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.