Year |
Month |
Day |
1879 | 01 | 12 | Ray Harroun born. |
1881 | 08 | 24 | Vincenzo Lancia born. |
1881 | 09 | 15 | Ettore Bugatti born. |
1884 | 04 | 23 | Bob Burman born. |
1888 | 02 | 11 | Fred Offenhauser born. |
1892 | 11 | 15 | Tazio Nuvolari born. |
1892 | 11 | 16 | Tazio Nuvolari born. |
1893 | 06 | 16 | The Ford Motor Company was established |
1894 | 07 | 22 | The first Motor racing event involving more than one car took place in France |
1894 | 11 | 01 | The American Motor League was formed |
1898 | 02 | 18 | Enzo Ferrari born. |
1898 | 06 | 09 | Luigi Fagioli born. |
1898 | 08 | 18 | Clernente Biondetti born. |
1898 | 09 | 08 | Tony Vandervell born. |
1898 | 11 | 01 | Arthur Legat born. |
1898 | 12 | 18 | The first ever land speed record of 34.24 mph was achieved by Count Chasseloup-Loubat |
1899 | 06 | 23 | Armedee Gordini born. |
1899 | 08 | 03 | Louis Chiron born. |
1900 | 03 | 29 | Bill Aston born. |
1900 | 12 | 27 | Hans Stuck born. |
1901 | 01 | 30 | Rudolf Caracciola born. |
1901 | 04 | 01 | Bill Whitehouse born. |
1901 | 02 | 17 | Mercedes made their motor racing debut at Pau in France |
1902 | 10 | 31 | Wilbur Shaw born. |
1903 | 06 | 09 | Felice Bonetto born. |
1903 | 05 | 26 | Marcel Renault died during the Paris-Madrid race |
1905 | 11 | 05 | Louis Rosier born. |
1905 | 12 | 22 | Pierre Levegh born. |
1905 | 09 | 14 | The first Tourist Trophy (TT) was held on the Isle Of Man in England |
1906 | 05 | 26 | Mauri Rose born. |
1906 | 08 | 31 | Raymond Sommer born. |
1906 | 10 | 12 | Piero Taruffi born. |
1906 | 10 | 30 | Giuseppe Farina born. |
1906 | 11 | 17 | Soichiro Honda born. |
1906 | 06 | 26 | The first Motor Racing event held at Le Mans was won by Ferencz Szizs driving a Renault |
1907 | 12 | 18 | Bill Holland born. |
1908 | 11 | 15 | Carlo Abarth born. |
1909 | 04 | 06 | Herman Lang born. |
1909 | 05 | 16 | Luigi Villoresi born. |
1909 | 09 | 19 | Ferdinand Porsche born. |
1909 | 10 | 14 | Bernd Rosemeyer born. |
1909 | 11 | 11 | Piero Scotti born. |
1909 | 02 | 09 | The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation was formed |
1909 | 06 | 05 | First ever race at the Indianapolis motor speedway was held. It was a balloon race. |
1909 | 08 | 19 | The Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened |
1910 | 08 | 10 | Guy Mairesse born. |
1910 | 09 | 16 | Karl Kling born. |
1910 | 10 | 08 | Spider Webb born. |
1911 | 03 | 28 | Consalvo Sanesi born. |
1911 | 06 | 24 | Juan Manuel Fangio born. |
1911 | 07 | 02 | Reg Parnell born. |
1911 | 01 | 21 | The start of the first Monte Carlo Rally took place |
1911 | 05 | 01 | The gates opened for practice for the first Indy 500 |
1911 | 05 | 30 | The first Indianapolis 500 took place (Won by Ray Haroun) |
1912 | 03 | 22 | Leslie Johnson born. |
1912 | 10 | 07 | Peter Walker born. |
1912 | 11 | 01 | David Bruce-Brown died in a practice crash at Milwaukee in the USA |
1913 | 03 | 12 | Duke Nalon born. |
1913 | 03 | 15 | Jack Fairman born. |
1913 | 03 | 21 | George Abecassis born. |
1913 | 04 | 10 | Duke Dinsmore born. |
1913 | 08 | 17 | Oscar Galvez born. |
1913 | 10 | 27 | Luigi Piotti born. |
1913 | 12 | 15 | Walt Ader born. |
1914 | 01 | 19 | Bob Gerard born. |
1914 | 03 | 14 | Lee Petty born. |
1914 | 04 | 10 | Paul Russo born. |
1914 | 07 | 03 | Carl Scarborough born. |
1914 | 07 | 15 | B Bira born. |
1914 | 09 | 16 | Josef Peters born. |
1914 | 11 | 12 | Peter Whitehead born. |
1914 | 08 | 11 | The first speed trials were held on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah , USA |
1915 | 03 | 24 | Eugene Martin born. |
1915 | 10 | 26 | Joe Fry born. |
1915 | 11 | 29 | Helmut Niedermayr born. |
1916 | 03 | 21 | Ken Wharton born. |
1916 | 04 | 28 | Ferrucio Lamborghini born. |
1916 | 08 | 11 | Johnny Claes born. |
1916 | 09 | 12 | Tony Bettenhausen born. |
1916 | 09 | 15 | Toni Branca born. |
1916 | 11 | 12 | Paul Emery born. |
1916 | 04 | 08 | Bob Burman and his riding mechanic died in a crash after their rear wheel collapsed during the Corona road race |
1916 | 08 | 08 | The first Pikes Peak Hill Climb event was held |
1916 | 11 | 18 | Lewis Jackson died in a crash during the American Grand Prize race. He was the first American to die in an International GP |
1917 | 01 | 26 | Edgar Barth born. |
1917 | 04 | 25 | Jean Lucas born. |
1917 | 10 | 30 | Maurice Trintigant born. |
1918 | 01 | 24 | Art Cross born. |
1918 | 07 | 13 | Alberto Ascari born. |
1918 | 09 | 14 | Georges Berger born. |
1918 | 10 | 16 | Tony Rolt born. |
1918 | 11 | 01 | Ken Miles born. |
1918 | 12 | 13 | Bill Vukovich born. |
1919 | 01 | 15 | Bill Stroppe born. |
1919 | 03 | 04 | Buck Baker born. |
1919 | 11 | 04 | Eric Thompson born. |
1919 | 01 | 18 | Bentley Motors was established in London , England |
1919 | 02 | 12 | Ralph DePalma set a new world land speed record of 149.875 mph driving a Packard |
1920 | 01 | 05 | Andre Simon born. |
1920 | 02 | 03 | Tony Gaze born. |
1920 | 02 | 16 | Tony Crook born. |
1920 | 04 | 30 | Duncan Hamilton born. |
1920 | 07 | 18 | Eric Brandon born. |
1920 | 09 | 21 | Ken McAlpine born. |
1920 | 11 | 25 | Gaston Chevrolet died after crashing during a National Championship race at Beverly Hills, California, USA |
1921 | 01 | 10 | Roger Ward born. |
1921 | 02 | 16 | Jean Behra born. |
1921 | 03 | 06 | Piero Carini born. |
1921 | 03 | 23 | Donald Campbell born. |
1921 | 04 | 09 | Jean Marie Balestre born. |
1921 | 05 | 20 | Aldo Gordini born. |
1921 | 05 | 22 | Marshall Teague born. |
1921 | 06 | 29 | Harry Schell born. |
1921 | 09 | 20 | Horace Gould born. |
1921 | 10 | 02 | Giorgio Scarlatti born. |
1921 | 10 | 15 | Al Pease born. |
1921 | 11 | 05 | Kurt Adolff born. |
1921 | 12 | 21 | Gunther Becham born. |
1922 | 05 | 08 | Tom Wheatcroft born. |
1922 | 05 | 12 | Roy Salvadori born. |
1922 | 10 | 05 | Froilan Gonzalez born. |
1922 | 09 | 03 | First race to be held at Monza , Italy |
1922 | 09 | 17 | Roscoe Sarles died in crash during a championship race at Kansas City, Missouri. |
1922 | 05 | 08 | Tom Wheatcroft born. |
1923 | 01 | 11 | Carroll Shelby born. |
1923 | 03 | 18 | Andy Granatelli born. |
1923 | 03 | 24 | Brian Naylor born. |
1923 | 06 | 16 | Ron Flockhart born. |
1923 | 07 | 17 | John Cooper born. |
1923 | 10 | 10 | Murray Walker born. |
1923 | 11 | 29 | Chuck Daigh born. |
1923 | 12 | 12 | Ken Kavanagh born. |
1923 | 12 | 19 | Onofre Marimon born. |
1923 | 05 | 26 | The first Le Man 24hr race was held in France |
1923 | 09 | 04 | Howdy Wilcox died in a crash at Altoona , Pennsylvania , USA |
1923 | 10 | 28 | The first permanent race track in Spain opened at Sitges |
1924 | 01 | 12 | Olivier Gendebien born. |
1924 | 03 | 05 | Ken Tyrrell born. |
1924 | 05 | 03 | Ken Tyrrell born. |
1924 | 07 | 28 | Luigi Musso born. |
1924 | 08 | 28 | Jimmy Daywalt born. |
1924 | 10 | 24 | George Amick born. |
1924 | 12 | 07 | John Love born. |
1924 | 12 | 29 | Carlo Chitti born. |
1924 | 09 | 15 | Jimmy Murphy died in a dirt track race in Syracuse, USA |
1925 | 01 | 13 | Ron Tauranac born. |
1925 | 01 | 26 | Paul Newman born. |
1925 | 03 | 25 | Don Freeland born. |
1925 | 08 | 08 | Len Sutton born. |
1925 | 08 | 26 | Bobby Ball born. |
1925 | 11 | 19 | Eddie Russo born. |
1925 | 05 | 31 | A fire at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway burnt the original 'Pagoda' timing and scoring tower to the ground |
1925 | 07 | 26 | Antonio Ascari died after crashing during the French Grand Prix at Montlhery |
1925 | 09 | 27 | Construction of the Nurburgring in Germany commenced |
1926 | 01 | 06 | Dick Rathman born. |
1926 | 01 | 06 | Pat Flaherty born. |
1926 | 04 | 02 | Jack Brabham born. |
1926 | 04 | 11 | Pete Lovely born. |
1926 | 08 | 08 | Piero Drago born. |
1927 | 01 | 28 | Jimmy Byran born. |
1927 | 03 | 11 | Dempsey Wilson born. |
1927 | 03 | 15 | Al Herman born. |
1927 | 04 | 20 | Phil Hill born. |
1927 | 05 | 28 | Eddie Sachs born. |
1927 | 06 | 07 | Charles De Tornaco born. |
1927 | 10 | 04 | Roberto Bussinello born. |
1927 | 12 | 14 | Hershel McGriff born. |
1927 | 12 | 15 | Bill Mackey born. |
1927 | 02 | 04 | Malcolm Campbell set a new Land Speed Record of 174.833 mph |
1927 | 03 | 26 | The first Mille Miglia road race began in Brescia , Italy |
1927 | 08 | 15 | Eddie Rickenbacker purchased the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a rumored $700,000 from Carl Fisher and Jim Allison |
1928 | 01 | 01 | Hap Sharp born. |
1928 | 01 | 12 | Lloyd Ruby born. |
1928 | 02 | 23 | Hans Hermann born. |
1928 | 05 | 04 | Wolfgang von Trips born. |
1928 | 05 | 18 | Jo Schlesser born. |
1928 | 05 | 19 | Colin Chapman born. |
1928 | 07 | 05 | Elmer George born. |
1928 | 07 | 16 | Jim Rathmann born. |
1928 | 07 | 26 | Don Beauman born. |
1928 | 09 | 06 | Syd Watkins born. |
1928 | 09 | 22 | Eric Broadley born. |
1928 | 10 | 01 | Willy Mairesse born. |
1928 | 10 | 04 | Bob Scott born. |
1928 | 10 | 11 | Alfonso De Portago born. |
1928 | 03 | 12 | The British Racing Drivers club was formed |
1928 | 03 | 13 | Tazio Nuvolari won the Grand Prix of Tripoli in a Bugatti, This was his first International Motorsport victory |
1928 | 03 | 26 | What would become known as the first Australian Grand Prix was run at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria , Australia |
1928 | 04 | 25 | Frank Lockhart died after crashing during a land speed record attempt at Daytona Beach , Florida , USA |
1929 | 02 | 15 | Graham Hill born. |
1929 | 03 | 28 | Paul England born. |
1929 | 04 | 10 | Mike Hawthorn born. |
1929 | 09 | 17 | Stirling Moss born. |
1929 | 04 | 14 | The first Monaco Grand Prix was held |
1929 | 12 | 18 | Bob Jane born. |
1929 | 12 | 01 | Scuderia Ferrari was formed |
1930 | 01 | 31 | Jo Bonnier born. |
1930 | 03 | 11 | Troy Ruttman born. |
1930 | 06 | 12 | Innes Ireland born. |
1930 | 07 | 06 | Ian Burgess born. |
1930 | 07 | 12 | Guy Ligier born. |
1930 | 08 | 05 | Richie Ginther born. |
1930 | 09 | 23 | Don Edmunds born. |
1930 | 10 | 01 | Frank Gardner born. |
1930 | 10 | 10 | Eugenio Castellotti born. |
1930 | 10 | 28 | Bernie Ecclestone born. |
1931 | 01 | 30 | Murray Carter born. |
1931 | 03 | 06 | Jimmy Stewart born. |
1931 | 04 | 13 | Dan Gurney born. |
1931 | 04 | 14 | Vic Wilson born. |
1931 | 07 | 20 | Tony Marsh born. |
1931 | 09 | 24 | Mike Parkes born. |
1931 | 11 | 06 | Peter Collins born. |
1931 | 09 | 06 | Philippe Etancelin and two spectators died when his Alfa Romeo crashed during a race at Monza, Italy. |
1932 | 02 | 01 | Xavier Perrot born. |
1932 | 01 | 19 | Alfredo “Dino” Ferrari born. |
1932 | 02 | 25 | Tony Brooks born. |
1932 | 02 | 29 | Masten Gregory born. |
1932 | 03 | 17 | Fred Gamble born. |
1932 | 10 | 21 | Cesare Perdisa born. |
1932 | 11 | 15 | Jerry Unser born. |
1932 | 12 | 10 | Ned Jarrett born. |
1932 | 12 | 16 | Henry Taylor born. |
1932 | 05 | 29 | The first ever race (a Motorcycle race) was held at the Hockenheimring in Germany |
1933 | 03 | 02 | Nino Vacarella born. |
1933 | 03 | 23 | John Taylor born. |
1933 | 04 | 15 | Mel Kenyon born. |
1933 | 04 | 27 | Bob Bondurant born. |
1933 | 07 | 29 | Colin Davis born. |
1933 | 08 | 12 | Parnelli Jones born. |
1933 | 08 | 29 | Alan Stacey born. |
1933 | 10 | 18 | Ludivico Scarfiotti born. |
1933 | 11 | 08 | Peter Arundell born. |
1933 | 03 | 07 | Domingo Bucci died 2 days after crashing during the Arrecifes road race in Argentina |
1933 | 03 | 25 | Fred Craner arranges the first ever motor race at Donington Park , England |
1933 | 05 | 28 | Bill Denver died in a crash during qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 |
1933 | 09 | 10 | Count Stanislav Czaykowski died in a crash during the Italian Grand Prix at Monza |
1934 | 01 | 20 | Giorgio Bassi born. |
1934 | 01 | 27 | George Follmer born. |
1934 | 01 | 31 | Tino Brambilla born. |
1934 | 02 | 11 | John Surtees born. |
1934 | 02 | 20 | Bobby Unser born. |
1934 | 03 | 27 | Giampaolo Pavanello born. |
1934 | 04 | 24 | Mike Taylor born. |
1934 | 05 | 13 | Paddy Driver born. |
1934 | 10 | 16 | Peter Ashdown born. |
1934 | 11 | 10 | Lucien Bianchi born. |
1934 | 11 | 27 | George Follmer born. |
1934 | 12 | 09 | Wayne Weiler born. |
1934 | 12 | 22 | David Pearson born. |
1934 | 12 | 25 | Giancarlo Baghetti born. |
1934 | 05 | 06 | 4WD was used in a Grand Prix car for the first time by Peter DePaolo in the Tripoli Grand Prix |
1934 | 08 | 15 | Guy Moll died after crashing during the Coppa Acerbo road race |
1935 | 01 | 13 | Mauro Forghieri born. |
1935 | 01 | 16 | AJ Foyt born. |
1935 | 03 | 28 | Hubert Hahne born. |
1935 | 06 | 10 | Vic Elford born. |
1935 | 06 | 26 | Carlo Facetti born. |
1935 | 07 | 23 | Jim Hall born. |
1935 | 08 | 30 | Gerhard Mitter born. |
1935 | 11 | 05 | Howard Strawford born. |
1935 | 12 | 11 | Ferdinand Alexander Porsche born. |
1935 | 12 | 21 | Lorenzo Bandini born. |
1936 | 03 | 04 | Jim Clark born. |
1936 | 04 | 05 | Ronnie Bucknum born. |
1936 | 04 | 07 | Leo Mehl born. |
1936 | 06 | 18 | Denny Hulme born. |
1936 | 07 | 07 | Jo Siffert born. |
1936 | 07 | 25 | Gerry Ashmore born. |
1936 | 08 | 05 | Gordon Johncock born. |
1936 | 08 | 25 | Gordon Johncock born. |
1936 | 09 | 07 | Brian Hart born. |
1936 | 10 | 27 | Dave Charlton born. |
1936 | 11 | 01 | Jackie Lewis born. |
1936 | 11 | 16 | Skip Barber born. |
1936 | 11 | 16 | Gianpaolo Dallara born. |
1936 | 11 | 22 | Jake Elder born. |
1936 | 12 | 07 | Bob Tullius born. |
1936 | 12 | 12 | Wally Dallenbach Snr born. |
1936 | 12 | 26 | Trevor Taylor born. |
1936 | 12 | 30 | Mike Spence born. |
1937 | 02 | 09 | Tony Maggs born. |
1937 | 02 | 20 | Roger Penske born. |
1937 | 03 | 09 | Brian Redman born. |
1937 | 03 | 18 | Mark Donohue born. |
1937 | 03 | 19 | Mike Pilbeam born. |
1937 | 03 | 23 | Craig Breedlove born. |
1937 | 04 | 24 | Reinhold Joest born. |
1937 | 04 | 26 | Jean Pierre Beltoise born. |
1937 | 04 | 26 | Gus Hutchison born. |
1937 | 07 | 02 | Richard Petty born. |
1937 | 08 | 30 | Bruce McLaren born. |
1937 | 10 | 12 | Paul Hawkins born. |
1937 | 10 | 23 | Geki born. |
1937 | 11 | 11 | Vittorio Brambilla born. |
1937 | 12 | 02 | Chris Bristow born. |
1937 | 12 | 03 | Bobby Allison born. |
1937 | 02 | 15 | Vincenzo Lancia died of a heart attack |
1938 | 01 | 03 | Ove Andersson born. |
1938 | 01 | 07 | Rauno Aaltonen born. |
1938 | 01 | 12 | Alan Rees born. |
1938 | 02 | 04 | Ralph Bellamy born. |
