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The following is an overview of the events of 1966 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 |
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5–6 February[N 1] | 5th 24 Hours of Daytona | [1] |
27 February | 8th Daytona 500 | [2] |
8 May | 50th Targa Florio | [3] |
22 May | 24th Monaco Grand Prix | [4] |
30 May | 50th Indianapolis 500 | [5] |
18–19 June | 34th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [6] |
23–24 July | 18th 24 Hours of Spa | [7] |
28 August-2 September | 48th Isle of Man TT | [8] |
2 October | 7th Gallaher 500 | [9] |
20 November | 13th Macau Grand Prix | [10] |
Births
Date | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
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31 | January | JJ Lehto | Finnish | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1995, 2005). | [11] |
21 | March | Kenny Bräck | Swedish | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (1999). | [12] |
8 | April | Mark Blundell | British | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1992). | [13] |
Harri Rovanperä | Finnish | Rally driver | 2001 Swedish Rally winner. | [14] | ||
27 | Marco Werner | German | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2005-2007). | [15] | |
14 | July | Ralf Waldmann | German | Motorcycle rider | Winner of the 20 Grand Prix motorcycle racing events (125cc and 250cc). | [16] |
10 | August | Éric Hélary | French | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1993). | [17] |
2 | September | Olivier Panis | French | Racing driver | 1996 Monaco Grand Prix winner | [18] |
24 | Christophe Bouchut | French | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1993). | [19] | |
20 | December | Matt Neal | British | Racing driver | BTCC Champion (2005-2006, 2011) | [20] |
Deaths
Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
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30 | June | Giuseppe Farina | 59 | Italian | Racing driver | The first Formula One World Drivers' Champion. | [21] |
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ The first 24 Hour-distance race.
References
- ↑ "Daytona 24 Hours 1966 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "1966 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "50^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "1966 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ↑ "1966 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ↑ "Le Mans Register - 1966". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "Spa 24 Hours 1966 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "TT 1966". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ↑ "1966 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ↑ "1966 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ↑ "JJ Lehto". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ↑ "Kenny Bräck". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ↑ "Mark Blundell". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ↑ "Harri Rovanperä". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ↑ "Marco Werner". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ↑ "Ralf Waldmann". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ↑ "Éric Hélary". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ↑ "Olivier Panis". ESPN. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ↑ "Christophe Bouchut". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ↑ "Matt Neal". Inside BTCC. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ↑ "Nino Farina". ESPN. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
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