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The following is an overview of the events of 1949 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 own significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.
Date | Event | Ref |
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20 March | 33rd Targa Florio | [1] |
24–25 April | 16th Mille Miglia | [2] |
30 May | 33rd Indianapolis 500 | [3] |
6–17 June | 31st Isle of Man TT | [4] |
25–26 June | 17th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [5] |
9–10 July | 14th 24 Hours of Spa | [6] |
Births
Date | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
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22 | February | Niki Lauda | Austrian | Racing driver | Formula One World Champion (1975, 1977, 1984). | [7] |
23 | May | Jerry Sneva | American | Racing driver | 1977 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year | [8] |
8 | August | Ricardo Londoño | Colombian | Racing driver | The first Colombian Formula One driver. | [9] |
12 | Louis Krages | German | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1985). | [10] | |
11 | September | Bill Whittington | American | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1979). | [11] |
5 | October | Klaus Ludwig | German | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1979, 1984, 1985). | [12] |
27 | November | Masanori Sekiya | Japanese | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1995). | [13] |
Deaths
Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
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28 | January | Jean-Pierre Wimille | 40 | French | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1937, 1939). | [14] |
7 | March | Lora L. Corum | 50 | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (1924). | [15] |
See also
References
- ↑ "33^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "Mille Miglia - 1949". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "1949 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ↑ "TT 1949". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ↑ "Le Mans Register - 1949". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "Spa 24 Hours 1949 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "Niki Lauda — Biography". Grand Prix History. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ↑ Miller, Robin (29 January 2018). "Jerry Sneva, 1949-2018". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ↑ "Ricardo Londoño". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ↑ ""John Winter"". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ↑ "Bill Whittington". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ↑ "Klaus Ludwig". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ↑ "Masanori Sekiya". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ↑ "Jean-Pierre Wimille". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ↑ "Lora Corum". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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