1938 | 02 | 22 | Timmy Mayer born. |
1938 | 03 | 07 | Janet Guthrie born. |
1938 | 03 | 12 | Johnny Rutherford born. |
1938 | 05 | 28 | Eppie Wietzes born. |
1938 | 07 | 03 | Michael Kranefuss born. |
1938 | 09 | 27 | Morris 'Mo' Nunn born. |
1938 | 11 | 14 | Barrie Williams born. |
1938 | 12 | 22 | Bob Lazier born. |
1938 | 01 | 28 | Bernd Rosemeyer died during the Frankfurt speedweek |
1938 | 04 | 18 | Mt Panorama , Bathurst held it's first ever motor race , The 1938 Australian Grand Prix |
1938 | 09 | 27 | The Mercedes and Auto Union teams flee the Donington Grand Prix fearing an imminent outbreak of war |
1938 | 09 | 28 | Mercedes and Auto Union teams ordered to go back to Donington by the Nazi's |
1938 | 09 | 29 | The Donington Grand Prix is cancelled after the German teams flee for the second time |
1939 | 01 | 30 | Bernard Dudot born. |
1939 | 02 | 27 | Peter Revson born. |
1939 | 03 | 23 | Robin Herd born. |
1939 | 03 | 27 | Cale Yarborough born. |
1939 | 05 | 25 | Mike Harris born. |
1939 | 05 | 26 | Cesare Fiorio born. |
1939 | 05 | 29 | Al Unser Snr born. |
1939 | 05 | 30 | Dieter Quester born. |
1939 | 06 | 09 | David Hobbs born. |
1939 | 06 | 11 | Jackie Stewart born. |
1939 | 09 | 05 | Clay Regazzoni born. |
1939 | 09 | 07 | Donnie Allison born. |
1939 | 11 | 09 | Jim Porter born. |
1939 | 11 | 10 | Allan Moffat born. |
1939 | 11 | 16 | Norbert Singer born. |
1939 | 11 | 17 | Chris Craft born. |
1939 | 11 | 21 | John Davenport born. |
1939 | 12 | 03 | Tom Bagley born. |
1939 | 12 | 16 | Manfred Kremer born. |
1939 | 12 | 28 | Conny Andersson born. |
1939 | 06 | 26 | Dick Seaman died in a crash at Spa Francorchamps in Belguim |
1939 | 06 | 29 | Jimmy Snyder died in an accident during a Midget race at Cahokia, Illinois. |
1939 | 08 | 07 | Brooklands circuit in England held it's last racing event |
1940 | 01 | 10 | Harry Gant born. |
1940 | 01 | 18 | Pedro Rodriguez born. |
1940 | 02 | 21 | Peter Gethin born. |
1940 | 02 | 28 | Mario Andretti born. |
1940 | 03 | 05 | Graham McRae born. |
1940 | 03 | 06 | Willie Furguson born. |
1940 | 03 | 20 | Gianpiero Moretti born. |
1940 | 04 | 02 | Mike Hailwood born. |
1940 | 04 | 13 | Max Mosley born. |
1940 | 04 | 18 | Gordon Spice born. |
1940 | 04 | 19 | Kurt Ahrens born. |
1940 | 05 | 23 | Gerard Larrouse born. |
1940 | 05 | 25 | Tony Southgate born. |
1940 | 07 | 10 | Guido Forti born. |
1940 | 07 | 15 | Chris Cord born. |
1940 | 07 | 30 | Giacomo Caliri born. |
1940 | 10 | 02 | Nanni Galli born. |
1940 | 12 | 08 | George Snider born. |
1940 | 12 | 09 | The Automobile Racing club of America suspended its activities due to World War 2 |
1941 | 03 | 01 | Dave Marcis born. |
1941 | 03 | 26 | Lella Lombardi born. |
1941 | 06 | 10 | Dave Walker born. |
1941 | 06 | 30 | Walter Brun born. |
1941 | 08 | 06 | Michel Tetu born. |
1941 | 08 | 20 | Jo Ramirez born. |
1941 | 08 | 30 | Ignazio Giunti born. |
1941 | 09 | 30 | Reine Wisell born. |
1941 | 10 | 03 | Andrea De Adamich born. |
1941 | 10 | 23 | Gerard Ducarouge born. |
1941 | 10 | 31 | Derek Bell born. |
1941 | 11 | 16 | Gerry Marshall born. |
1941 | 11 | 18 | Gary Bettenhausen born. |
1941 | 12 | 24 | Howden Ganley born. |
1941 | 06 | 06 | Louis Chevrolet died of natural causes |
1942 | 01 | 08 | Dick LaHaie born. |
1942 | 01 | 18 | Johnny Servoz-Gavin born. |
1942 | 02 | 14 | Ricardo Rodriguez born. |
1942 | 02 | 24 | Colin Bond born. |
1942 | 04 | 09 | John Judd born. |
1942 | 04 | 12 | Carlos Reutemann born. |
1942 | 04 | 16 | Frank Williams born. |
1942 | 04 | 18 | Jochen Rindt born. |
1942 | 05 | 12 | Claudio Lombardi born. |
1942 | 05 | 21 | Danny Ongais born. |
1942 | 05 | 24 | Hannu Mikkola born. |
1942 | 05 | 27 | Piers Courage born. |
1942 | 06 | 27 | Chris Irwin born. |
1942 | 07 | 26 | Teddy Pilette born. |
1942 | 08 | 14 | Jackie Oliver born. |
1942 | 09 | 09 | Felix Sebates born. |
1942 | 09 | 10 | Guido Dacco born. |
1942 | 09 | 25 | Henri Pescarolo born. |
1942 | 10 | 01 | Jean Pierre Jabouille born. |
1942 | 10 | 20 | Walter Brun born. |
1942 | 10 | 21 | Allan Grice born. |
1942 | 12 | 30 | Guy Edwards born. |
1942 | 12 | 14 | NASCAR founded by Bill France Snr |
1943 | 01 | 24 | Tony Trimmer born. |
1943 | 02 | 04 | Charles Morgan born. |
1943 | 02 | 26 | Francois Mazet born. |
1943 | 03 | 11 | Arturo Mezario born. |
1943 | 03 | 13 | Mike Fisher born. |
1943 | 03 | 16 | Hans Heyer born. |
1943 | 03 | 19 | Vern Schuppan born. |
1943 | 04 | 06 | Denis Leech born. |
1943 | 04 | 19 | Robert Yates born. |
1943 | 04 | 27 | Helmut Marko born. |
1943 | 06 | 14 | John Miles born. |
1943 | 07 | 11 | Rolf Stommelen born. |
1943 | 07 | 20 | Chris Amon born. |
1943 | 08 | 05 | Leo Kinnunen born. |
1943 | 09 | 26 | Tim Schenken born. |
1943 | 09 | 28 | Win Percy born. |
1943 | 10 | 13 | Peter Sauber born. |
1943 | 11 | 04 | Bob Wollek born. |
1943 | 11 | 21 | Jacques Laffite born. |
1943 | 12 | 25 | Wilson Fittipaldi born. |
1944 | 01 | 10 | Rory Byrne born. |
1944 | 01 | 21 | Nick Mason born. |
1944 | 02 | 14 | Ronnie Peterson born. |
1944 | 02 | 25 | Francois Cevert born. |
1944 | 03 | 03 | Pat Halsmer born. |
1944 | 03 | 04 | Harvey Postlewaite born. |
1944 | 03 | 12 | Ralph Firman Snr born. |
1944 | 05 | 26 | Sam Posey born. |
1944 | 06 | 13 | Joe Amato born. |
1944 | 08 | 09 | Patrick Depailler born. |
1944 | 08 | 18 | Bob Glidden born. |
1944 | 09 | 06 | Kenny Bernstein born. |
1944 | 10 | 06 | Carlos Pace born. |
1944 | 12 | 04 | Francois Migualt born. |
1944 | 12 | 13 | Mike Mosley born. |
1944 | 12 | 17 | Denis Welch born. |
1944 | 01 | 08 | William K Vanderbilt died at the age of 65 |
1944 | 09 | 08 | Les Graham, who would later win the first post-WWII 500cc motorcycle Grand Prix World Championship, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by the Royal Air Force. |
1944 | 09 | 14 | 1927 World Champion Robert Benoist was executed by the Nazi's at Buchenwald concentration camp |
1945 | 01 | 01 | Jacky Ickx born. |
1945 | 01 | 26 | David Purley born. |
1945 | 01 | 31 | George Fury born. |
1945 | 02 | 26 | Peter Brock born. |
1945 | 04 | 08 | Derrick Walker born. |
1945 | 04 | 26 | Dick Johnson born. |
1945 | 05 | 22 | Piero Lardi Ferrari born. |
1945 | 07 | 16 | Ross Dunkerton born. |
1945 | 07 | 29 | Garry Rogers born. |
1945 | 09 | 07 | Pentti Airikkala born. |
1945 | 09 | 21 | Richard Childress born. |
1945 | 11 | 12 | George Eaton born. |
1945 | 11 | 13 | Masahiro Hasemi born. |
1945 | 11 | 14 | Brett Lunger born. |
1945 | 11 | 23 | Tony Pond born. |
1945 | 11 | 27 | Alain de Cadenet born. |
1945 | 12 | 13 | Brian McGuire born. |
1945 | 11 | 14 | Tony Hulman purchased the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a rumored $700,000 |
1946 | 01 | 07 | Mike Wilds born. |
1946 | 01 | 23 | Don Whittington born. |
1946 | 02 | 25 | Jean Todt born. |
1946 | 03 | 10 | Hiroshi Fushida born. |
1946 | 05 | 04 | John Watson born. |
1946 | 05 | 04 | John Barnard born. |
1946 | 05 | 27 | Peter Wright born. |
1946 | 06 | 05 | Patrick Head born. |
1946 | 06 | 21 | Rob Dyson born. |
1946 | 06 | 26 | Per Eklund born. |
1946 | 07 | 10 | Jean Pierre Jarier born. |
1946 | 07 | 16 | Lealand McSpadden born. |
1946 | 07 | 26 | Emilio De Villota born. |
1946 | 07 | 29 | Stig Blomqvist born. |
1946 | 08 | 13 | Davina Galica born. |
1946 | 08 | 19 | Tom Walkinshaw born. |
1946 | 09 | 11 | Bruce McCall born. |
1946 | 09 | 11 | Martin Ogilvie born. |
1946 | 09 | 13 | Bob Pearson born. |
1946 | 09 | 14 | John Trimbole born. |
1946 | 09 | 19 | Brian Henton born. |
1946 | 09 | 30 | Jochen Mass born. |
1946 | 10 | 17 | Enzo Coloni born. |
1946 | 11 | 02 | Alan Jones born. |
1946 | 11 | 11 | Al Holbert born. |
1946 | 11 | 15 | Alan Docking born. |
1946 | 11 | 25 | Slim Borgudd born. |
1946 | 12 | 05 | Sarel van der Merwe born. |
1946 | 12 | 12 | Renzo Zorzi born. |
1946 | 12 | 12 | Emerson Fittipaldi born. |
1946 | 12 | 19 | Sam Conway born. |
1946 | 12 | 26 | Jerry Haas born. |
1946 | 02 | 23 | The FIA was created in Paris , France |
1947 | 01 | 08 | Greg Pickett born. |
1947 | 02 | 05 | Darrell Waltrip born. |
1947 | 02 | 20 | Steve Nichols born. |
1947 | 03 | 07 | Walter Rohrl born. |
1947 | 03 | 13 | Lyn St James born. |
1947 | 03 | 24 | Roger Mears born. |
1947 | 04 | 15 | Dave Wass born. |
1947 | 04 | 24 | Alan Jenkins born. |
1947 | 06 | 01 | Ron Dennis born. |
1947 | 06 | 11 | Tom Gloy born. |
1947 | 07 | 01 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino born. |
1947 | 07 | 07 | Richard Mork born. |
1947 | 07 | 24 | Alan Jenkins born. |
1947 | 08 | 20 | Terry Finnigan born. |
1947 | 08 | 24 | Kevin Waldock born. |
1947 | 08 | 29 | James Hunt born. |
1947 | 08 | 31 | Luca Di Montezemolo born. |
1947 | 09 | 02 | Jim Richards born. |
1947 | 09 | 18 | Giancarlo Minardi born. |
1947 | 10 | 26 | Ian Ashley born. |
1947 | 11 | 08 | Giorgio Francia born. |
1947 | 12 | 02 | Andy Rouse born. |
1947 | 12 | 15 | Ian Briggs born. |
1947 | 04 | 07 | Henry Ford died |
1947 | 05 | 11 | The first Ferrari (the 125s) ran for the first time on the Piacenza circuit in Italy |
1947 | 08 | 21 | Ettore Bugatti died |
1948 | 02 | 13 | Jim Crawford born. |
1948 | 03 | 30 | Eddie Jordan born. |
1948 | 04 | 22 | Martin Hines born. |
1948 | 05 | 04 | Hurley Haywood born. |
1948 | 05 | 31 | Jack Baldwin born. |
1948 | 06 | 01 | Tom Sneva born. |
1948 | 07 | 04 | Rene Arnoux born. |
1948 | 08 | 15 | George Ryton born. |
1948 | 08 | 31 | Harald Ertl born. |
1948 | 09 | 12 | Jean Louis Schlesser born. |
1948 | 11 | 03 | Helmut Koinigg born. |
1948 | 11 | 07 | Alex Ribeiro born. |
1948 | 11 | 20 | Gunnar Nilsson born. |
1948 | 11 | 23 | Malcolm Rea born. |
1948 | 12 | 01 | Guy Tunmer born. |
1948 | 12 | 06 | Keke Rosberg born. |
1948 | 02 | 15 | First NASCAR race held at Daytona beach , Florida , USA |
1948 | 05 | 16 | Ralph Hepburn died after crashing during practice for the Indianapolis 500 |
1948 | 06 | 30 | Achille Varzi died after crashing in practise for the Swiss Grand Prix |
1948 | 09 | 24 | The Honda Motor Company was founded |
1948 | 12 | 31 | Malcolm Campbell died of natural causes |
1949 | 02 | 04 | Roger Williamson born. |
1949 | 02 | 22 | Niki Lauda born. |
1949 | 02 | 23 | Bruno Saby born. |
1949 | 03 | 22 | Andrew Craig born. |
1949 | 04 | 04 | John Force born. |
1949 | 04 | 13 | Ricardo Zunino born. |
1949 | 04 | 18 | Geoff Bodine born. |
1949 | 05 | 29 | Bob Tyrrell born. |
1949 | 06 | 11 | Tom Pryce born. |
1949 | 06 | 25 | Patrick Tambay born. |
1949 | 07 | 12 | Rick Hendrick born. |
1949 | 09 | 11 | Bill Whittington born. |
1949 | 10 | 05 | Klaus Ludwig born. |
1949 | 11 | 24 | John Wickham born. |
1949 | 12 | 24 | Warwick Brown born. |
1949 | 07 | 24 | Phil Hill won his first ever car race at Carrell speedway in California, USA, driving a supercharged MG |
1949 | 05 | 04 | John Force born. |
1950 | 01 | 18 | Gianfranco Brancatelli born. |
1950 | 01 | 18 | Gilles Villeneuve born. |
1950 | 01 | 29 | Jody Scheckter born. |
1950 | 02 | 06 | Paul Gentilozzi born. |
1950 | 02 | 19 | Peter Fitzgerald born. |
1950 | 03 | 09 | Danny Sullivan born. |
1950 | 03 | 15 | John Cotter born. |
1950 | 03 | 18 | Larry Perkins born. |
1950 | 03 | 21 | Bertie Fisher born. |
1950 | 04 | 03 | Frank Dernie born. |
1950 | 04 | 06 | Alan Mertens born. |
1950 | 04 | 12 | Flavio Briatore born. |
1950 | 04 | 14 | Phil Ward born. |
1950 | 06 | 11 | Pancho Carter born. |
1950 | 08 | 22 | Peter Collins born. |
1950 | 09 | 12 | Gustav Brunner born. |
1950 | 09 | 14 | Masami Kuwashima born. |
1950 | 10 | 06 | Steve Reed born. |
1950 | 10 | 28 | Lord A Hesketh born. |
1950 | 11 | 06 | Pancho Carter born. |
1950 | 11 | 07 | Mark Hales born. |
1950 | 11 | 10 | Trevor Ashby born. |
1950 | 12 | 17 | Jim Derhaag born. |
1950 | 04 | 16 | Brands Hatch in England held it's first motorsport event |
1950 | 05 | 13 | The first Official World Championship Formula One Grand Prix was held at Silverstone in England |
1950 | 05 | 21 | Cooper teams first Formula One start |
1950 | 05 | 21 | Ferrari teams first (world championship) Formula One start |
1950 | 08 | 25 | Autosport magazine hit the news stands in England for the first time |
1950 | 09 | 10 | Raymond Sommer died in a Formula Three crash during a race in France |
1950 | 12 | 31 | Sebring held their first ever racing event, It was also the first sportscar endurance race held in the USA |
1951 | 01 | 01 | Hans Joachim Stuck born. |
1951 | 01 | 07 | Massimo Sigala born. |
1951 | 02 | 09 | Ian Phillips born. |
1951 | 02 | 15 | Markku Alen born. |
1951 | 02 | 24 | Klaus Niedzwiedz born. |
1951 | 03 | 09 | Gary Anderson born. |
1951 | 03 | 17 | Nigel Smith born. |
1951 | 03 | 22 | Rod Millen born. |
1951 | 03 | 23 | Adrian Reynard born. |
1951 | 04 | 12 | Ray Mallock born. |
1951 | 04 | 29 | Dale Earnhardt born. |
1951 | 05 | 01 | Geoff Lees born. |
1951 | 05 | 27 | John Della Penna born. |
1951 | 06 | 21 | Andy Evans born. |
1951 | 07 | 08 | Jack Hewitt born. |
1951 | 09 | 18 | Marc Surer born. |
1951 | 10 | 06 | Manfred Winkelhock born. |
1951 | 10 | 30 | Tony Bettenhausen born. |
1951 | 12 | 03 | Rick Mears born. |
1951 | 12 | 23 | Don Watson born. |
1951 | 12 | 24 | Larry Curry born. |
1951 | 12 | 31 | Kenny Roberts Snr born. |
1951 | 05 | 27 | Stirling Moss first Formula One start |
1951 | 06 | 24 | Jaguar's first win at the Le Man 24hr race |
1951 | 07 | 14 | Ferrari teams first Formula One win of the modern era (Froilian Gonzalez) |
1951 | 07 | 29 | Alberto Ascari's first Formula One win |
1951 | 11 | 11 | Mack Hellings died |
1952 | 01 | 16 | Pier Carlo Ghinzani born. |
1952 | 02 | 12 | Patrick Gaillard born. |
1952 | 02 | 29 | Trevor Foster born. |
1952 | 03 | 17 | Segio Rinland born. |
1952 | 03 | 20 | Geoff Brabham born. |
1952 | 03 | 26 | Didier Pironi born. |
1952 | 03 | 28 | Tony Brise born. |
1952 | 03 | 31 | Anders Olofsson born. |
1952 | 04 | 04 | Gregg Hansford born. |
1952 | 04 | 27 | Ari Vatanen born. |
1952 | 06 | 07 | Stan Fox born. |
1952 | 07 | 02 | Beppe Lucchini born. |
1952 | 07 | 07 | Stan Fox born. |
1952 | 07 | 15 | John Cleland born. |
1952 | 08 | 17 | Nelson Piquet born. |
1952 | 08 | 24 | John Faulkner born. |
1952 | 09 | 06 | Max Welti born. |
1952 | 09 | 10 | Bruno Giacomelli born. |
1952 | 09 | 25 | Dorsey Schroeder born. |
1952 | 09 | 27 | Steve Soper born. |
1952 | 09 | 29 | Chris Hones born. |
1952 | 10 | 10 | Siegfried Stohr born. |
