1969 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1969 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
1–2 February	8th 24 Hours of Daytona	[1]
2 February	1969 NHRA Winternationals	[2]
23 February	11th Daytona 500	[3]
4 May	53rd Targa Florio	[4]
18 May	27th Monaco Grand Prix	[5]
30 May	53rd Indianapolis 500	[6]
7–13 June	51st Isle of Man TT	[7]
14–15 June	37th 24 Hours of Le Mans	[8]
26–27 July	21st 24 Hours of Spa	[9]
5 October	10th Hardie-Ferodo 500	[10]
16 November	16th Macau Grand Prix	[11]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
3	January	Michael Schumacher	German	Racing driver	Formula One World Champion (1994-1995, 2000-2004).	[12]
30	March	Troy Bayliss	Australian	Motorcycle racer	Superbike World champion (2001, 2006, 2008).	[13]
23	May	Laurent Aïello	French	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1998).	[14]
24	May	Mendy Fry	American	Drag racer
16	August	Yvan Müller	French	Racing driver	Champion of the BTCC in 2003 and 2008, 2010-2011, 2013	[15]
3	September	Jörg Müller	German	Racing driver	1993 Macau Grand Prix winner.	[16]
23	November	Olivier Beretta	Monégasque	Racing driver	1999 FIA GT Champion, 2000 24 Hours of Daytona winner.	[17]
29	December	Allan McNish	British	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1998, 2008, 2013). FIA World Endurance champion (2013).	[18]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
30	March	Lucien Bianchi	34	Belgian	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1968).	[19]
27	July	Moisés Solana	33	Mexican	Racing driver		[20]

See also

• List of 1969 motorsport champions

References

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2. Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018)
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6. "1969 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
7. "TT 1969". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
8. "Le Mans Register - 1969". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
9. "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
10. "1969 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
11. "1969 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
12. "Michael Schumacher — Biography". Grand Prix History. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
13. "Troy Bayliss". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
14. "Laurent Aïello". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
15. "Yvan Muller". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
16. "Jörg Müller". driverdb.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
17. "Olivier Beretta". ESPN . Retrieved 30 May 2017.
18. "Allan McNish". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 17 April 2018.
19. "Lucien Bianchi". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 16 April 2018.
20. "Moisés Solana". ESPN . Retrieved 9 May 2017.