1978 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 1978 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 significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

DateEventRef
4–5 February 16th 24 Hours of Daytona [1]
12 February 1978 NHRA Winternationals [2]
19 February 20th Daytona 500 [3]
7 May 36th Monaco Grand Prix [4]
28 May 62nd Indianapolis 500 [5]
1–9 June 60th Isle of Man TT [6]
10–11 June 46th 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
16 July 1978 NHRA Summernationals [8]
22–23 July 30th 24 Hours of Spa [9]
30 July 1st Suzuka 8 Hours [10]
1 October 19th Hardie-Ferodo 1000 [11]
7–8 October 7th 24 Hours of Nurburgring [12]
19 November 25th Macau Grand Prix [13]

Births

DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef
22June Dan Wheldon BritishRacing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (2005, 2011). [14]
14July Mattias Ekström SwedishRacing driver FIA World Rallycross champion (2016). [15]

Deaths

DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef
11September Ronnie Peterson 34SwedishRacing driver10-time Grand Prix Winner
20October Gunnar Nilsson 29SwedishRacing driver 1977 Belgian Grand Prix winner. [16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Daytona 24 Hours 1978 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018)
  3. ↑ "1978 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "1978 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "1978 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "TT 1978". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Le Mans Register - 1978". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. ↑ Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "Summernationals Time Machine", written 2 June 2017, at NHRA.com (retrieved 16 September 2018); Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018)
  9. ↑ "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Suzuka 8 Hours 1978 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "1978 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  12. ↑ "Nurburgring 24 hours". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  13. ↑ "1978 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  14. ↑ "Dan Wheldon". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  15. ↑ "Mattias Ekström". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  16. ↑ "Gunnar Nilsson". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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