1952 | 11 | 03 | Greg Sacks born. |
1952 | 01 | 31 | Ferdinand Porsche died |
1952 | 03 | 15 | The first 12 hours of Sebring was held |
1952 | 06 | 20 | Luigi Fagioli died in a sportscar race at Monaco |
1952 | 08 | 03 | BMW engines first Formula One start |
1952 | 08 | 31 | Jim Rigsby died |
1952 | 05 | 24 | Ímã Sobre, Portuguese rally driver born. |
1953 | 01 | 10 | Bobby Rahal born. |
1953 | 01 | 15 | David Kennedy born. |
1953 | 02 | 06 | Dorsey Schroeder born. |
1953 | 02 | 16 | Bobby Archer born. |
1953 | 02 | 17 | Steve Millen born. |
1953 | 02 | 23 | Satoru Nakajima born. |
1953 | 03 | 11 | Derek Daly born. |
1953 | 04 | 02 | Russell Spence born. |
1953 | 04 | 28 | John Briggs born. |
1953 | 05 | 24 | Lamberto Leoni born. |
1953 | 06 | 02 | Will Hoy born. |
1953 | 06 | 04 | Barry Dodson born. |
1953 | 06 | 11 | Pat Symonds born. |
1953 | 08 | 08 | Nigel Mansell born. |
1953 | 08 | 31 | Miguel Angel Guerra born. |
1953 | 09 | 21 | Arie Luyendyk born. |
1953 | 11 | 04 | Jacques Villeneuve Snr born. |
1953 | 11 | 09 | David Leslie born. |
1953 | 11 | 26 | Desire Wilson born. |
1953 | 12 | 15 | Vic Lee born. |
1953 | 02 | 01 | CAMS (Confederation of Australian motorsport) was formed |
1953 | 02 | 03 | The first sub - ten second run on a quater mile dragstrip was achieved by Art Christman |
1953 | 05 | 27 | Start of the inaugural East African Coronation Safari Rally |
1953 | 06 | 12 | Les Graham died after crashing during the Isle of Man TT Motorcycle races |
1953 | 09 | 18 | Charles De Tornaco died in an Formula Two crash in Italy |
1953 | 11 | 08 | Tazio Nuvolari died of lung cancer |
1953 | 11 | 21 | Felice Bonetto died in a race in Mexico |
1954 | 01 | 04 | Jo Gartner born. |
1954 | 01 | 24 | Jo Gartner born. |
1954 | 01 | 31 | Mauro Baldi born. |
1954 | 02 | 24 | Steve Parrish born. |
1954 | 03 | 18 | David Hayhoe born. |
1954 | 03 | 29 | Chip Robinson born. |
1954 | 04 | 16 | John Bowe born. |
1954 | 04 | 17 | Ricardo Patrese born. |
1954 | 06 | 12 | Neil Oatley born. |
1954 | 07 | 08 | Dayle Coyne born. |
1954 | 07 | 27 | Philippe Alliot born. |
1954 | 08 | 19 | Oscar Larrauri born. |
1954 | 08 | 27 | Derek Warwick born. |
1954 | 10 | 06 | Greg Crick born. |
1954 | 10 | 08 | Huub Rothengater born. |
1954 | 11 | 04 | Eliseo Salazar born. |
1954 | 11 | 14 | Eliseo Salazar born. |
1954 | 11 | 16 | Tommy Archer born. |
1954 | 11 | 23 | Ross Brawn born. |
1954 | 12 | 14 | Alan Kulwicki born. |
1954 | 12 | 18 | John Booth born. |
1954 | 12 | 19 | Jeff Allam born. |
1954 | 12 | 22 | Hideshi Matsuda born. |
1954 | 02 | 27 | Bobby Ball died of burns 54 days after suffering the injuries in a midget race crash in California , USA |
1954 | 04 | 24 | Guy Mairesse died practising for a race in France |
1954 | 07 | 04 | Mercedes Benz first Formula One start (of modern era) and first win |
1954 | 07 | 05 | Bob Scott died in a USA championship race |
1954 | 07 | 31 | Onofre Marimon died during the German Grand Prix |
1954 | 10 | 30 | Wilbur Shaw died in a plane crash in Indiana , USA |
1954 | 11 | 23 | Umberto Maglioli won the final Carrera Panamerica road race through Mexico in a Ferrari. |
1955 | 02 | 20 | Tim Lee Davey born. |
1955 | 02 | 24 | Alain Prost born. |
1955 | 02 | 26 | Rupert Keegan born. |
1955 | 03 | 04 | James Weaver born. |
1955 | 03 | 08 | James Weaver born. |
1955 | 03 | 09 | Teo Fabi born. |
1955 | 03 | 10 | Toshio Suzuki born. |
1955 | 03 | 26 | Charlie O'Brien born. |
1955 | 05 | 29 | Ken Schrader born. |
1955 | 06 | 02 | Steve Kinser born. |
1955 | 06 | 26 | Philippe Streiff born. |
1955 | 10 | 08 | Alain Ferte born. |
1955 | 10 | 26 | Sammy Swindell born. |
1955 | 11 | 14 | Ted Prappas born. |
1955 | 11 | 15 | Gustavo Trelles born. |
1955 | 12 | 08 | Paul Crooks born. |
1955 | 12 | 16 | Denis Giraudet born. |
1955 | 12 | 18 | Ted Musgrave born. |
1955 | 12 | 27 | Brad Murphy born. |
1955 | 02 | 06 | Ricardo (aged 12) and Perdo (aged 15) Rodriguez took part in their first auto race |
1955 | 02 | 10 | Eddie Hearne died |
1955 | 02 | 24 | Clernente Biondetti died of throat cancer |
1955 | 05 | 26 | Alberto Ascari died in a sportscar crash while testing at Monza in Italy |
1955 | 05 | 30 | Bill Vukovich died in a crash while leading the Indianapolis 500 |
1955 | 07 | 09 | Don Beauman died in a sportscar race in Ireland |
1955 | 07 | 10 | Jerry Hoyt died in a Sprint Car crash at Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , USA |
1955 | 09 | 30 | Actor James Dean died in a road accident while on his way to his fourth professional sportscar race |
1955 | 06 | 11 | 84 were people killed at the Le Mans 24hr race when the Mercedes-Benz being driven by Pierre Levegh crashed after colliding with the Austin-Healey driven by Lance Macklin |
1956 | 01 | 25 | Johnny Cecotto born. |
1956 | 02 | 05 | Hector Rebaque born. |
1956 | 02 | 07 | John Nielson born. |
1956 | 02 | 17 | Malcom Wilson born. |
1956 | 03 | 11 | Joe Gosek born. |
1956 | 03 | 31 | Kevin Cogan born. |
1956 | 04 | 21 | Bill Ingle born. |
1956 | 05 | 02 | Robb Gravett born. |
1956 | 05 | 03 | Ed Pimm born. |
1956 | 05 | 13 | Kenneth Eriksson born. |
1956 | 06 | 02 | Jan Lammers born. |
1956 | 08 | 14 | Rusty Wallace born. |
1956 | 08 | 25 | Henri Toivonen born. |
1956 | 09 | 08 | Stefan Johansson born. |
1956 | 09 | 12 | Ricky Rudd born. |
1956 | 09 | 19 | Juan Manuel Fangio 2nd born. |
1956 | 10 | 12 | Mark Dismore born. |
1956 | 10 | 19 | Didier Theys born. |
1956 | 11 | 02 | Tomas Kaiser born. |
1956 | 11 | 07 | Jonathan Palmer born. |
1956 | 11 | 16 | Terry Labonte born. |
1956 | 11 | 21 | Patrick Watts born. |
1956 | 11 | 26 | Dale Jarrett born. |
1956 | 12 | 18 | Dennis Vitolo born. |
1956 | 12 | 23 | Michele Alboreto born. |
1956 | 12 | 30 | Francois Hesnault born. |
1956 | 01 | 08 | The United States Auto Club (USAC) sanctioned it's first race |
1956 | 03 | 31 | Ralph DePalma died |
1956 | 04 | 22 | Walt Faulkner died after crashing during qualifying for a USAC stock car race at Vallejo , California , USA |
1956 | 06 | 17 | Bob Sweikert died in a sprint car race in America |
1956 | 06 | 30 | Dino Ferrari died at the age of 24 from muscular dystrophy |
1956 | 10 | 29 | Louis Rosier died in a sportscar race in France |
1957 | 01 | 02 | Beppe Gabbiani born. |
1957 | 01 | 20 | Jeff Wood born. |
1957 | 01 | 21 | Robert Synge born. |
1957 | 02 | 03 | Chico Serra born. |
1957 | 02 | 04 | Chris Smerdon born. |
1957 | 02 | 15 | Jimmy Spencer born. |
1957 | 02 | 21 | Scott Lagasse born. |
1957 | 03 | 04 | Rick Mast born. |
1957 | 03 | 13 | Marcellino Lucchi born. |
1957 | 03 | 19 | Peter Doulman born. |
1957 | 03 | 26 | Roberto Ravaglia born. |
1957 | 04 | 10 | Mark Smith born. |
1957 | 04 | 15 | Chris Murphy born. |
1957 | 04 | 17 | Tony Glover born. |
1957 | 04 | 20 | Mario Hytten born. |
1957 | 04 | 24 | Cor Euser born. |
1957 | 04 | 30 | Mike Imrie born. |
1957 | 05 | 21 | Ed Ordynski born. |
1957 | 05 | 26 | Roberto Ravaglia born. |
1957 | 05 | 29 | Bobby Hamilton born. |
1957 | 06 | 06 | Mike Skinner born. |
1957 | 06 | 21 | Phil Parsons born. |
1957 | 06 | 30 | Sterling Marlin born. |
1957 | 07 | 13 | Thierry Boutsen born. |
1957 | 07 | 21 | Ed Ordynski born. |
1957 | 07 | 30 | Tony Scott born. |
1957 | 09 | 14 | Domonic Dobson born. |
1957 | 09 | 17 | Colin Blair born. |
1957 | 10 | 01 | Tony Longhurst born. |
1957 | 11 | 03 | Akihiko Nakaya born. |
1957 | 11 | 16 | Dean Hall born. |
1957 | 11 | 20 | Stefan Bellof born. |
1957 | 11 | 20 | Carlos Guerrero born. |
1957 | 11 | 27 | Kenny Acheson born. |
1957 | 12 | 04 | Raul Boesel born. |
1957 | 12 | 15 | Jimmy Spencer born. |
1957 | 03 | 14 | Eugenio Castellotti died while testing for the Ferrari F1 team in Italy |
1957 | 05 | 12 | Piero Taruffi won the last ever Mille Miglia |
1957 | 05 | 12 | Alfonso De Portago died after crashing during the Mille Miglia road race killing himself , his co driver and ten spectators |
1957 | 05 | 19 | Climax engines first Formula One win |
1957 | 05 | 30 | Piero Carini died in a sportscar crash while testing in Italy |
1957 | 07 | 14 | Bill Whitehouse died in an Formula Two race in France |
1957 | 07 | 20 | Vanwall teams first Formula One win and Tony Brooks first Formula One win |
1957 | 08 | 04 | Porsche teams first Formula One start |
1957 | 09 | 21 | Riverside International Raceway in the USA held its first ever Race Meeting |
1957 | 10 | 13 | Jaguar withdrew from all motor racing |
1957 | 12 | 27 | Nascar driver Junior Johnson was released from prison after serving 11 months for making illegal whiskey |
1958 | 01 | 07 | Miki Biasion born. |
1958 | 01 | 10 | Eddie Cheever born. |
1958 | 02 | 18 | Giovanni Lavaggi born. |
1958 | 03 | 11 | Eddie Lawson born. |
1958 | 03 | 26 | Elio De Angelis born. |
1958 | 03 | 31 | Dave Coyne born. |
1958 | 04 | 02 | Randy Ruhlman born. |
1958 | 04 | 04 | Christian Danner born. |
1958 | 04 | 26 | Johnny Dumfries born. |
1958 | 05 | 06 | Tommy Byrne born. |
1958 | 05 | 24 | Chip Ganassi born. |
1958 | 06 | 10 | Charlie Cox born. |
1958 | 06 | 15 | Ricardo Paletti born. |
1958 | 07 | 01 | Keith Wiggins born. |
1958 | 07 | 11 | Andrew Gilbert-Scott born. |
1958 | 07 | 19 | Alan Heath born. |
1958 | 08 | 15 | Andy Petree born. |
1958 | 08 | 18 | Didier Auriol born. |
1958 | 09 | 02 | Olivier Grouillard born. |
1958 | 09 | 22 | Franco Forini born. |
1958 | 10 | 03 | Alessandro Zampedri born. |
1958 | 10 | 22 | Johnny Unser born. |
1958 | 11 | 03 | Derrike Cope born. |
1958 | 11 | 03 | Peter Hills born. |
1958 | 11 | 05 | Tomas Mezera born. |
1958 | 11 | 16 | Roberto Guerrero born. |
1958 | 12 | 08 | Michel Ferte born. |
1958 | 12 | 26 | Adrian Newey born. |
1958 | 01 | 19 | Cooper teams first Formula One win (Stirling Moss) and first win for a rear engined Formula One car |
1958 | 01 | 19 | Climax engine first Formula One start |
1958 | 02 | 23 | Paul Goldsmith won the final Nascar race held on Daytona's famous beach |
1958 | 05 | 18 | Lotus first Formula One start |
1958 | 05 | 18 | Graham Hill's first Formula One start |
1958 | 07 | 06 | Luigi Musso died after crashing during the French Grand Prix |
1958 | 07 | 06 | Juan Manuel Fangio's last Formula One start |
1958 | 07 | 12 | Richard Petty aged 21 drove his first ever Nascar race finishing 6th |
1958 | 08 | 03 | Peter Collins died after crashing during the German GP |
1958 | 10 | 25 | Stuart Lewis Evans died after crashing six days earlier in the Moroccan GP |
1959 | 01 | 03 | Willy T. Ribbs born. |
1959 | 01 | 04 | John Batchelor born. |
1959 | 01 | 09 | Mark Martin born. |
1959 | 01 | 11 | Brett Bodine born. |
1959 | 01 | 11 | Thierry Tassin born. |
1959 | 01 | 13 | Ernie Irvan born. |
1959 | 02 | 11 | Roberto Moreno born. |
1959 | 02 | 17 | Mike Coughlan born. |
1959 | 02 | 20 | Scott Brayton born. |
1959 | 03 | 20 | Martin Short born. |
1959 | 04 | 02 | Juha Kankkunen born. |
1959 | 04 | 03 | Fermin Velez born. |
1959 | 04 | 08 | Robert Pressley born. |
1959 | 05 | 15 | Luis Perez Sala born. |
1959 | 05 | 17 | Anthony Reid born. |
1959 | 05 | 31 | Andrea de Cesaris born. |
1959 | 06 | 01 | Martin Brundle born. |
1959 | 06 | 21 | Anthony Reid born. |
1959 | 06 | 23 | Michel Trolle born. |
1959 | 07 | 07 | Alessandro Nannini born. |
1959 | 07 | 12 | Max Dumesny born. |
1959 | 08 | 27 | Gehard Berger born. |
1959 | 10 | 11 | Wayne Gardner born. |
1959 | 10 | 29 | Tiff Needell born. |
1959 | 11 | 05 | Elton Sawyer born. |
1959 | 12 | 20 | Scott Goodyear born. |
1959 | 12 | 30 | Tony George born. |
1959 | 01 | 22 | Mike Hawthorn died in a road accident |
1959 | 02 | 01 | Daytona International Speedway opened |
1959 | 02 | 11 | Marshall Teague died in a Indycar teasting crash |
1959 | 02 | 22 | The first Daytona 500 race was held at the newly opened Daytona International Speedway |
1959 | 03 | 16 | Sports Illustrated magazine name Phill Hill as 'sportscar driver of the year' |
1959 | 04 | 09 | George Arnick died |
1959 | 05 | 02 | Jerry Unser Jnr recieved serious injuries in a crash during practice for the Indianapolis 500 |
1959 | 05 | 10 | Jack Brabham's first Formula One win |
1959 | 05 | 17 | Jerry Unser died after crashing 15 days earlier in practice for the Indianapolis 500 |
1959 | 05 | 31 | BRM teams first Formula One win (J Bonnier, Zandvoort, Netherlands) |
1959 | 08 | 01 | Jean Behra died in a sportscar race at Avus in Germany |
1959 | 09 | 28 | Rudolph Caracciola died of cancer |
1959 | 12 | 12 | Bruce Mclaren became the youngest driver to win a Formula One race at the age of 22 years 104 days (until beaten in 2003 by Fernando Alonso at 22 years and 26 days) |
1959 | 12 | 26 | Jim Clark entered his first single seater race |
1960 | 01 | 03 | Russell Spence born. |
1960 | 01 | 06 | Mauro Casadei born. |
1960 | 01 | 09 | Pascal Fabre born. |
1960 | 01 | 21 | Louise Aitken-Walker born. |
1960 | 02 | 01 | Fabrizio Pirovano born. |
1960 | 02 | 17 | Mike Jordan born. |
1960 | 02 | 19 | John Paul Jnr born. |
1960 | 03 | 21 | Ayrton Senna born. |
1960 | 03 | 24 | Scott Pruett born. |
1960 | 03 | 31 | Jon Beekhuis born. |
1960 | 04 | 02 | Will Hoy born. |
1960 | 04 | 02 | Brad Jones born. |
1960 | 04 | 14 | Dan Drinan born. |
1960 | 06 | 02 | Kyle Petty born. |
1960 | 06 | 17 | Adrian Campos born. |
1960 | 07 | 04 | Roland Ratzenberger born. |
1960 | 07 | 15 | Wayne Taylor born. |
1960 | 07 | 20 | Claudio Langes born. |
1960 | 07 | 20 | Kris Nissen born. |
1960 | 07 | 30 | Neil Crompton born. |
1960 | 08 | 18 | Doug Didero born. |
1960 | 09 | 08 | Aguri Suzuki born. |
1960 | 09 | 17 | Damon Hill born. |
1960 | 09 | 17 | Fabien Giroix born. |
1960 | 09 | 23 | Luis Moya born. |
1960 | 10 | 21 | Gary Evans born. |
1960 | 10 | 24 | Joachim Winkelhock born. |
1960 | 11 | 19 | Paul Pickett born. |
1960 | 12 | 22 | Kevin Heffernan born. |
1960 | 02 | 23 | Arthur Legat died |
1960 | 03 | 10 | Cannonball Baker died of natural causes |
1960 | 04 | 24 | The first reported 200 mph quater mile pass was made by Chris Karamesines at Alton dragway in Illinois , USA |
1960 | 05 | 13 | Harry Schell died during practice for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone |
1960 | 05 | 29 | Lotus teams first Formula One start |
1960 | 05 | 29 | John Surtees first Formula One start |
1960 | 06 | 06 | Jim Clark's first Formula One start |
1960 | 06 | 19 | Lance Reventlow becomes the first man to race a car of his own manufacture in a Formula One race. He started his Scarab 15th in the Belgian Grand Prix, but did not finish. |
