
30May Floyd Roberts 39AmericanRacing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1938). [12]
11August Jean Bugatti 30FrenchAutomotive designer and test engineer

See also

References

  1. ↑ "30^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "1939 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "TT 1939". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Le Mans Register - 1939". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Phil Read". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Al Unser". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Jackie Stewart". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Harry Källström". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Roger Clark". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Emerson Fittipaldi". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Bill Cummings". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "Floyd Roberts". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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