The following is an overview of the events of 1963 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
17 February 3 Hours of Daytona [1]
24 February 5th Daytona 500 [2]
5 May 47th Targa Florio [3]
26 May 21st Monaco Grand Prix [4]
30 May 47th Indianapolis 500 [5]
10–14 June 45th Isle of Man TT [6]
15–16 June 31st 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
6 October 4th Armstrong 500 [8]
17 November 10th Macau Grand Prix [9]

Births

Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
16 March Jesús Puras Spanish Rally driver 2001 Tour de Corse winner. [10]
16 July Armin Schwarz German Rally driver 1991 Rally Catalunya winner. [11]
29 December Andrea Aghini Italian Rally driver 1992 Rallye Sanremo winner. [12]

Deaths

Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
7 February Peter Mitchell-Thomson 49 British Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1949). [13]
29 November Lee Wallard 53 American Racing driver Winner of the Indianapolis 500 (1951) [14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Daytona 3 Hours 1963 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "1963 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "47^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "1963 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "1963 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "TT 1963". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Le Mans Register - 1963". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "1963 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  9. ↑ "1963 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Jesús Puras". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Andrea Aghini". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "Andrea Aghini". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  13. ↑ "Peter Selsdon". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "Lee Wallard". espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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