1960 | 06 | 19 | Chris Bristow died in a crash during the Belguim GP |
1960 | 06 | 19 | Alan Stacey died during the Belguim GP |
1960 | 06 | 20 | Jimmy Bryan died in a crash in the USA |
1960 | 07 | 03 | Vanwall teams last Formula One start |
1960 | 09 | 24 | Johnny Thompson died in a sprint car race in America |
1960 | 10 | 16 | Charlotte Motor Speedway opened in the USA |
1961 | 01 | 27 | Gary Bradburry born. |
1961 | 02 | 01 | Jim Pace born. |
1961 | 02 | 01 | Bjorn Skogstad born. |
1961 | 02 | 19 | Andy Wallace born. |
1961 | 02 | 25 | Davey Allison born. |
1961 | 02 | 28 | Butch Leitzinger born. |
1961 | 02 | 28 | Eric Bachelart born. |
1961 | 03 | 02 | David Auger born. |
1961 | 03 | 14 | Hiro Matsushita born. |
1961 | 03 | 29 | Gary Brabham born. |
1961 | 03 | 30 | Mike Thackwell born. |
1961 | 04 | 10 | Henrick Larsen born. |
1961 | 04 | 12 | Corrado Fabi born. |
1961 | 04 | 20 | Paolo Barilla born. |
1961 | 04 | 23 | Pier Luigi Martini born. |
1961 | 04 | 23 | Kris Kneifel born. |
1961 | 05 | 18 | Donnie Beechler born. |
1961 | 05 | 27 | Pier Henri Raphanel born. |
1961 | 06 | 14 | Dr. Jack Miller born. |
1961 | 06 | 22 | Jeff Ward born. |
1961 | 06 | 24 | Hut Stricklin born. |
1961 | 06 | 25 | Joe Bessey born. |
1961 | 07 | 22 | Calvin Fish born. |
1961 | 07 | 24 | Stan Wattles born. |
1961 | 07 | 27 | David Holland born. |
1961 | 07 | 28 | Yannick Dalmas born. |
1961 | 08 | 01 | Allen Berg born. |
1961 | 09 | 13 | Jim Guthrie born. |
1961 | 09 | 30 | Eric Vandepoele born. |
1961 | 10 | 09 | Julian Bailey born. |
1961 | 11 | 01 | Nicky Grist born. |
1961 | 11 | 08 | Ed Berrier born. |
1961 | 11 | 16 | Mike Groff born. |
1961 | 11 | 20 | Tim Harvey born. |
1961 | 12 | 06 | Manuel Reuter born. |
1961 | 12 | 11 | Philippe Favre born. |
1961 | 05 | 12 | Tony Bettenhausen Snr died in a practice crash for the Indy 500 |
1961 | 06 | 03 | Mosport Park in Canada held its first racing events |
1961 | 08 | 06 | The 100th Grand Prix of the modern era took place at the Nurburgring , Germany |
1961 | 09 | 10 | Wolfgang Von Trips died in crash during the Italian GP |
1961 | 11 | 19 | Al Keller died |
1962 | 01 | 12 | Emmanuele Pirro born. |
1962 | 01 | 20 | Freddie Spencer born. |
1962 | 02 | 01 | David Warnock born. |
1962 | 02 | 12 | Kevin Doty born. |
1962 | 02 | 17 | Oto Rensing born. |
1962 | 03 | 02 | Gabriele Tarquini born. |
1962 | 03 | 07 | Pierro Liatti born. |
1962 | 03 | 16 | Franck Freon born. |
1962 | 03 | 18 | Volker Weidler born. |
1962 | 04 | 05 | Keith Odor born. |
1962 | 04 | 19 | Al Unser Jnr born. |
1962 | 05 | 31 | Philippe Gache born. |
1962 | 06 | 07 | Takuya Kurosawa born. |
1962 | 06 | 13 | Davey Hamilton born. |
1962 | 06 | 15 | Mal Rose born. |
1962 | 06 | 26 | Kevin Lepage born. |
1962 | 07 | 01 | Peter Cunningham born. |
1962 | 07 | 20 | Giovanna Amati born. |
1962 | 07 | 24 | Johnny O'Connell born. |
1962 | 08 | 16 | Gregoire de Mevius born. |
1962 | 08 | 18 | Boris Said born. |
1962 | 08 | 30 | Francois Delecour born. |
1962 | 09 | 18 | Boris Said born. |
1962 | 10 | 05 | Michael Andretti born. |
1962 | 10 | 09 | Paul Radisich born. |
1962 | 11 | 01 | Francois Provost born. |
1962 | 11 | 21 | Cathy Muller born. |
1962 | 11 | 23 | Jeremy Dale born. |
1962 | 11 | 24 | Buddy Parrott born. |
1962 | 12 | 04 | Claudio Antonioli born. |
1962 | 12 | 23 | Bertrand Gachot born. |
1962 | 04 | 12 | Ron Flockhart died in a plane crash near Melbourne, Australia |
1962 | 05 | 20 | Lola teams first Formula One start |
1962 | 06 | 02 | Dennis Taylor died |
1962 | 06 | 17 | Jim Clark's first Formula One win |
1962 | 07 | 08 | Porsche teams first and only Formula One win and first win for Dan Gurney |
1962 | 07 | 21 | Last World Championship Formula One race at Aintree, England |
1962 | 08 | 05 | Brabham teams first Formula One start |
1962 | 08 | 24 | Shorty Templeman died |
1962 | 11 | 01 | Ricardo Rodriguez died after crashing during practice for the Mexican GP |
1962 | 12 | 29 | Graham Hill Cliched his first Formula One world championship |
1963 | 01 | 01 | Jean Marc Gounon born. |
1963 | 01 | 02 | Harry Nuttall born. |
1963 | 01 | 30 | Corey McClenathan born. |
1963 | 02 | 10 | Didier Artzet born. |
1963 | 03 | 01 | Ni Amorim born. |
1963 | 03 | 03 | Perry McCarthy born. |
1963 | 03 | 06 | Kurt Lubi born. |
1963 | 03 | 12 | John Andretti born. |
1963 | 03 | 12 | Whit Bazemore born. |
1963 | 04 | 02 | Mike Gascoyne born. |
1963 | 04 | 02 | Fabrizio Barbazza born. |
1963 | 04 | 20 | Mauricio Gugelmin born. |
1963 | 04 | 23 | Paul Belmondo born. |
1963 | 04 | 29 | Chad Little born. |
1963 | 04 | 29 | Michael Waltrip born. |
1963 | 04 | 30 | Andy Hillenburg born. |
1963 | 05 | 12 | Stefano Modena born. |
1963 | 05 | 17 | Luca Cadalora born. |
1963 | 05 | 23 | Wally Dallenbach Jnr born. |
1963 | 05 | 24 | Ivan Capelli born. |
1963 | 05 | 29 | Ukyo Katayama born. |
1963 | 06 | 27 | Johnny Benson born. |
1963 | 07 | 03 | Markus Oestreich born. |
1963 | 07 | 16 | Armin Schwarz born. |
1963 | 07 | 21 | Wayne Park born. |
1963 | 08 | 09 | Alain Menu born. |
1963 | 08 | 23 | Kenny Wallace born. |
1963 | 09 | 05 | Taki Inoue born. |
1963 | 09 | 25 | Michael Donaher born. |
1963 | 09 | 26 | Joe Nemecheck born. |
1963 | 09 | 28 | Eric Comas born. |
1963 | 10 | 01 | Jean Denis Delatraz born. |
1963 | 11 | 28 | Jeff Purner born. |
1963 | 12 | 01 | Marco Greco born. |
1963 | 12 | 24 | Scott Harrington born. |
1963 | 12 | 29 | Mark Larkham born. |
1963 | 10 | 06 | Ford engine made it's first Formula One start |
1963 | 12 | 01 | Wendell Scott won the Grand National race in Jacksonville, Florida, becoming the first African American driver ever to win a NASCAR event |
1964 | 01 | 20 | Scott Maxwell born. |
1964 | 02 | 18 | James Kaye born. |
1964 | 02 | 23 | Peter Kox born. |
1964 | 02 | 24 | Russell Ingall born. |
1964 | 02 | 27 | Todd Bodine born. |
1964 | 03 | 18 | Alex Caffi born. |
1964 | 03 | 19 | Nicola Larini born. |
1964 | 03 | 22 | Eugene O'Brien born. |
1964 | 03 | 26 | Martin Donnelly born. |
1964 | 04 | 04 | Jeremy McWilliams born. |
1964 | 04 | 12 | Ross Cheever born. |
1964 | 04 | 12 | Carlos Sainz born. |
1964 | 04 | 14 | Jeff Andretti born. |
1964 | 04 | 17 | Steve Knapp born. |
1964 | 05 | 01 | Paolo delle Piane born. |
1964 | 05 | 05 | Mark Kinser born. |
1964 | 05 | 06 | Bobby Hillin Jnr born. |
1964 | 05 | 06 | Andrea Chiesa born. |
1964 | 05 | 08 | Bobby Labonte born. |
1964 | 05 | 17 | Mauro Martini born. |
1964 | 05 | 30 | Andrea Montermini born. |
1964 | 06 | 01 | Davy Jones born. |
1964 | 06 | 02 | Domenic Beninca born. |
1964 | 06 | 11 | Jean Alesi born. |
1964 | 06 | 19 | Kevin Schwantz born. |
1964 | 06 | 20 | Pierfrancesco Chili born. |
1964 | 06 | 25 | Johnny Herbert born. |
1964 | 06 | 26 | Tommi Makinen born. |
1964 | 06 | 28 | Peter Goddard born. |
1964 | 07 | 20 | Bernd Schneider born. |
1964 | 08 | 02 | Frank Biela born. |
1964 | 08 | 15 | Sam Schmidt born. |
1964 | 08 | 19 | Andy Purvis born. |
1964 | 08 | 24 | Eric Bernard born. |
1964 | 09 | 19 | Enrico Bertaggia born. |
1964 | 09 | 24 | Jeff Krosnoff born. |
1964 | 10 | 01 | Jerome Policand born. |
1964 | 10 | 13 | Gabriel Furlan born. |
1964 | 10 | 28 | Scott Russell born. |
1964 | 11 | 30 | Shawna Robinson born. |
1964 | 12 | 04 | Thomas Danielsson born. |
1964 | 12 | 21 | Harri Luostarinen born. |
1964 | 12 | 28 | David Empringham born. |
1964 | 01 | 07 | Reg Parnell died |
1964 | 02 | 28 | Timmy Mayer died practising for a tasman cup race in Australia |
1964 | 03 | 31 | Fire damaged both of Andy Granatelli's Novi Indycars in the garages at Indianapolis |
1964 | 04 | 15 | Mario Andretti became a naturalized U.S citizen |
1964 | 05 | 16 | Jim Clark claimed pole position at the Indianapolis 500 in a Lotus Ford , This was the first time a rear engined car sat on pole |
1964 | 05 | 24 | Porsche teams last Formula One start |
1964 | 05 | 30 | Eddie Sachs and Dave McDonald died in a first lap crash during the Indianapolis 500 |
1964 | 06 | 28 | Brabham teams first Formula One win |
1964 | 07 | 02 | Fireball Roberts died of injuries recieved a month earlier in a crash at Charlotte , North Carolina , USA |
1964 | 07 | 11 | First Formula One race at Brands Hatch , England |
1964 | 07 | 19 | Lee Petty drove in his last Nascar race at Watkins Glen , USA |
1964 | 08 | 01 | Carol de Beaufort died after crashing during practice for the German GP |
1964 | 08 | 02 | Honda teams first Formula One start |
1964 | 09 | 19 | The first British Drag Race festival began at the Blackbushe Airport,a few miles from London. |
1964 | 10 | 02 | Charles Cooper died |
1964 | 10 | 15 | Craig Breedlove became the first man to drive over 500mph |
1964 | 12 | 02 | As a publicity stunt, Ford had professional racers drive Ford Cortinas down the Cresta bobsled run in Cortina d'Amprezzo, Italy. Jim Clark with Colin Chapman as the co-driver turned in the best time |
1964 | 12 | 04 | Bobby Marshman died after a testing crash a week earlier at Phoenix, Arizona, USA |
1965 | 01 | 15 | Antonio Albacete born. |
1965 | 02 | 07 | Bob Vandergriff Jnr born. |
1965 | 02 | 27 | Pedro Chaves born. |
1965 | 03 | 19 | Neal Bates born. |
1965 | 03 | 27 | Gregor Foitek born. |
1965 | 04 | 05 | Mike Bliss born. |
1965 | 04 | 12 | Ellen Lohr born. |
1965 | 04 | 20 | Adrian Fernandez born. |
1965 | 04 | 20 | Jovy Marcelo born. |
1965 | 05 | 05 | Glenn Seton born. |
1965 | 06 | 04 | Michael Doohan born. |
1965 | 06 | 24 | Claude Bourbonnais born. |
1965 | 07 | 04 | Steve Robertson born. |
1965 | 07 | 21 | Jovy Marcelo born. |
1965 | 08 | 08 | Mark Poole born. |
1965 | 08 | 10 | Stephane Chambon born. |
1965 | 09 | 02 | Robbie Buhl born. |
1965 | 09 | 05 | David Brabham born. |
1965 | 09 | 25 | Gary Ayles born. |
1965 | 10 | 07 | Marco Apicella born. |
1965 | 10 | 19 | John Jones born. |
1965 | 10 | 29 | Paul Stewart born. |
1965 | 11 | 03 | Anthony Tratt born. |
1965 | 11 | 10 | Eddie Irvine born. |
1965 | 11 | 20 | Jimmy Vasser born. |
1965 | 11 | 21 | Bobby Verdon-Roe born. |
1965 | 11 | 27 | Nigel Corner born. |
1965 | 12 | 12 | Stephane Proulx born. |
1965 | 12 | 14 | Andy Hillenburg born. |
1965 | 12 | 22 | Shelly Anderson born. |
1965 | 01 | 01 | Last Grand Prix at East London (South Africa) |
1965 | 01 | 01 | Jackie Stewart first Formula One start |
1965 | 08 | 17 | Ken Miles died in a testing crash at Riverside in California, USA |
1966 | 01 | 19 | Aaron Slight born. |
1966 | 01 | 22 | Thomas Radstrom born. |
1966 | 01 | 31 | Robbie Groff born. |
1966 | 01 | 31 | JJ Lehto born. |
1966 | 02 | 02 | Billy Boat born. |
1966 | 02 | 07 | John Bintcliffe born. |
1966 | 02 | 28 | Joe Gaerte born. |
1966 | 03 | 10 | Dave Kudrave born. |
1966 | 03 | 21 | Kenny Brack born. |
1966 | 03 | 26 | Nick Wirth born. |
1966 | 04 | 07 | Loy Allen Jnr born. |
1966 | 04 | 08 | Mark Blundell born. |
1966 | 04 | 08 | Harri Rovanpera born. |
1966 | 05 | 23 | Ludovic Faure born. |
1966 | 05 | 24 | Ricky Craven born. |
1966 | 06 | 13 | Naoki Hattori born. |
1966 | 06 | 23 | Danny Osborne born. |
1966 | 07 | 01 | Carl Fogarty born. |
1966 | 07 | 14 | Ralf Waldmann born. |
1966 | 08 | 03 | Greg Ray born. |
1966 | 08 | 10 | Eric Helary born. |
1966 | 08 | 13 | Naoki Hattori born. |
1966 | 09 | 02 | Olivier Panis born. |
1966 | 09 | 06 | James Whitham born. |
1966 | 09 | 14 | Fritz Kreutzpointner born. |
1966 | 09 | 15 | Antonio Tamburini born. |
1966 | 09 | 24 | Christophe Bouchut born. |
1966 | 10 | 07 | Richard Dean born. |
1966 | 10 | 09 | Vincenzo Sospiri born. |
1966 | 10 | 16 | Grant "MagnetON" MacDonald born. |
1966 | 10 | 17 | Tommy Kendall born. |
1966 | 10 | 20 | Matt Neal born. |
1966 | 10 | 23 | Alessandro Zanardi born. |
1966 | 11 | 21 | Piers Hunnisett born. |
1966 | 11 | 30 | Mika Salo born. |
1966 | 12 | 14 | Fabrizio Giovanardi born. |
1966 | 12 | 15 | Max Angelelli born. |
1966 | 12 | 20 | Matt Neal born. |
1966 | 01 | 04 | The works Mini Team were Disqualified from 1st,2nd and 3rd places in the Monte Carlo Rally |
1966 | 02 | 05 | The first Daytona 24hr Sportscar race began in Daytona, Florida, USA |
1966 | 02 | 06 | The Porsche 906 won its class at the Daytona 24hr race on its racing debut |
1966 | 03 | 09 | Pablo Birger died |
1966 | 03 | 25 | The first SCCA Tans-Am race was held at Sebring , Florida , USA |
1966 | 03 | 26 | Four Spectators died after a crash during the 12 hours of Sebring race in Florida, USA |
1966 | 04 | 07 | Walt Hangsen died from injuries suffered five days earlier while testing at Le Man |
1966 | 04 | 20 | Willie Haupt died |
1966 | 05 | 22 | Mclaren Teams first Formula One start |
1966 | 05 | 22 | Repco engines first Formula One start |
1966 | 06 | 19 | Ford scored their first win at the Le Man 24hr race with a convincing 1-2-3 for their GT40's |
1966 | 06 | 30 | Giuseppe Farina died |
1966 | 07 | 03 | Repco engines first Formula One win |
1966 | 09 | 08 | John Taylor died in crash during the German GP |
1966 | 11 | 12 | Don Branson died |
1966 | 11 | 20 | Ray Heffernan died after crashing during a race at Oran Park , Sydney , Australia |
1967 | 02 | 13 | Tadayuki Okada born. |
1967 | 04 | 03 | Mark Skaife born. |
1967 | 05 | 08 | Christian Abt born. |
1967 | 05 | 09 | Tim Fedewa born. |
1967 | 05 | 16 | Stevie Reeves born. |
1967 | 05 | 18 | Hienz Harold Frentzen born. |
1967 | 05 | 23 | Didier Cottaz born. |
1967 | 05 | 26 | Stacy Compton born. |
1967 | 06 | 05 | Vincent Radermecker born. |
1967 | 06 | 07 | Andreas Meklau born. |
1967 | 06 | 29 | Jeff Burton born. |
1967 | 07 | 05 | Vincent Radermecker born. |
1967 | 07 | 07 | Tom Kristensen born. |
1967 | 07 | 23 | Noburu Ueda born. |
1967 | 08 | 18 | Uwe Alzen born. |
1967 | 08 | 23 | Steve Park born. |
1967 | 09 | 07 | Kelvin Burt born. |
1967 | 09 | 18 | Rodney Forbes born. |
1967 | 09 | 22 | Rickard Rydell born. |
1967 | 09 | 30 | Richard Kaye born. |
1967 | 10 | 31 | Buddy Lazier born. |
1967 | 11 | 11 | Gil De Ferran born. |
1967 | 11 | 17 | Bertrand Godin born. |
1967 | 11 | 17 | Domenico "Mimmo" Schiattarella born. |
1967 | 12 | 14 | Cameron McLean born. |
1967 | 12 | 22 | Paul Morris born. |
1967 | 01 | 02 | First GP at Kyalami (South Africa) |
1967 | 01 | 02 | Cooper teams last Formula One win (Pedro Rodriguez) |
1967 | 01 | 04 | Donald Campbell died while attempting a new world water speed record |
