1964 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 1964 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.

Contents

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
16 February Daytona 2000 km [1]
23 February 6th Daytona 500 [2]
26 April 48th Targa Florio [3]
10 May 22nd Monaco Grand Prix [4]
30 May 48th Indianapolis 500 [5]
8–12 June 46th Isle of Man TT [6]
20–21 June 32nd 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
25–26 July 16th 24 Hours of Spa [8]
4 October 5th Armstrong 500 [9]
15 November 11th Macau Grand Prix [10]

Births

DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef
1June Davy Jones AmericanRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1996). [11]
11 Jean Alesi FrenchRacing driver 1995 Canadian Grand Prix winner. [12]
19 Kevin Schwantz AmericanMotorcycle racer500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1993). [13]
25 Johnny Herbert BritishRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1991). Le Mans Series champion (2004). [14]
26 Tommi Mäkinen FinnishRally driver World Rally champion (1996-1999). [15]
13July Rinaldo Capello ItalianRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2003-2004, 2008). [16]
2August Frank Biela GermanRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2000-2002, 2006-2007). [17]
22September Paul Bonhomme BritishAir racer Red Bull Air World Race champion (2009-2010, 2015). [18]
28October Scott Russell AmericanMotorcycle racer Superbike World champion (1993). [19]

Deaths

DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef
7January Reg Parnell 52BritishRacing driver1951 BRDC International Trophy winner. [20]
19 Joe Weatherly 41AmericanRacing driver NASCAR Grand National champion (1962, 1963) [21]
30May Eddie Sachs 37AmericanRacing driver2 time Indianapolis 500 polesitter (1960, 1961) [22] [23] [24]
Dave MacDonald 27AmericanRacing driver52 Road Racing victories [25] [26] [27]
2July Fireball Roberts 35AmericanRacing driver 1962 Daytona 500 winner [28]
26 Earl Howe 80BritishRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1930). [29]

See also

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References

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  3. ↑ "48^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "1964 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "1964 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "TT 1964". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Le Mans Register - 1964". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Spa 24 Hours 1964 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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  17. ↑ "Frank Biela". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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  19. ↑ "Scott Russell". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
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  22. ↑ Nathan Brown Benbow, Christopher DeHarde and Dana Hunsinger (May 3, 2021). "Bobby Unser, three-time Indy 500 champion, dies at 87: 'There was nobody like him'". USA Today .
  23. ↑ Motorsport Memorial
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