1955 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1955 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
1–2 May	22nd Mille Miglia	[1]
22 May	13th Monaco Grand Prix	[2]
30 May	39th Indianapolis 500	[3]
4–10 June	37th Isle of Man TT	[4]
11–12 June	23rd 24 Hours of Le Mans	[5]
16 October	39th Targa Florio	[6]
6 November	2nd Macau Grand Prix	[7]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
18	January	Patrick Tauziac	French	Rally driver	1990 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire winner.	[8]
24	February	Alain Prost	French	Racing driver	Formula One World Champion (1985-1986, 1989, 1993).	[9]
9	March	Franco Uncini	Italian	Motorcycle racer	500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1982).	[10]
10	October	Mike Mangold	American	Air racer	Red Bull Air World Race champion (2005, 2007).	[11]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
26	May	Alberto Ascari	36	Italian	Racing driver	Formula One World Champion (1952, 1953).	[12]
30	May	Bill Vukovich	36	American	Racing driver	Winner of the Indianapolis 500 (1952, 1953). Died during 1955 Indianapolis 500.	[13]
11	June	Pierre Levegh	49	French	Racing driver	Died during 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans.	[14]

See also

• List of 1955 motorsport champions

References

1. "Mille Miglia - 1955". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
2. "1955 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
3. "1955 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
4. "TT 1955". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
5. "Le Mans Register - 1955". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
6. "39^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
7. "1955 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
8. "Patrick Tauziac". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
9. "Alain Prost". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
10. "Franco Uncini". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
11. "Michael Eugene Mangold (1955 - 2015)". legacy.com. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
12. "Alberto Ascari". ESPN . Retrieved 10 May 2017.
13. "Bill Vukovich". ESPN . Retrieved 10 May 2017.
14. "Pierre Levegh". ESPN . Retrieved 10 May 2017.