1966 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1966 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 significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date	Event	Ref
5–6 February [N 1]	5th 24 Hours of Daytona	[1]
27 February	8th Daytona 500	[2]
8 May	50th Targa Florio	[3]
22 May	24th Monaco Grand Prix	[4]
30 May	50th Indianapolis 500	[5]
18–19 June	34th 24 Hours of Le Mans	[6]
23–24 July	18th 24 Hours of Spa	[7]
28 August-2 September	48th Isle of Man TT	[8]
2 October	7th Gallaher 500	[9]
20 November	13th Macau Grand Prix	[10]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
31	January	JJ Lehto	Finnish	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1995, 2005).	[11]
21	March	Kenny Bräck	Swedish	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (1999).	[12]
8	April	Mark Blundell	British	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1992).	[13]
		Harri Rovanperä	Finnish	Rally driver	2001 Swedish Rally winner.	[14]
27		Marco Werner	German	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2005-2007).	[15]
14	July	Ralf Waldmann	German	Motorcycle rider	Winner of the 20 Grand Prix motorcycle racing events (125cc and 250cc).	[16]
10	August	Éric Hélary	French	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1993).	[17]
2	September	Olivier Panis	French	Racing driver	1996 Monaco Grand Prix winner	[18]
24		Christophe Bouchut	French	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1993).	[19]
20	December	Matt Neal	British	Racing driver	BTCC Champion (2005-2006, 2011)	[20]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
30	June	Giuseppe Farina	59	Italian	Racing driver	The first Formula One World Drivers' Champion.	[21]

See also

• List of 1966 motorsport champions

Footnotes

1. The first 24 Hour-distance race.

References

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4. "1966 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
5. "1966 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
6. "Le Mans Register - 1966". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
7. "Spa 24 Hours 1966 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
8. "TT 1966". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
9. "1966 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
10. "1966 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
11. "JJ Lehto". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 16 April 2018.
12. "Kenny Bräck". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
13. "Mark Blundell". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 16 April 2018.
14. "Harri Rovanperä". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
15. "Marco Werner". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
16. "Ralf Waldmann". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
17. "Éric Hélary". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
18. "Olivier Panis". ESPN . Retrieved 30 May 2017.
19. "Christophe Bouchut". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
20. "Matt Neal". Inside BTCC. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
21. "Nino Farina". ESPN . Retrieved 3 September 2017.