1967 | 03 | 10 | Tony Vandervell died |
1967 | 05 | 10 | Lorenzo Bandini died in a crash during the Monaco GP |
1967 | 06 | 04 | Ford Cosworth DFV engines first start and first win (Jim Clark) |
1967 | 06 | 17 | Geki died in an Italian F3 race |
1967 | 06 | 18 | Eagle teams first Formula One win |
1967 | 07 | 02 | First Formula Ford race held in England |
1967 | 11 | 07 | Ian Raby died during an Formula Two race at Zandvoort in the Netherlands |
1967 | 11 | 26 | Dan Gurney became the first driver to win in four major racing disciplines of Indycars, Stockcars, Formula One and Sportscars after winning an Indycar race at Riverside in California, USA |
1968 | 01 | 12 | Robby Unser born. |
1968 | 01 | 13 | Gianni Morbidelli born. |
1968 | 02 | 05 | Marcus Gronholm born. |
1968 | 02 | 06 | Piergiorgio Bontempi born. |
1968 | 02 | 06 | Patrick Lamarie born. |
1968 | 02 | 14 | Scott Sharp born. |
1968 | 02 | 22 | Lee Brookes born. |
1968 | 02 | 23 | Justin Bell born. |
1968 | 02 | 23 | Hiroki Katoh born. |
1968 | 02 | 24 | Emmanuele Naspetti born. |
1968 | 03 | 08 | Michael Bartels born. |
1968 | 03 | 20 | John Kocinski born. |
1968 | 04 | 04 | Roberto Colciago born. |
1968 | 04 | 06 | Affonso Giaffone born. |
1968 | 05 | 18 | Ralf Kelleners born. |
1968 | 06 | 12 | Derek Higgins born. |
1968 | 07 | 27 | Ricardo Rosset born. |
1968 | 08 | 05 | Colin McRae born. |
1968 | 09 | 01 | Oriol Gomez born. |
1968 | 09 | 01 | Franck Largorce born. |
1968 | 09 | 28 | Mika Hakkinen born. |
1968 | 10 | 14 | Jason Plato born. |
1968 | 11 | 23 | Carlos Menem Jnr born. |
1968 | 12 | 08 | Doriano Romboni born. |
1968 | 12 | 17 | Paul Tracy born. |
1968 | 12 | 20 | Phil Andrews born. |
1968 | 12 | 20 | Karl Wendlinger born. |
1968 | 01 | 01 | Jim Clark last F1 start and last Formula One victory |
1968 | 01 | 01 | The FIA allowed sponsorship on all cars competing in FIA sanctioned races as long as the sponsors logo was no bigger than one square foot |
1968 | 01 | 19 | Ray Harroun died (first Indy 500 winner) |
1968 | 02 | 14 | The Bob Bondurant School for High Performance Driving opened for business |
1968 | 04 | 04 | Roger Clark won the Circuit of Ireland rally the first win for the Ford Escort |
1968 | 04 | 07 | Jim Clark died in an Formula 2 crash in Germany |
1968 | 05 | 07 | Mike Spence died after crashing during practice for the Indianpolis 500 |
1968 | 05 | 26 | Matra engines first Formula One start |
1968 | 06 | 08 | Ludovico Scafiotti died after crashing in a moutain climb in Germany |
1968 | 06 | 09 | Rear wings were used for the first time in a Formula One race at the Belgian Grand Prix |
1968 | 06 | 23 | Matra teams first Formula One win (Jackie Stewart) |
1968 | 07 | 07 | Jo Schlesser died during the French Grand Prix |
1968 | 08 | 04 | The first full faced helmet was worn by Dan Gurney in an Formula One race at the German GP |
1968 | 11 | 24 | The start of the London - Sydney Marathon Rally |
1969 | 01 | 02 | Robby Gordon born. |
1969 | 01 | 03 | Michael Schumacher born. |
1969 | 01 | 08 | Johnny Milner born. |
1969 | 01 | 15 | Simon Crafar born. |
1969 | 01 | 19 | Warren Hughes born. |
1969 | 01 | 29 | Paul Warwick born. |
1969 | 03 | 07 | Hideki Noda born. |
1969 | 03 | 12 | Gareth Rees born. |
1969 | 04 | 22 | Milka Duno born. |
1969 | 04 | 23 | PJ Jones born. |
1969 | 04 | 24 | Hermie Sadler born. |
1969 | 05 | 14 | Stephane Gregoire born. |
1969 | 05 | 23 | Laurent Aiello born. |
1969 | 05 | 27 | Jeremy Mayfield born. |
1969 | 05 | 29 | Uwe Nittel born. |
1969 | 06 | 12 | Giampiero Simoni born. |
1969 | 07 | 21 | Klaus Graf born. |
1969 | 07 | 25 | Guillaume Gomez born. |
1969 | 08 | 05 | Kenny Irwin born. |
1969 | 08 | 16 | Yvan Muller born. |
1969 | 09 | 03 | Jorg Muller born. |
1969 | 09 | 06 | Simon Harrison born. |
1969 | 09 | 28 | Sascha Maassen born. |
1969 | 09 | 29 | Memo Gidley born. |
1969 | 10 | 03 | Max Papis born. |
1969 | 10 | 21 | Lucio Cecchinello born. |
1969 | 11 | 13 | Jeret Schroeder born. |
1969 | 11 | 19 | Philippe Adams born. |
1969 | 11 | 23 | Olivier Beretta born. |
1969 | 11 | 30 | Marc Goossens born. |
1969 | 12 | 18 | Christophe Tinseau born. |
1969 | 12 | 20 | Ben Edwards born. |
1969 | 12 | 27 | Jean Christophe Bullion born. |
1969 | 12 | 29 | Allan McNish born. |
1969 | 12 | 29 | Jurgen Van Den Goorbergh born. |
1969 | 12 | 30 | Emanuel Clerico born. |
1969 | 03 | 01 | Repco engines last Formula One start |
1969 | 03 | 30 | Lucien Bianchi died after crashing during pratice for the Le Man 24 hour race in France |
1969 | 05 | 18 | Graham Hill's last Formula One win |
1969 | 05 | 18 | Cooper teams last Formula One start |
1969 | 05 | 26 | Paul Hawkins died during a race in England |
1969 | 06 | 08 | Lucien Bianchi died after crashing during a test session for the Le Man 24hr race |
1969 | 07 | 27 | Moises Solana died during a hill climb in Mexico |
1969 | 09 | 02 | Willy Mairesse died |
1969 | 12 | 19 | Akira Iida born. |
1969 | 03 | 30 | Troy Bayliss born. |
1970 | 02 | 24 | Jason Watt born. |
1970 | 03 | 03 | Alex Criville born. |
1970 | 03 | 04 | Alex Criville born. |
1970 | 03 | 08 | Paul Stokell born. |
1970 | 03 | 19 | Michael Krumm born. |
1970 | 03 | 23 | Pedro Couceiro born. |
1970 | 03 | 30 | Stephane Ortelli born. |
1970 | 04 | 01 | Darren Hossack born. |
1970 | 04 | 04 | Soheil Ayari born. |
1970 | 04 | 24 | Jean Philippe Belloc born. |
1970 | 05 | 11 | Marcos Gueiros born. |
1970 | 05 | 12 | Jordi Gene born. |
1970 | 05 | 22 | Pedro Diniz born. |
1970 | 05 | 23 | Bryan Herta born. |
1970 | 05 | 26 | John Henderson born. |
1970 | 06 | 11 | Alex Barron born. |
1970 | 06 | 14 | Tetsuya Harada born. |
1970 | 07 | 22 | Craig Baird born. |
1970 | 07 | 23 | Buckshot Jones born. |
1970 | 08 | 24 | Brian Cunningham born. |
1970 | 09 | 09 | Jerry Nadeau born. |
1970 | 09 | 13 | Wayne Wakefield born. |
1970 | 09 | 26 | Daryl Beattie born. |
1970 | 09 | 28 | Gualter Salles born. |
1970 | 10 | 18 | Alex Barros born. |
1970 | 11 | 10 | Freddy Loix born. |
1970 | 11 | 23 | Melinda Price born. |
1970 | 11 | 23 | Jim Cornish born. |
1970 | 12 | 20 | Alister McRae born. |
1970 | 12 | 29 | Hidetoshi Mitsusada born. |
1970 | 03 | 07 | Jack Brabham's last Formula One start |
1970 | 03 | 07 | March teams first Formula One start |
1970 | 04 | 19 | March teams first Formula One win (J Stewart , Spain) |
1970 | 05 | 10 | Ronnie Peterson's first Formula One start |
1970 | 05 | 10 | Bruce Mclaren's last Formula One start |
1970 | 06 | 02 | Bruce McLaren died in a testing crash in England in a Can Am car |
1970 | 06 | 07 | Last F1 race held at the old Spa Francorchamps track in Belguim |
1970 | 06 | 14 | Porsche scored their first overall win at the Le Man 24hr race when Hans Hermann and Richard Attwood take victory in a Porsche 917 |
1970 | 06 | 21 | Piers Courage died |
1970 | 07 | 18 | Surtees teams first Formula One start |
1970 | 08 | 02 | First F1 race at Hockenheim , Germany |
1970 | 09 | 05 | Jochen Rindt died in practise crash for the Italian GP |
1970 | 09 | 06 | Clay Regazzoni won his first F1 race (Italy) |
1970 | 09 | 20 | Tyrrell teams first Formula One start |
1970 | 10 | 04 | Emerson Fittipladi won his first Formula One Grand Prix at Watkins Glen , U.S.A |
1971 | 01 | 01 | Dean Crosswell born. |
1971 | 01 | 04 | Richie Hearn born. |
1971 | 01 | 14 | Gianluigi Scalvini born. |
1971 | 01 | 17 | Richard Burns born. |
1971 | 01 | 18 | Christian Fittipaldi born. |
1971 | 01 | 25 | Luca Badoer born. |
1971 | 01 | 25 | Jaques Lazier born. |
1971 | 02 | 24 | Pedro de la Rosa born. |
1971 | 03 | 24 | Masao Azuma born. |
1971 | 03 | 27 | David Coulthard born. |
1971 | 04 | 03 | Emmanuel Collard born. |
1971 | 04 | 04 | Shinji Nakano born. |
1971 | 04 | 09 | Jacques Villeneuve born. |
1971 | 05 | 02 | Buzz Calkins born. |
1971 | 05 | 04 | Luiz Garcia Jnr born. |
1971 | 05 | 20 | Tony Stewart born. |
1971 | 05 | 29 | Bernd Maylander born. |
1971 | 06 | 15 | Akira Yanagawa born. |
1971 | 06 | 19 | Vittoriano Guareschi born. |
1971 | 06 | 26 | Max Biaggi born. |
1971 | 07 | 21 | Anthony Beltoise born. |
1971 | 08 | 04 | Jeff Gordon born. |
1971 | 08 | 13 | Patrick Carpentier born. |
1971 | 08 | 31 | Nobuatsu Aoki born. |
1971 | 10 | 06 | Phil Bennett born. |
1971 | 10 | 07 | Andrea Boldrini born. |
1971 | 11 | 27 | Troy Corser born. |
1971 | 12 | 01 | Christian Pescatori born. |
1971 | 12 | 12 | Oliver Martini born. |
1971 | 12 | 27 | Luca Boscoscuro born. |
1971 | 01 | 10 | Ignazio Giunti died after hitting a stranded car during a sportscar race in Buenos Aires , Argentina |
1971 | 03 | 06 | Mario Andretti's first FOrmula One win (South Africa) |
1971 | 04 | 18 | Tyrrell teams first Formula One win (J Stewart , Spain) |
1971 | 04 | 23 | Dempsey Wilson died |
1971 | 05 | 23 | the 200th Grand Prix of the modern era was held at Monte Carlo |
1971 | 07 | 11 | Pedro Rodriguez died in a sportscar race in Germany |
1971 | 10 | 24 | Jo Siffert died in a race at Brands Hatch , England |
1972 | 01 | 22 | Gonzalo Rodriguez born. |
1972 | 02 | 03 | Jamie Galles born. |
1972 | 02 | 20 | Jason Vincent born. |
1972 | 03 | 04 | Jos Verstappen born. |
1972 | 03 | 10 | Matt Kenseth born. |
1972 | 03 | 20 | Pedro Lamy born. |
1972 | 04 | 05 | Tom Coronel born. |
1972 | 04 | 18 | Garry McCoy born. |
1972 | 04 | 26 | Jason Bargwanna born. |
1972 | 05 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello born. |
1972 | 07 | 22 | Franco Battaini born. |
1972 | 07 | 27 | Xavier Pompidou born. |
1972 | 08 | 16 | Dugal McDougall born. |
1972 | 08 | 22 | Max Wilson born. |
1972 | 08 | 23 | Greg Murphy born. |
1972 | 09 | 29 | Oliver Gavin born. |
1972 | 10 | 18 | Alex Tagliani born. |
1972 | 11 | 07 | Steven Richards born. |
1972 | 11 | 14 | David Higgins born. |
1972 | 11 | 27 | Youichi Ui born. |
1972 | 12 | 01 | Stanton Barrett born. |
1972 | 12 | 15 | Sete Gibernau born. |
1972 | 12 | 16 | Jamie Campbell-Walter born. |
1972 | 01 | 23 | Carlos Ruetermann first Formula One race |
1972 | 02 | 17 | Friday Hassler died in an accident during a qualifying race at Daytona , Florida , USA |
1972 | 04 | 03 | Hannu Mikkola and Gunnar Palm became the first non-local drivers to win the Safari Rally |
1972 | 05 | 14 | BRM teams last Formula One win (JP Beltoise at Monaco) |
1972 | 05 | 18 | Jim Malloy died after crashing four days earlier during practice for the Indy 500 |
1972 | 07 | 15 | Williams teams first Formula One start named as Politoys |
1972 | 12 | 05 | Roger Clark and Tony Mason won the RAC Rally in a Ford Escort RS1600 |
1973 | 01 | 14 | Giancarlo Fisichella born. |
1973 | 02 | 18 | Stephen Watson born. |
1973 | 02 | 22 | Fabrice Walfish born. |
1973 | 02 | 28 | Nicolas Minassian born. |
1973 | 03 | 01 | Arnd Meier born. |
1973 | 03 | 07 | Jason Bright born. |
1973 | 03 | 23 | Wim Eyckmans born. |
1973 | 04 | 04 | Loris Capirossi born. |
1973 | 05 | 14 | Jonny Kane born. |
1973 | 05 | 18 | Tohru Ukawa born. |
1973 | 05 | 19 | Dario Franchitti born. |
1973 | 05 | 22 | Emilio Alzamora born. |
1973 | 06 | 06 | Dino Morelli born. |
1973 | 07 | 04 | Jan Magnussen born. |
1973 | 07 | 07 | Nathan Pretty born. |
1973 | 07 | 15 | Paolo Tessari born. |
1973 | 07 | 20 | Robby McGhee born. |
1973 | 07 | 25 | Kenny Roberts Jnr born. |
1973 | 08 | 03 | Kevin McGarrity born. |
1973 | 08 | 05 | Laurent Redon born. |
1973 | 08 | 08 | Andy Priaulx born. |
1973 | 08 | 22 | Giorgio Vinella born. |
1973 | 08 | 29 | Olivier Jacque born. |
1973 | 09 | 19 | Cristiano da Matta born. |
1973 | 09 | 29 | Gregorio Lavilla born. |
1973 | 10 | 05 | Owen McAuley born. |
1973 | 11 | 02 | James Haydon born. |
1973 | 11 | 16 | Christian Horner born. |
1973 | 11 | 20 | Neil Hodgson born. |
1973 | 11 | 22 | Paul Ramano born. |
1973 | 02 | 11 | First Formula One Grand Prix at Interlagos, Brazil |
1973 | 03 | 03 | Shadow teams first Formula One start |
1973 | 04 | 05 | David Murray died |
1973 | 04 | 23 | After 5,300km of competition Shekhar Mehta and Harry Kallstrom tie for the lead of the Safari Rally, Mehta is declared the winner after applying the tie-break rules |
1973 | 05 | 12 | Art Polland died during practice for the Indianapolis 500 |
1973 | 06 | 02 | Swede Savage died after crashing thirty three days earlier during the Indy 500 |
1973 | 06 | 03 | James Hunt's first Formula One start |
1973 | 07 | 01 | Ayrton Senna entered and took victory in his first ever go-kart race |
1973 | 07 | 01 | Ensign teams first Formula One start |
1973 | 07 | 23 | Eddie Rickenbacker died |
1973 | 07 | 29 | Roger Williamson died in a crash at the Dutch Grand Prix |
1973 | 08 | 17 | Fred Offenhauser died of natural causes |
1973 | 09 | 23 | Jackie Stewart's last Formula One start as a driver |
1973 | 10 | 06 | Francois Cevert died in practise for the USA Grand Prix |
1974 | 01 | 21 | Alex Sperafico born. |
1974 | 01 | 22 | Cameron McConville born. |
1974 | 02 | 12 | Toranasuke Takagi born. |
1974 | 02 | 15 | Alexander Wurz born. |
1974 | 02 | 16 | Jamie Davies born. |
1974 | 02 | 27 | Colin Edwards born. |
1974 | 03 | 11 | Gino Borsoi born. |
1974 | 03 | 19 | Marcel Tiemann born. |
1974 | 03 | 29 | Marc Gene born. |
1974 | 04 | 13 | Darren Turner born. |
1974 | 04 | 26 | James Thompson born. |
1974 | 05 | 07 | Ben Bostrom born. |
1974 | 06 | 21 | Craig Lowndes born. |
1974 | 06 | 26 | Martin Basso born. |
1974 | 07 | 05 | Roberto Locatelli born. |
1974 | 07 | 13 | Jarno Trulli born. |
1974 | 07 | 13 | Oriol Servia born. |
1974 | 07 | 25 | Mark Noske born. |
1974 | 08 | 05 | Christian Vann born. |
1974 | 08 | 16 | Elton Julian born. |
1974 | 08 | 22 | Steve Ellery born. |
1974 | 09 | 04 | Alex Gurney born. |
1974 | 09 | 06 | Steven Johnson born. |
1974 | 09 | 12 | Guy Smith born. |
1974 | 11 | 02 | Stephane Sarrazin born. |
1974 | 11 | 18 | Petter Solberg born. |
1974 | 11 | 30 | Arnaud Vincent born. |
1974 | 12 | 31 | Tony Kanaan born. |
1974 | 01 | 13 | Denny Hulme last Formula One win |
1974 | 03 | 04 | Bill Aston died |
1974 | 03 | 22 | Peter Revson died while testing for the Shadow Formula One team in South Africa |
1974 | 03 | 30 | Hesketh teams first Formula One start |
1974 | 03 | 30 | Carlos Reutemann |
1974 | 04 | 28 | Niki Lauda won his first Formula One race (Spain) |
1974 | 09 | 22 | Penske teams first Formula One start |
1974 | 10 | 05 | The Lancia Stratos took its first Wolrd rally Championship win on the Rally of San Remo |
