1947 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 1947 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
30 May 31st Indianapolis 500 [1]
9–13 June 29th Isle of Man TT [2]
21–22 June 14th Mille Miglia [3]

Births

DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef
7March Walter Röhrl GermanRally driver World Rally champion (1980, 1982). [4]
29August James Hunt BritishRacing driver Formula One World Champion (1976). [5]
24September Bernard Béguin FrenchRally driver 1987 Tour de Corse winner. [6]
14October Rikky von Opel LiechtensteinerRacing driverThe first Liechtensteiner Formula One driver. [7]
10December Jürgen Barth GermanRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1977). [8]

See also

References

  1. "1947 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  2. "Isle of Man Races to Begin on June 9". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. "Mille Miglia - 1947". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. "Walter Röhrl". juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  5. "James Hunt". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  6. "Bernard Béguin". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  7. "Rikky von Opel". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  8. "Jürgen Barth". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.