1963 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 1963 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
17 February 3 Hours of Daytona [1]
24 February 5th Daytona 500 [2]
5 May 47th Targa Florio [3]
26 May 21st Monaco Grand Prix [4]
30 May 47th Indianapolis 500 [5]
10–14 June 45th Isle of Man TT [6]
15–16 June 31st 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
6 October 4th Armstrong 500 [8]
17 November 10th Macau Grand Prix [9]

Births

DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef
16March Jesús Puras SpanishRally driver 2001 Tour de Corse winner. [10]
16July Armin Schwarz GermanRally driver 1991 Rally Catalunya winner. [11]
29December Andrea Aghini ItalianRally driver 1992 Rallye Sanremo winner. [12]

Deaths

DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef
7February Peter Mitchell-Thomson 49BritishRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1949). [13]
29November Lee Wallard 53AmericanRacing driverWinner of the Indianapolis 500 (1951) [14]

See also

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References

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  3. "47^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. "1963 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. "1963 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. "TT 1963". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. "Le Mans Register - 1963". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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  9. "1963 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  10. "Jesús Puras". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  11. "Andrea Aghini". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  12. "Andrea Aghini". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  13. "Peter Selsdon". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  14. "Lee Wallard". espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.