1950 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 1950 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 significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

DateEventRef
21 May 11th Monaco Grand Prix [1]
30 May 34th Indianapolis 500 [2]
5–9 June 32nd Isle of Man TT [3]
24–25 June 18th 24 Hours of Le Mans [4]

Births

DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef
29January Jody Scheckter South AfricanRacing driver Formula One World Champion (1979). [5]
9March Danny Sullivan AmericanRacing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1985). [6]
7April Franz Wittmann Sr. AustrianRally driver Rally New Zealand winner (1987) [7]
11September Barry Sheene BritishMotorcycle racer500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1976-1977). [8]

Deaths

DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef
29July Joe Fry 34BritishRacing driverOne of the first British Formula One drivers. [9]
10September Raymond Sommer 44FrenchRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1932, 1933). [10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1950 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "1950 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "TT 1950". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Le Mans Register - 1950". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Jody Scheckter". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Danny Sullivan". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Franz Wittmann Sr". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Barry Sheene". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Joe Fry". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Raymond Sommer]". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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