The following is an overview of the events of 2017 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.
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 |
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2–14 January | 39th Dakar Rally | [1] |
21–22 January | 28th Race of Champions | [2] |
28–29 January | 55th 24 Hours of Daytona | [3] |
26 February | 59th Daytona 500 | [4] |
18 March | 65th 12 Hours of Sebring | [5] |
22–23 April | 40th 24 Hours of Le Mans Moto | [6] |
27–28 May | 45th 24 Hours of Nürburgring | [7] |
28 May | 75th Monaco Grand Prix | [8] |
101st Indianapolis 500 | [9] | |
3–9 June | 99th Isle of Man TT | [10] |
17–18 June | 85th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [11] |
25 June | 95th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb | [12] |
29–30 July | 69th 24 Hours of Spa | [13] |
30 July | 40th Suzuka 8 Hours | [14] |
16–17 September | 81st Bol d'Or | [15] |
8 October | 60th Bathurst 1000 | [16] |
14–18 November | 50th Baja 1000 | [17] |
19 November | 64th Macau Grand Prix | [18] |
First race | Championship | Ref |
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10–11 January | 24H Proto Series | [19] |
13 January | TCR Middle East Series | [20] |
8 April | Blancpain GT Series Asia | [21] |
15 April | FIA Formula 2 Championship | [22] |
GT4 European Series Southern Cup | [23] | |
29 April | TCR Iberico Touring Car Series | [24] |
17 June | TCR China Touring Car Championship | [25] |
1 October | FIA Intercontinental Drifting Cup | [26] |
Last race | Championship | Ref |
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18 November | TCR International Series | [27] |
World Series Formula V8 3.5 | [28] | |
1 December | World Touring Car Championship | [27] |
Date | Venue | First event | Ref |
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15 July | Brooklyn Street Circuit | New York ePrix | [29] |
29 July | Montreal Street Circuit | Montreal ePrix | [29] |
Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
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24 | January | Chuck Weyant | 93 | American | Racing driver | [30] | |
10 | March | John Surtees | 83 | British | Motorcycle racer Racing driver | World champion in MotoGP (1956, 1958, 1959, 1960) and Formula One (1964) | [31] |
12 | Patrick Nève | 67 | Belgian | Racing driver | [32] | ||
2 | April | Sam Ard | 78 | American | Racing driver | NASCAR Late Model champion | [33] |
5 | Tim Parnell | 84 | British | Racing driver | [34] | ||
27 | Joe Leonard | 84 | American | Motorcycle racer Racing driver | 1954, 1956 and 1967 AMA Grand National champion 1971 and 1972 USAC champion | [35] | |
28 | Billy Scott | 68 | American | Racing driver | [36] | ||
30 | Preston Henn | 86 | American | Racing driver | Also known as entrepreneur (Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop) | [37] | |
4 | May | Timo Mäkinen | 79 | Finnish | Rally driver | One of the Flying Finns | [38] |
18 | Jim McElreath | 89 | American | Racing driver | 1966 USAC runner-up | [39] | |
22 | Nicky Hayden | 35 | American | Motorcycle racer | 2006 MotoGP champion | [40] | |
18 | July | Erich Waxenberger | 86 | German | Engineer and racing driver | Creator of the Rote Sau. | [41] |
26 | July | Leo Kinnunen | 73 | Finnish | Racing driver | First Finnish Formula One driver. | [42] |
1 | August | Bud Moore | 75 | American | Racing driver | Raced in NASCAR. | [43] |
3 | Ángel Nieto | 70 | Spanish | Motorcycle racer | Winner of 13 Grand Prix World Championships. | [44] | |
19 | Shane Sieg | 34 | American | Racing driver | Raced in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. | [45] | |
21 | Don Nichols | 92 | American | Team owner | Founded Shadow Racing Cars. | [46] | |
15 | September | Bruce Leven | 79 | American | Racing driver/team owner | Triple 12 Hours of Sebring winner (1981, 1987 and 1988) | [47] |
19 | John Nicholson | 75 | New Zealander | Racing driver | Founded Nicholson-McLaren engines, classified in 1975 British Grand Prix. | [48] | |
9 | October | Bill Puterbaugh | 81 | American | Racing driver | 1975 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year. | [49] |
25 | October | Gaspar Ronda | 91 | American | Drag racer and restaurateur | [50] | |
17 | December | Bob Glidden | 73 | American | Drag racer |
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