1974 | 10 | 06 | Helmut Koinigg died in a crash during the USA Grand Prix |
1975 | 01 | 05 | Markus Friesacher born. |
1975 | 01 | 20 | Norberto Fontana born. |
1975 | 01 | 22 | Felipe Giaffone born. |
1975 | 02 | 02 | Jose Luis Cardoso born. |
1975 | 02 | 13 | Ben Collins born. |
1975 | 03 | 02 | Noriyuki Haga born. |
1975 | 03 | 05 | Luciano Burti born. |
1975 | 03 | 05 | Anthony Gobert born. |
1975 | 03 | 05 | Sascha Bert born. |
1975 | 03 | 27 | Katsuaki Fujiwara born. |
1975 | 03 | 28 | Fabrizio Gollin born. |
1975 | 03 | 28 | Derek Hill born. |
1975 | 04 | 03 | David Cook born. |
1975 | 04 | 19 | Townsend Bell born. |
1975 | 04 | 22 | Greg Moore born. |
1975 | 04 | 30 | Darren Manning born. |
1975 | 04 | 30 | Elliot Sadler born. |
1975 | 05 | 06 | Oliver Tichy born. |
1975 | 05 | 08 | Gaston Mazzacane born. |
1975 | 05 | 10 | Helio CastroNeves born. |
1975 | 05 | 20 | Ralph Firman Jnr born. |
1975 | 05 | 26 | Andej Pavicevic born. |
1975 | 06 | 03 | Dan Eaves born. |
1975 | 06 | 30 | Ralf Schumacher born. |
1975 | 07 | 02 | David Saelens born. |
1975 | 07 | 02 | Jaroslav Hules born. |
1975 | 07 | 08 | Regis Laconi born. |
1975 | 07 | 16 | Bas Leinders born. |
1975 | 07 | 27 | Jamie Robinson born. |
1975 | 08 | 05 | Gaston Mazzacane born. |
1975 | 09 | 07 | Norrick Abe born. |
1975 | 09 | 13 | Akihiro Asai born. |
1975 | 09 | 16 | Jason Leffler born. |
1975 | 09 | 20 | Juan Pablo Montoya born. |
1975 | 12 | 01 | Mario Dominguez born. |
1975 | 12 | 15 | Werner Lupberger born. |
1975 | 01 | 02 | Fittipaldi teams first Formula One start |
1975 | 01 | 26 | Graham Hill last Formula One start |
1975 | 04 | 27 | Alan Jones first Formula One start |
1975 | 04 | 27 | Last Formula One race at Montjuich park , Spain |
1975 | 05 | 10 | Darrell Waltrip won his first Nascar Winston Cup race at Nashville , USA |
1975 | 06 | 22 | James Hunt won his first Grand Prix at Zandvoort , It was also the only Grand Prix win for Hesketh Racing |
1975 | 08 | 09 | Mark Donohue set an American closed-course speed record of 221.120 MPH at Talledega, Alabama, in a Porsche 917/30 |
1975 | 08 | 19 | Mark Donohue died after crashing in practice for the Austrian GP |
1975 | 11 | 29 | Graham Hill and Tony Brise died in a plane crash |
1975 | 01 | 12 | Yuji Ide born. |
1976 | 01 | 19 | Tarso Marques born. |
1976 | 01 | 25 | Mario Haberfield born. |
1976 | 02 | 18 | Jimmy Kite born. |
1976 | 02 | 24 | Marco Campos born. |
1976 | 03 | 22 | Haruchika Aoki born. |
1976 | 03 | 23 | Ricardo Zonta born. |
1976 | 04 | 07 | Daijiro Katoh born. |
1976 | 04 | 24 | Giovanni Montanari born. |
1976 | 05 | 03 | Mark Willis born. |
1976 | 05 | 07 | Thomas Biagi born. |
1976 | 05 | 22 | James Brock born. |
1976 | 05 | 25 | Mario Haberfeld born. |
1976 | 06 | 02 | Andrew Bordin born. |
1976 | 07 | 04 | Daijiro Katoh born. |
1976 | 07 | 04 | Christian D'Agostin born. |
1976 | 07 | 20 | Alex Yoong born. |
1976 | 08 | 27 | Mark Webber born. |
1976 | 09 | 01 | Marcos Ambrose born. |
1976 | 09 | 02 | Michel Jourdain Jnr born. |
1976 | 09 | 11 | Tomas Enge born. |
1976 | 09 | 14 | Mirko Giansanti born. |
1976 | 10 | 25 | Darren Malkin born. |
1976 | 10 | 27 | David Terrien born. |
1976 | 10 | 31 | Buddy Rice born. |
1976 | 10 | 31 | Simon Wills born. |
1976 | 11 | 04 | Bruno Junqueira born. |
1976 | 11 | 04 | Makoto Tamada born. |
1976 | 11 | 23 | Tony Renna born. |
1976 | 12 | 14 | Andre Couto born. |
1976 | 12 | 28 | Matthew Davies born. |
1976 | 01 | 25 | Ligier teams first Formula One start |
1976 | 02 | 13 | Paul Russo died of natural causes |
1976 | 02 | 14 | Piero Scotti died |
1976 | 04 | 05 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway hall of fame opened to the public |
1976 | 05 | 02 | Tyrrell debuted their famous six wheeler P34 Formula One car at the Spainish Grand Prix at Jarama |
1976 | 08 | 01 | Niki Lauda was lucky to survive a huge crash during the German GP |
1976 | 08 | 01 | Last Formula One race at the old Nurburgring , Germany |
1976 | 08 | 15 | Penske won their only Formula One race (John Watson , Austria) |
1976 | 09 | 12 | March teams last Formula One win (Ronnie Peterson , Italian GP) |
1976 | 10 | 17 | James Hunt won the World Drivers Championship by finishing 3rd at the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji |
1976 | 11 | 04 | Toni Ulmen died |
1976 | 12 | 30 | Rudi Fischer died |
1976 | 07 | 26 | Tiago Monteiro born. |
1976 | 08 | 05 | Jeff Simmons born. |
1977 | 01 | 14 | Narain Karthikeyan born. |
1977 | 01 | 21 | David Besnard born. |
1977 | 01 | 28 | Takuma Sato born. |
1977 | 03 | 31 | Garth Tander born. |
1977 | 04 | 15 | Jamie Wall born. |
1977 | 05 | 10 | Nick Heidfeld born. |
1977 | 07 | 30 | Rodolfo Lavin born. |
1977 | 09 | 09 | Sebastian Gimbert born. |
1977 | 10 | 10 | Shinya Nakano born. |
1977 | 12 | 09 | David De Gea born. |
1977 | 01 | 09 | Wolf teams first Formula One start and first win (Jody Scheckter) |
1977 | 03 | 05 | Tom Pryce died in a crash during the South African GP |
1977 | 03 | 05 | BRM teams last Formula One start |
1977 | 03 | 18 | Carlos Pace died in a plane crash in Brazil |
1977 | 03 | 19 | The first 200 mph lap at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was set by Gordon Johncock (200.4 mph) |
1977 | 03 | 19 | Max Stewart died after crashing during an event at calder Park Raceway , Melbourne , Australia |
1977 | 05 | 05 | Tom Pryce died after crashing during the South African Grand Prix |
1977 | 05 | 11 | Mario Andretti became the first person to lap the Indianapolis motor speedway at over 200mph when he lapped at 200.311mph |
1977 | 05 | 22 | Janet Guthrie became the first woman to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 |
1977 | 06 | 19 | Jacques Laffite , Ligier teams and Matra engines first Formula One win |
1977 | 07 | 16 | Renault teams first Formula One start and first start for a turbo engine |
1977 | 08 | 29 | Brian McGuire died |
1977 | 10 | 09 | Last Formula One race at Mosport , Canada |
1977 | 10 | 23 | Last Formula One race at Fuji , Japan |
1977 | 12 | 07 | Georges Grinnard died |
1977 | 10 | 10 | Roger Yasukawa born. |
1978 | 01 | 05 | Franck Montagny born. |
1978 | 01 | 08 | Bobby Hamilton Jnr born. |
1978 | 02 | 09 | Airton Dare born. |
1978 | 02 | 18 | Ruben Xaus born. |
1978 | 02 | 26 | Marc Hynes born. |
1978 | 03 | 03 | Nicolas Kiesa born. |
1978 | 03 | 12 | Casey Mears born. |
1978 | 03 | 16 | Simone Sanna born. |
1978 | 04 | 22 | Esteban Tuero born. |
1978 | 05 | 16 | Hoover Orsi born. |
1978 | 06 | 12 | Dan Wheldon born. |
1978 | 06 | 22 | Daniel Wheldon born. |
1978 | 07 | 12 | Sebastian Porto born. |
1978 | 09 | 12 | Sebastian Porto born. |
1978 | 09 | 27 | Christian Jones born. |
1978 | 10 | 09 | Kristian Kolby born. |
1978 | 11 | 17 | Kurtis Roberts born. |
1978 | 12 | 02 | Fonsi Nieto born. |
1978 | 12 | 12 | Andrea Piccini born. |
1978 | 01 | 29 | Arrows teams first Formula One start |
1978 | 02 | 08 | Hans Stuck died of natural causes |
1978 | 03 | 04 | The 300th Grand Prix of the modern era was held at Kyalami in South Africa |
1978 | 03 | 04 | Eddie Cheever's first Formula One start |
1978 | 03 | 04 | Keke Rosberg's first Formula One start |
1978 | 03 | 04 | Hesketh teams last Formula One start |
1978 | 06 | 17 | The Brabham Fan car made its one and only appearance in a Formula One Grand Prix at Anderstorp , Sweden |
1978 | 06 | 17 | Last Formula One race at Anderstorp, Sweden |
1978 | 08 | 27 | Mario Andretti's last Formula One win (Netherlands) |
1978 | 09 | 10 | Alfa Romeo engines last Formula One win (Niki Lauda , Italian GP) |
1978 | 09 | 10 | John Goss became the first driver to win both the Australian Grand Prix and the Bathurst 1000 Touring Car race when he won the AGP at Sandown Park |
1978 | 09 | 11 | Ronnie Peterson died in a crash during the Italian GP |
1978 | 10 | 08 | First Formula One race at Montreal , Canada |
1978 | 10 | 20 | Gunnar Nilsson died of cancer |
1978 | 11 | 05 | Donnie Allison won his last Nascar race after Richard Petty was stripped of the win at Atlanta , U.S.A |
1978 | 10 | 14 | Ronnie Bremer born. |
1978 | 11 | 25 | Marcus Marshall born. |
1978 | 10 | 19 | Enrique Bernoldi born. |
1979 | 01 | 07 | Ricardo Mauricio born. |
1979 | 01 | 20 | Alex Muller born. |
1979 | 02 | 04 | Giorgio Pantano born. |
1979 | 02 | 16 | Valentino Rossi born. |
1979 | 02 | 28 | Sebastien Bourdais born. |
1979 | 04 | 16 | Christijan Albers born. |
1979 | 06 | 28 | Neil Shanahan born. |
1979 | 07 | 21 | Paul Weel born. |
1979 | 07 | 23 | Ricardo Sperafico born. |
1979 | 07 | 23 | Rodrigo Sperafico born. |
1979 | 07 | 31 | Justin Wilson born. |
1979 | 10 | 09 | Todd Kelly born. |
1979 | 10 | 17 | Kimi Raikkonen born. |
1979 | 12 | 31 | Paul O'Neill born. |
1979 | 01 | 21 | Elio De Angelis first Formula One race |
1979 | 03 | 11 | First CART race to be held at Phoenix , Arizona , USA. Won by Gordon Johncock |
1979 | 04 | 05 | Whitney Straight died in London , England at the age of 66 |
1979 | 05 | 27 | James Hunt's last Formula One start |
1979 | 06 | 22 | Louis Chiron died |
1979 | 07 | 01 | Renault engines first Formula One win and first turbo win |
1979 | 07 | 14 | Williams teams first Formula One win (Clay Regazzoni) |
1979 | 10 | 07 | Wolf team last Formula One start |
1979 | 12 | 14 | Bjorn Waldergard won the innaugural World Rally Championship for drivers |
1979 | 09 | 04 | Kosuke Matsuura born. |
1979 | 04 | 18 | Anthony Davidson born. |
1980 | 01 | 19 | Jenson Button born. |
1980 | 04 | 24 | Jaime Melo Jnr born. |
1980 | 04 | 27 | Ananda Mikola born. |
1980 | 06 | 05 | Leanne Ferrier born. |
1980 | 07 | 10 | Adam Petty born. |
1980 | 07 | 22 | Scott Dixon born. |
1980 | 09 | 11 | Antonio Pizzonia born. |
1980 | 09 | 20 | Patrick Friesacher born. |
1980 | 09 | 21 | Tomas Scheckter born. |
1980 | 09 | 24 | Dean Canto born. |
1980 | 10 | 04 | Sarah Fisher born. |
1980 | 11 | 01 | Christian Murchison born. |
1980 | 12 | 17 | Ryan Hunter-Reay born. |
1980 | 01 | 13 | Alain Prost first Formula One start |
1980 | 01 | 27 | Rene Arnoux first Formula One win |
1980 | 03 | 01 | Osella teams first Formula One start |
1980 | 03 | 01 | Shadow teams last Formula One start |
1980 | 03 | 30 | Nelson Piquet won his first Formula One Grand Prix at Long Beach |
1980 | 03 | 30 | Clay Regazzoni crashed heavily in the Long Beach Grand Prix leaving him with injuries that would paralyze him for life |
1980 | 08 | 01 | Patrick Depailler died when testing for the Alfa Romeo Formula One team at Hockenheim in Germany |
1980 | 09 | 14 | First Formula One race at Imola , San Marino , Italy |
1980 | 10 | 25 | Last Formula One race at Watkins Glen , USA |
1980 | 11 | 16 | Alan Jones won the non Championship Australian Grand Prix driving for Williams |
1980 | 12 | 15 | Peter Gregg commited suicide |
1980 | 08 | 06 | Vitantonio Liuzzi born. |
1980 | 06 | 22 | Dick Johnson debuts his new Ford Falcon Touring Car at a club event at Lakeside, QLD. (This car would hit the famous rock at Bathurst later in the year) |
1980 | 04 | 04 | Bjorn Wirdheim born. |
1980 | 07 | 19 | Giorgio Mondini born. |
1980 | 06 | 13 | Markus Winkelhock born. |
1980 | 01 | 04 | Tristan Gommendy born. |
1980 | 11 | 05 | Jaime Camara born. |
1981 | 01 | 01 | Zsolt Baumgartner born. |
1981 | 01 | 06 | Gareth Howell born. |
1981 | 02 | 09 | Joel Camathias born. |
1981 | 03 | 24 | Gary Paffett born. |
1981 | 04 | 22 | Nilton Rossoni born. |
1981 | 04 | 25 | Felipe Massa born. |
1981 | 07 | 17 | Anthony West born. |
1981 | 07 | 29 | Fernando Alonso born. |
1981 | 07 | 30 | Nicky Hayden born. |
1981 | 11 | 08 | Mika Kallio born. |
1981 | 12 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger born. |
1981 | 01 | 01 | Mauri Rose died |
1981 | 01 | 15 | Graham Whitehead died |
1981 | 02 | 15 | Hannu Mikkola scored the Audi Quattro's first World Rally Championship win at the Swedish Rally |
1981 | 03 | 15 | Ayrton Senna won his first Formula Ford race at Brands Hatch in England |
1981 | 03 | 23 | Mike Hailwood died in a road accident |
1981 | 03 | 24 | Nigel Mansell saved Peter Collins from drowning in the ocean off Rio De Janeiro , Brazil |
1981 | 03 | 29 | David Prophet died in a helicopter accident in England |
1981 | 05 | 03 | Michele Alboreto's first Formula One start |
1981 | 05 | 25 | Bobby Unser was stripped of his previous days Indianapolis 500 win and it was given to Mario Andretti , Three months later Bobby Unser was reinstated as the winner |
1981 | 06 | 21 | Last Formula One race at Jarama , Spain |
1981 | 06 | 21 | Gilles Villeneuve last Formula One win |
1981 | 07 | 05 | Alain Prost's first Formula One win (France) |
1981 | 07 | 30 | Bud Tingelstad died |
1981 | 09 | 13 | Toleman teams first Formula One start |
1981 | 09 | 13 | Hart engines first Formula One start |
1981 | 10 | 10 | Michele Mouton and Fabrizia Pons became the first females to win a World Rally Championship round in the rally of San Remo |
1981 | 10 | 13 | Freddie Etancelin died |
1981 | 05 | 30 | Gianmaria Bruni born. |
1981 | 09 | 24 | Ryan Briscoe born. |
1981 | 03 | 03 | Ed Carpenter born. |
1981 | 10 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen born. |
1981 | 03 | 24 | Gary Paffett born. |
1981 | 09 | 23 | Robert Doornbos born. |
1981 | 01 | 29 | Alex Figge born. |
1981 | 03 | 01 | Will Power born. |
1982 | 02 | 03 | Alan Gurr born. |
1982 | 03 | 25 | Danica Patrick born. |
1982 | 08 | 07 | Marco Melandri born. |
1982 | 09 | 01 | Paul Dumbrell born. |
1982 | 03 | 21 | Carlos Reutemann |
1982 | 04 | 07 | Harold Ertl died in a plane crash |
1982 | 04 | 12 | Shekhar Mehta won his 5th Safari rally and his 4th in a row |
1982 | 04 | 25 | Gilles Villenueve's last Formula One start (San Marino) |
1982 | 05 | 08 | Gilles Villeneuve died after crashing during practice for the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder |
1982 | 05 | 15 | Gordon Smiley died during practice for the Indianapolis 500 |
1982 | 05 | 23 | Ricardo Patrese's first Formula One win |
1982 | 06 | 13 | Riccardo Paletti died after crashing at the start of the Canadian Grand Prix |
1982 | 06 | 13 | BMW engines first Formula One win |
1982 | 08 | 07 | Didier Pironi crashed during practice for the German Grand Prix , This crash would end his Formula One career |
1982 | 08 | 08 | Eric Brandon died |
