1976 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1976 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
31 January-1 February	14th 24 Hours of Daytona	[1]
15 February	18th Daytona 500	[2]
14 May	60th Targa Florio	[3]
30 May	34th Monaco Grand Prix	[4]
30 May	60th Indianapolis 500	[5]
7–12 June	58th Isle of Man TT	[6]
12–13 June	44th 24 Hours of Le Mans	[7]
24–25 July	28th 24 Hours of Spa	[8]
25–26 September	5th 24 Hours of Nurburgring	[9]
3 October	17th Hardie-Ferodo 1000	[10]
14 November	23rd Macau Grand Prix	[11]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
31	January	Buddy Rice	American	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (2004).	[12]
27	May	Marcel Fässler	Swiss	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2011-2012, 2014). FIA World Endurance champion (2012).	[13]
20	July	Alex Yoong	Malaysian	Racing driver	The first Malaysian Formula One driver.	[14]
27	August	Mark Webber	Australian	Racing driver	FIA World Endurance champion (2015).	[15]
11	September	Tomáš Enge	Czech	Racing driver	The first Czech Formula One driver.	[16]
7	December	Benoît Tréluyer	French	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2011-2012, 2014). FIA World Endurance champion (2012).	[17]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
28	July	George Souders	75	American	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (1927).	[18]
10	November	Billy Arnold	70	American	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (1930).	[19]

See also

• List of 1976 motorsport champions

References

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2. "1976 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
3. "60^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
4. "1976 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
5. "1976 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
6. "TT 1976". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
7. "Le Mans Register - 1976". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
8. "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
9. "Nurburgring 24 hours". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
10. "1976 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
11. "1976 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
12. "Buddy Rice". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
13. "Marcel Fässler". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
14. "Alex Yoong". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
15. "Mark Webber". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 17 April 2018.
16. "Tomas Enge". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
17. "Benoît Tréluyer". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
18. "George Souders". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
19. "Billy Arnold". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.