1960 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 1960 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
24 February 2nd Daytona 500 [1]
8 May 44th Targa Florio [2]
29 May 18th Monaco Grand Prix [3]
30 May 44th Indianapolis 500 [4]
13–17 June 42nd Isle of Man TT [5]
25–26 June 28th 24 Hours of Le Mans [6]
6 November 7th Macau Grand Prix [7]
20 November 1st Armstrong 500 [8]

Births

DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef
21March Ayrton Senna BrazilianRacing driver Formula One champion (1988, 1990, 1991) [9]
2September Doug Polen AmericanMotorcycle racer Superbike World champion (1991-1992). [10]
17 Damon Hill BritishRacing driver Formula One World Champion (1996). [11]
23October Wayne Rainey AustralianMotorcycle racer500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1990-1992). [12]
24 Joachim Winkelhock GermanRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1999). [13]

Deaths

DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef
27February Ettore Chimeri 38VenezuelanRacing driverThe first Venezuelan Formula One driver. [14]
13May Harry Schell 38AmericanRacing driverThe first American Formula One driver. [15]
19June Jimmy Bryan 34AmericanRacing driverWinner of the Indianapolis 500 (1958) [16]
28 Juan Jover 56SpanishRacing driverThe first Spanish Formula One driver. [17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1960 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "44^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "1960 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "1960 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "TT 1960". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Le Mans Register - 1960". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "1960 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  8. ↑ Armstrong 500 20 November, 1960 - www.nmrm.com.au via web.archive.org Retrieved on 23 October 2013
  9. ↑ "Ayrton Senna". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Doug Polen". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Damon Hill". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "Wayne Rainey". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  13. ↑ "Joachim Winkelhock". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "Ettore Chimeri". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  15. ↑ "Harry Schell". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  16. ↑ "Jimmy Bryan". espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  17. ↑ "Juan Jover". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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