1982 | 09 | 12 | Ensign and Fittipaldi teams last Formula One starts |
1982 | 09 | 25 | Mario Andretti's last Formula One start |
1982 | 09 | 25 | Last Formula One race at Las Vegas , USA |
1982 | 10 | 20 | Ayrton Senna won the Macau Formula 3 race |
1982 | 11 | 11 | Ayrton Senna took victory on his debut in Formula 3 at Thruxton in England |
1982 | 11 | 25 | Walt Ader died |
1982 | 12 | 16 | Colin Chapman died of heart attack |
1982 | 03 | 18 | Timo Glock born. |
1982 | 07 | 09 | Sakon Yamamoto born. |
1983 | 02 | 07 | Christian Klien born. |
1983 | 02 | 14 | Manuel Poggiali born. |
1983 | 03 | 27 | John Watson's last Formula One win (Long Beach) |
1983 | 03 | 27 | Last formula One race at Long Beach, USA |
1983 | 04 | 24 | Rolf Stommelen died in a crash during an IMSA sportscar race in the USA |
1983 | 05 | 22 | First GP at the new Spa Francorchamps circuit (Belguim) |
1983 | 06 | 05 | Tyrrell teams last Formula One win (Michele Alboreto) |
1983 | 06 | 16 | Allan Moffat won the Australian Touring Car Championship driving a Mazda RX-7 , the first time the Championship was won by a Japanese car |
1983 | 07 | 17 | John Paul Jnr won his first and only CART race when he took victory at the Michigan 500 |
1983 | 07 | 19 | Ayrton Senna first drove a Formula One car for the first time when he tested for the Williams team |
1983 | 08 | 28 | TAG Porsche engines first Formula One start |
1983 | 09 | 04 | Freddie Spencer clinched his first 500cc Motorcycle World Championship by finishing second at Imola |
1983 | 12 | 28 | Eugene Chaboud died |
1983 | 01 | 24 | Scott Speed born. |
1983 | 08 | 25 | James Rossiter born. |
1983 | 01 | 11 | Adrian Sutil born. |
1983 | 12 | 08 | Neel Jani born. |
1983 | 10 | 10 | Dan Clarke born. |
1983 | 10 | 15 | Bruno Senna born. |
1984 | 11 | 22 | Juan Olive born. |
1984 | 03 | 01 | Peter Walker died |
1984 | 03 | 03 | Mike Mosley died |
1984 | 03 | 25 | Phillipe Alliot's first Formula One race |
1984 | 03 | 25 | Martin Brundle's first Formula One start |
1984 | 03 | 25 | Ayrton Senna's first Formula One start |
1984 | 03 | 25 | TAG Porsche engines first Formula One win (A. Prost , Brazil GP) |
1984 | 04 | 29 | Last Formula One race at Zolder , Belguim |
1984 | 05 | 20 | Last GP at Dijon-Prenois (France) |
1984 | 07 | 01 | Allan Grice won the last Australian Touring car round to be run under Group C regulations |
1984 | 07 | 18 | The Tyrrell Formula One team were disqualified from the 1984 season due to infringing the rules, they were allowed to continue to compete until their appeal was heard |
1984 | 08 | 11 | Marcel Balsa died |
1984 | 08 | 19 | The 400th Grand Prix of the modern era was held at the Osterreichring in Austria |
1984 | 09 | 08 | Johnny Parsons died of natural causes |
1984 | 09 | 19 | Ferry Porsche received the honorary title of 'Professor' |
1984 | 09 | 30 | Peter Brock and Larry Perkins won the last Bathurst 1000 Touring Car race to be run under Group C regulations for the Holden Dealer Team |
1984 | 10 | 07 | First Formula One race at the new Nurburgring , Germany |
1984 | 10 | 21 | First Formula One race at Estoril , Portugal |
1984 | 11 | 25 | Jimmy Jackson died |
1984 | 11 | 04 | Peter Brock (Holden Commodore) won the last ever Group C Touring Car race in Australia, winning the Motorcraft 300 at Surfers Paradise |
1984 | 05 | 25 | AJ Foyt IV born. |
1984 | 12 | 07 | Robert Kubica born. |
1984 | 11 | 21 | Alvaro Bautista born. |
1984 | 05 | 18 | Simon Pagenaud born. |
1984 | 09 | 08 | Vitaly Petrov born. |
1984 | 01 | 19 | Karun Chandhok born. |
1985 | 10 | 16 | Casey Stoner born. |
1985 | 01 | 27 | The first Wellington 500 Touring car race was held in New Zealand won by Michel Delcourt and Robbie Francevic driving a Volvo 240T |
1985 | 02 | 02 | Bob Glidden became the first NHRA Pro Stock driver to run the 1/4 mile under 7.6 seconds (7.557) in California , USA |
1985 | 02 | 10 | The first Australian Touring Car Championship round run under International Group A regulations was held at Winton , Victoria |
1985 | 03 | 24 | The first European Formula 3000 race was held at Silverstone , England. Mike Thackwell took the victory |
1985 | 04 | 03 | Helmut Niedermayr died |
1985 | 04 | 07 | Minardi teams first Formula One start |
1985 | 04 | 21 | Ayrton Senna won his first Formula One Grand Prix at Estoril in Portugal driving for Lotus |
1985 | 07 | 02 | David Purley died |
1985 | 07 | 07 | Brabham teams last Formula One win (Nelson Piquet) |
1985 | 07 | 07 | Jim Richards became the first New Zealander to win the Australian Touring Car Championship after taking victory at Amaroo Park |
1985 | 07 | 07 | The first time the Australian Touring Car Championship was won by a European car manufacturer when Jim Richards won for BMW |
1985 | 08 | 12 | Manfred Winkelhock died in a sportscar race at Mosport in Canada |
1985 | 08 | 25 | Last Formula One race at Zandvoort, Netherlands |
1985 | 09 | 01 | Stefan Bellof died in a sportscar crash at Spa Francorchamps famous 'Eau Rouge' corner in Belguim |
1985 | 10 | 06 | The first Bathurst 1000 Touring Car race to be run exclusively under Group A regulations was run , won by John Goss and Armin Hahne driving a Jaguar XJS for Tom Walkinshaw Racing |
1985 | 10 | 12 | Duke Dinsmore died |
1985 | 11 | 03 | First Formula One race at Adelaide , Australia won by Keke Rosberg driving for Williams |
1985 | 11 | 03 | Niki Lauda , Alfa Romeo factory team and the Toleman team all competed in their last Grand Prix at Adelaide , Australia |
1985 | 11 | 08 | Masten Gregory died of a heart attack |
1985 | 11 | 28 | Debut win for the Lancia Delta S4 in the RAC Rally with Henri Toivonen and Neil Wilson |
1985 | 12 | 23 | Prince B Bira died of natural causes |
1985 | 06 | 27 | Nico Rosberg born. |
1985 | 01 | 07 | Lewis Hamilton born. |
1985 | 07 | 25 | Nelson Piquet Jnr born. |
1985 | 01 | 11 | Kazuki Nakajima born. |
1985 | 03 | 19 | (E.J) Ernesto Viso born. |
1985 | 03 | 09 | Pator Maldonado born. |
1985 | 12 | 27 | Jerome d'Ambrosio born. |
1986 | 07 | 23 | Nelson Philipe born. |
1986 | 11 | 02 | Hector Barbera born. |
1986 | 01 | 14 | Thierry Sabine founder of the Paris - Dakar Rally died in a helicopter crash during the 1986 event |
1986 | 04 | 13 | First Formula One race at Jerez , Spain |
1986 | 04 | 13 | Michael Andretti won his first CART race when he took victory at the Long Beach Grand Prix |
1986 | 05 | 04 | Henri Toivenen and his co driver Sergio Cresta died after crashing during the rally of Corsica |
1986 | 05 | 11 | Elio de Angelis's last Formula One start |
1986 | 05 | 15 | Elio De Angelis died testing for the Brabham Formula One team in France |
1986 | 06 | 01 | Jo Gartner died after crashing during the Le Mans 24hr race |
1986 | 07 | 13 | Last Formula One race at Brands Hatch , England |
1986 | 07 | 13 | Jacques Laffite suffered severe leg injuries that would end his career after crashing at the start of the Brittish GP at Brands Hatch |
1986 | 08 | 10 | The first Hungarian Grand Prix was held at the Hungaroring |
1986 | 11 | 20 | Andrew Ranger born. |
1986 | 09 | 06 | Thomas Luthi born. |
1986 | 02 | 14 | Michael Ammermuller born. |
1986 | 04 | 17 | Romain Grosjean born. |
1986 | 09 | 13 | Kamui Kobayashi born. |
1986 | 04 | 16 | Paul di Resta born. |
1987 | 01 | 01 | Group B rally cars were banned by the FIA |
1987 | 02 | 10 | Andy Linden died of natural causes |
1987 | 02 | 12 | Dennis Poore died |
1987 | 02 | 18 | Holden Motor Company withdrew support for Peter Brock's HDT Special Vehicles road car operation |
1987 | 03 | 01 | The Group A BMW M3 Touring Car made it's World racing debut in Round 1 of the Australian Touring Car Championship at Calder Park , Australia |
1987 | 03 | 22 | Allan Moffat and John Harvey driving a Holden Commodore won the first ever World Touring Car Championship round at Monza , Italy. They placed 7th in the race but the first 6 BMW M3's were later Disqualified |
1987 | 04 | 11 | Rudolf Krause died |
1987 | 05 | 31 | Ayrton Senna won the Monaco Grand Prix for Lotus , The first win for Active suspension |
1987 | 06 | 21 | Lotus teams last Formula One win (Ayrton Senna) |
1987 | 06 | 28 | Mauro Baldi and Jonathon Palmer won the World Sports Prototype race at the Norisring in Germany, This was the Final race for the Rothman's-backed factory Porsche team |
1987 | 08 | 14 | Stefan Johansson hit a deer in his McLaren at 180mph during practice for the Austrian Grand Prix , amazingly he walked away unhurt |
1987 | 08 | 23 | Didier Pironi died |
1987 | 08 | 27 | Tommi Makkinen made his World Championship Rally debut, he crashed out of the event |
1987 | 09 | 05 | Joe Amato became the first NHRA Top Fuel driver to surpass the 280 mph mark when he ran a 282.13mph pass during the US Nationals at Indianapolis, Indiana. |
1987 | 10 | 07 | FISA announced the cancellation of the World Touring Car Championship for Group A regulations, they state the WTCC would return in 1989 and run under Bernie Ecclestone's PROCAR regulations |
1987 | 10 | 19 | Hermann Lang died |
1987 | 10 | 31 | Nigel Mansell crashed during practice for the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix breaking his neck |
1987 | 11 | 01 | First Formula One race at Suzuka , Japan |
1987 | 11 | 07 | Roberto Ravaglia claimed the first and so far only World Touring Car Championship when he finished 3rd at Fuji in Japan |
1987 | 03 | 13 | Marco Andretti born. |
1987 | 05 | 04 | Jorge Lorenzo born. |
1987 | 07 | 03 | Sebastian Vettel born. |
1987 | 08 | 19 | Nico Hulkenberg born. |
1988 | 01 | 03 | Joie Chitwood died |
1988 | 01 | 12 | Piero Taruffi died |
1988 | 02 | 28 | The First Nascar race Held outside of the USA was held at the Calder Park Thunderdome, Melbourne, Australia |
1988 | 03 | 15 | FISA announced that Peter Brock , David Parsons and Peter McLoed are the winners of the 1987 Bathurst 1000 Touring Car race after the appeal by the Eggenberger Ford team was thrown out |
1988 | 04 | 03 | Judd engines first Formula One start |
1988 | 04 | 09 | The first sub 5 second run in an NHRA dragrace was recorded by Eddie Hill at 4.99 seconds over a quater mile |
1988 | 06 | 19 | Last Formula One race at Detroit , USA |
1988 | 08 | 14 | Enzo Ferrari died |
1988 | 08 | 21 | Johnny Herbert badly injured his legs and feet in a Formula 3000 crash at Brands Hatch in England |
1988 | 09 | 30 | Al Holbert died in a light plane crash in Ohio , USA |
1988 | 10 | 13 | FISA announced the cancellation of the European Touring Car Championship effective from the end of 1988 |
1988 | 11 | 13 | Turbo engines last Formula One start and last win (A Prost , McLaren Honda , Australia) |
1989 | 03 | 24 | Richard Petty failed to qualify for the NASCAR race at Richmond. This ended his run of 513 consecutive starts which started in November 1971 |
1989 | 03 | 26 | Lamborghini engines first Formula One start |
1989 | 03 | 26 | Yamaha engines first Formula One start |
1989 | 03 | 26 | Last Formula One race at Rio de Janeiro (Jacarepagua) |
1989 | 08 | 13 | Tim Richmond died of AIDS |
1989 | 09 | 20 | Richie Ginther died of heart failure |
1989 | 12 | 11 | Joseph R. Cloutier, President of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, died |
1989 | 12 | 16 | Oscar Galvez died |
1989 | 01 | 04 | Graham Rahal born. |
1989 | 07 | 01 | Daniel Ricciardo born. |
1989 | 05 | 09 | Shane Van Gisbergen born. |
1989 | 08 | 28 | Valtteri Bottas born. |
1989 | 08 | 03 | Jules Bianchi born. |
1990 | 03 | 10 | Lancia took 1-2-3-4and 5th places in the rally of Portugal |
1990 | 04 | 11 | Subaru entered their first World Championship Rally event, The Safari Rally in Kenya |
1990 | 05 | 13 | The Tyrrell team debuted their 019 chassis featuring the first use of the anhedral front wing at the San Marino Grand Prix |
1990 | 07 | 08 | Last Formula One race at Paul Ricard , France |
1990 | 08 | 26 | Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya became the first non-Scandinavian crew to win the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland |
1990 | 09 | 28 | Martin Donnelly survived a huge practice crash for the Spainish Grand Prix which ended his career |
1990 | 10 | 11 | Alessandro Nannini severed his right arm in a helicopter crash in Italy |
1990 | 11 | 04 | The 500th Grand Prix of the modern era was held in Adelaide , Australia |
1990 | 11 | 24 | Juan Manuel Bordeu died |
1990 | 11 | 28 | Chico Godia died |
1990 | 03 | 23 | Jaime Alguersuari born. |
1990 | 02 | 15 | Charles Pic born. |
1990 | 01 | 26 | Sergio Perez born. |
1990 | 04 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne born. |
1991 | 03 | 10 | Jordan teams first Formula One start |
1991 | 03 | 10 | Last Formula One race at Pheonix , USA |
1991 | 03 | 10 | Ilmor engines first Formula One start |
1991 | 03 | 10 | Ayrton Senna became the first driver to earn 10 points instead of 9 for a Grand Prix victory at Phoenix, USA |
1991 | 03 | 17 | Surfers Paradise , Australia held its first CART race |
1991 | 03 | 19 | Damon Hill made his Formula One test debut for the Williams team |
1991 | 06 | 02 | Nelson Piquet's last Formula One win (Canada) |
1991 | 06 | 23 | Mario Andretti started his 350th Indy car race, at Portland International Raceway, Portland, Oregon. |
1991 | 06 | 23 | Volker Weidler , Johnny Herbert and Bertrand Gachot won the Le Man 24hr race driving for Mazda , this was the first Le Man win for a Japanese manufacturer |
1991 | 07 | 07 | First Formula One race at Magny Cours , France |
1991 | 07 | 21 | Paul Warwick died in a Formula 3000 crash at Oulton Park, England |
1991 | 08 | 05 | Soichiro Honda died |
1991 | 08 | 11 | J D McDuffie died in a NASCAR crash at Watkins Glen, USA |
1991 | 08 | 14 | Alberto Crespo died |
1991 | 08 | 18 | Dale Jarrett won his first Nascar race at Michigan International Speedway |
1991 | 08 | 25 | Michael Schumacher's first Formula One start (Belguim) |
1991 | 10 | 01 | Richard Petty announced his intentions to reitre from driving at the end of the 1992 Nascar Winston Cup season |
1991 | 11 | 03 | The shortest Grand Prix in modern history was held at Adelaide , Australia. The race lasted just 14 laps before being stopped due to torrential rain. |
1991 | 11 | 11 | The FIA Sportscar Commission voted to end the Sportscar World Championship |
1991 | 12 | 18 | George Abecassis died |
1991 | 02 | 18 | Henry Surtees born. |
1992 | 03 | 01 | Mugen Honda engines first Formula One start |
1992 | 03 | 03 | Lella Lombardi died of cancer |
1992 | 03 | 11 | Christian Vanderpleyn died |
1992 | 03 | 20 | Kenny Bernstein became the first drag racer to break the 300 mph barrier when he drove his top fuel dragster at 301.7 mph in Gainesville , Florida , USA |
1992 | 03 | 22 | Last Formula One race at Mexico City |
1992 | 04 | 05 | The first BTCC race under the 2 litre format was held |
1992 | 04 | 14 | Ronnie Bucknum died from diabetes |
1992 | 05 | 15 | Jovy Marcelo died after crashing during practice for the Indianapolis 500 |
1992 | 05 | 24 | Al Unser Jnr won the Indianapolis 500 by .043 over Scott Goodyear , the closest 500 finish ever |
1992 | 06 | 07 | Bill France Snr died of natural causes (founder of Nascar) |
1992 | 06 | 21 | Derek Warwick , Yannick Dalmas and Mark Blundell won the Le Man 24hr race in France driving a Peugeot 905B |
1992 | 06 | 23 | NASCAR ran for the first time at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in testing for the Brickyard 400. |
1992 | 08 | 16 | Brabham teams last Formula One start |
1992 | 08 | 30 | Michael Schumacher's first Formula One win (Belguim) |
1992 | 09 | 13 | Fondmetal (Osella) teams last Formula One start |
1992 | 10 | 04 | Denny Hulme died of a heart attack during the Bathurst 1000 touring car race in Australia |
1992 | 10 | 04 | Andy Rouse won his 60th and last Brittish Touring car race |
1992 | 11 | 15 | Richard Petty competed in his last NASCAR race as a driver at Atlanta Motor Speedway |
1992 | 12 | 10 | Rick Mears announced his retirement from driving |
1992 | 12 | 21 | Ayrton Senna tested a Penske Indycar at Firebird raceway in Arizona, USA |
1992 | 05 | 07 | Nelson Piquet suffered severe Leg injuries after crashing an Indycar at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
1993 | 01 | 07 | Honda announce that starting in 1994 they will supply engines to the CART PPG world series |
1993 | 01 | 20 | Feruccio Lamborghini died |
1993 | 01 | 21 | The Monte Carlo Rally saw the debut of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo in the World Rally Championship |
1993 | 02 | 03 | Paul Emery died |
1993 | 02 | 20 | Ferrucio Lamborghini died |
1993 | 02 | 28 | The First Australian V8 Supercar race was held at Amaroo Park , Australia |
1993 | 03 | 08 | Duane Carter died |
1993 | 03 | 14 | Last Formula One race at Kyalami , South Africa |
1993 | 04 | 01 | Alan Kulwicki died in a plane crash near Bristol in the USA |
1993 | 04 | 04 | Mario Andretti won his last CART race at Phoenix , Arizona , USA |
1993 | 05 | 16 | AJ Foyt retired from driving |
1993 | 06 | 15 | James Hunt died of a heart attack |
1993 | 07 | 09 | Nissan scored their first victory in the BTCC at the Brittish GP support race |
1993 | 07 | 13 | Davey Allison died in a helicopter crash in the USA |
1993 | 07 | 25 | Alain Prost's last Formula One win (Germany) |
1993 | 08 | 15 | Damon Hill won his first Formula One race (Hungary) |
1993 | 08 | 22 | Paul Radisich won Fords 200th Brittish Touring car race |
1993 | 08 | 27 | The Subaru Impreza debuted in the World Rally Championship |
1993 | 09 | 05 | Wayne Rainey crashed during the Italian 500cc Motorcycle Grand Prix at Misano resulting in him being confined to a wheelchair |
1993 | 09 | 26 | Lola teams last Formula One start |
1993 | 10 | 03 | Jim Epler became the first man to run a 300mph pass in a Funny Car when he ran 300.40mph at Topeka , Kansas , U.S.A |
1993 | 10 | 22 | Innes Ireland died |
1993 | 11 | 07 | Lamborghini Engines last Formula One start |
1993 | 11 | 07 | Ayrton Senna won his last Formula One race (Australia) |
1993 | 11 | 07 | Ricardo Patrese drove in his 256th and last Grand Prix at Adelaide , Australia. |
1993 | 11 | 21 | Stephane Proulx died of complications from AIDS |
1993 | 12 | 03 | John Bingham died of complications from AIDS |
1993 | 12 | 27 | Andre Pilette died |
1994 | 01 | 14 | Myron Fohr died |
1994 | 01 | 17 | Andrew Craig was hired as CEO of the CART World Series |
1994 | 02 | 11 | Neil Bonnett died in a NASCAR crash at Daytona , USA |
1994 | 03 | 11 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Tony George announced plans for a new racing series that would include the Indy 500 |
1994 | 03 | 27 | Simtek teams first Formula One start |
1994 | 03 | 27 | Pacific teams first Formula One start |
1994 | 03 | 27 | Hienz Harold Frentzen's first Formula One start |
1994 | 03 | 27 | Olivier Panis started his first Formula One race |
1994 | 03 | 27 | Peugeot engines first Formula One start |
1994 | 04 | 04 | Volvo entered their 850 Estate (station Wagon) in the Brittish Touring Car Championship |
1994 | 04 | 17 | First Formula One race at Aida , Japan |
1994 | 04 | 30 | Roland Ratzenberger died in a crash during Qualifying for the San Marino GP |
1994 | 05 | 01 | Ayrton Senna died in a crash during the San Marino Grand Prix |
1994 | 06 | 19 | Paul Collins (brother of Peter) died after suffering a heart attack during a Formula Holden race at Winton , Australia |
1994 | 06 | 27 | Sam Hanks died of natural causes |
1994 | 07 | 08 | The Indy Racing League was named |
1994 | 08 | 06 | NASCAR made its debut at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (won by Jeff Gordon) |
1994 | 09 | 30 | Don Watson died in a crash while practising for the Bathurst 1000 touring car race in Australia |
1994 | 10 | 09 | Mario Andretti drove in his last CART race at Laguna Seca in California. |
1994 | 11 | 13 | The Lotus and Larrouse Formula One teams took part in their last Grand Prix in Australia |
1994 | 11 | 13 | Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill clashed in the Australian Grand Prix resulting in Schumacher winning his first World Drivers Championship |
1994 | 05 | 12 | Karl Wendlinger recieved serious head injuries after crashing during practice for the Monaco Grand Prix |
1994 | 08 | 11 | Gabriele Tarquini clinched the BTCC title at Silverstone |
1994 | 09 | 05 | Andy Rouse announced his retirement from driving |
1994 | 05 | 24 | Pedro Lamy recieved serious leg injuries after a testing crash at Silverstone for the Lotus Formula One team |
1994 | 07 | 07 | Carlo Chitti died of a heart attack at the age of 70 |
1995 | 04 | 30 | Fabrizio Barbazza recieved series head injuries after crashing during a Sportscar race at Road Atlanta in the USA. This crash would end his racing Career |
1995 | 01 | 17 | Team Lotus is forced to close their doors after 37 years in Formula One |
1995 | 01 | 28 | Aldo Gordini died |
1995 | 02 | 05 | The first Nascar Truck race was held at Phoenix International Raceway , USA , won by Mike Skinner |
1995 | 03 | 05 | Gregg Hansford died after crashing a super touring car at Phillip Island , Australia |
1995 | 03 | 15 | Carlos Menem Jnr died in a helicopter accident |
1995 | 03 | 26 | Forti teams first Formula One start |
1995 | 04 | 02 | Robbie Gordon won his first CART victory at Phoenix International Raceway |
1995 | 05 | 06 | Price Cobb made his debut in SCCA Trans-Am and took victory at Phoenix |
1995 | 05 | 14 | Nigel Mansell's last Formula One start |
1995 | 05 | 21 | Team Penske failed to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 |
1995 | 05 | 28 | Simtek teams last Formula One start |
1995 | 05 | 28 | Jacques Villeneuve won the Indianpolis 500 overcoming a 2 lap penalty to take the victory |
1995 | 06 | 11 | Jean Alesi won his first and only Formula One Grand Prix in Canada on his 31st Birthday |
1995 | 07 | 17 | Juan Manuel Fangio died |
1995 | 08 | 13 | Clifford Allison died in a practice crash for a Busch Grand National Nascar race at Michigan , USA |
1995 | 08 | 20 | Honda won their first CART event (Andre Ribeiro , New Hampshire oval) |
1995 | 09 | 11 | Keith Odor died in a touring car crash in Germany |
1995 | 09 | 24 | David Coulthard's first Formula One win (Portugal) |
1995 | 10 | 15 | Marco Campos died in a Formula 3000 crash at Magny Cours in France |
1995 | 11 | 04 | The Toyota World Rally Team were banned from competing in 1996 for using illegal turbo restrictors |
1995 | 11 | 06 | Bill Cheesbourg died |
1995 | 11 | 12 | Last F1 race at Adelaide , Australia |
1995 | 11 | 22 | Colin McRae won the RAC Rally to claim the first World Rally Drivers title by a Brittish driver |
1995 | 11 | 27 | Giancarlo Baghetti died of cancer |
1996 | 01 | 27 | The first IRL (Indy Racing League) race was held at Walt Disney World Speedway in Florida |
1996 | 03 | 09 | Jacques Villeneuve becomes only the 4th driver to start from pole position for their first Formula one race |
1996 | 03 | 10 | Jacques Villenueve's first Formula One start |
1996 | 03 | 10 | First modern Formula One race at Albert Park , Melbourne , Australia |
1996 | 03 | 17 | The first CART race at the Emerson Fittipaldi speedway was held in Brazil. Andre Ribeiro took the victory |
1996 | 03 | 22 | Buddy Lazier broke his back in a practice crash for the Indy Racing League race at Phoenix |
1996 | 04 | 08 | Audi debuted in the BTCC in spectacular fashion with a double victory for Frank Biela |
1996 | 04 | 28 | Jacques Villenueve's first Formula One win (Nurburgring) |
1996 | 05 | 09 | Nascar team owner Harry Hyde died of a heart attack |
1996 | 05 | 17 | Scott Brayton died in practice for the Indianapolis 500 |
1996 | 05 | 19 | Olivier Panis first Formula One win |
1996 | 05 | 19 | Mugen Honda engines first Formula One win |
1996 | 05 | 26 | Buddy Lazier won the Indianapolis 500 just two months after breaking his back in a crash at Phoenix International Raceway |
1996 | 06 | 23 | Alex Zanardi won his first CART race, at Portland International Raceway, Portland, Oregon. |
1996 | 07 | 13 | Honda won their first BTCC race when David Leslie won the Brittish GP support race |
1996 | 07 | 14 | Jeff Krosnoff and corner marshall Gary Arvin died in a CART crash in Canada |
1996 | 07 | 27 | Jim Hall announced his retirement as a CART team owner |
1996 | 07 | 28 | Emerson Fittipaldi recieved injuries that would end his racing career after crashing during the Michigan 500 |
1996 | 08 | 10 | Jacques Villeneuve announced he was leaving the CART World Series to join the Williams team in Formula One |
1996 | 09 | 07 | Alex Zanardi won the CART race at Laguna Seca after completing 'The Pass' on Bryan Herta at the corkscrew on the last lap |
1997 | 02 | 16 | Hendrick Motorsport cars finished 1-2-3 in the Daytona 500 (Jeff Gordon, Terry Labonte and Ricky Craven) |
1997 | 04 | 13 | The 600th Grand Prix of the modern era was held at Buenos Aires , Argentina |
1997 | 05 | 19 | Troy Ruttman died of lung cancer |
1997 | 06 | 22 | Mark Blundell won the closest ever race in CART history by just .027 seconds at Portland, Oregon, USA |
1997 | 07 | 01 | Dino Morelli recieved serious leg injuries in a Formula 3000 crash at the Nurburgring in Germany |
1997 | 07 | 27 | Gehard Berger won his last Formula One race at Hockenheim, Germany |
1997 | 08 | 24 | Luigi Villoresi died at the age of 88 |
1997 | 09 | 04 | Jan Opperman died |
1997 | 09 | 21 | Carlos Sainz won the Rally of Indonesia, the last win for a Ford escort in the World rally Championship |
1997 | 09 | 25 | Andy Green recorded a new Land Speed Record of 714.144 Mph driving the Thrust SSC at Blackrock Desert |
1997 | 10 | 26 | Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve clashed in the European Grand Prix at Jerez resulting in Villenueve winning his first World Drivers Championship |
1997 | 12 | 16 | Three track officials and three members of the Williams Formula one team were acquited of manslaughter in the Ayrton Senna death trial |
1997 | 10 | 15 | Andy Green became the first person to break the sound barrier on land when he averaged 763.04 mph (1220.86 kph) in the Thrust SSC born. |
1998 | 02 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt won his first and only Daytona 500 |
1998 | 03 | 08 | Grooved tyres were used for the first time in Formula One |
1998 | 03 | 31 | Nascar driver Tim Flock died at the age of 73 |
1998 | 04 | 10 | Mary Fendrich Hulman died at the age of 93 |
1998 | 08 | 23 | Tommi Makinen won his 5th 1000 Lakes Rally of Finland in a row |
1998 | 09 | 07 | Chris Bradley died in crash during an ASA stockcar race at Minnesota State Fairgrounds |
1998 | 10 | 02 | Olivier Gendebein died |
1998 | 10 | 10 | The first American Le Mans Series (ALMS) race was held at Road Atlanta in the USA |
1998 | 11 | 01 | Mika Hakkinen won the Japanese Grand Prix and claimed his first World drivers championship |
1998 | 11 | 24 | Carlos Sainz lost the World Rally Championship just 350 metres from the end of the seasons final rally |
1999 | 01 | 06 | Sam Schmidt was paralyzed after crashing during an IRL test in Florida , USA |
1999 | 02 | 07 | Umberto Maglioli died at the age of 69 after a long illness |
1999 | 04 | 05 | Matt Neal became the first Independent driver (Privateer) to win a Super Touring BTCC race outright |
1999 | 04 | 13 | Harvey Postlewaite died of a heart attack |
1999 | 05 | 09 | The Peugeot 206 WRC debuted in the World Rally Championship |
1999 | 05 | 31 | Neil Shanahan died after crashing in a Formula Ford race at Oulton Park in England |
1999 | 07 | 11 | Michael Schumacher broke his leg in a crash at the start of the Brittish Grand Prix at Silverstone |
1999 | 07 | 17 | The first night race in the Brittish Touring Car Championship was held at Snetterton |
1999 | 09 | 11 | Gonzalo Rodriguez died in CART crash at Laguna Seca , California |
1999 | 10 | 13 | Jason Watt suffered severe spinal injuries that would end his career after crashing while doing a promotional photo shoot on a motorcycle |
1999 | 10 | 31 | Greg Moore died in a CART race at Fontana Speedway , USA |
1999 | 11 | 07 | Tommi Makinen won his fourth consecutive World Rally Drivers title |
1999 | 12 | 05 | Don Panoz recieved the John Bolster Award for technical excellence |
1999 | 12 | 19 | Ferdinand Porsche was honored as 'Car Engineer of the Century' |
1999 | 12 | 23 | Audi debut their all conquering R8 sportscar at Vallelunga, Italy |
1999 | 12 | 30 | Stirling Moss recieved a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth |
2000 | 02 | 14 | Tony Bettenhausen Jnr died in a plane crash in the USA |
2000 | 03 | 12 | 10 Tenths Motorsport relaunched as the worlds first motorsport portal website |
2000 | 03 | 12 | Jenson Button , Nick Hiedfeld and Gaston Mazzacane make their Formula one debut at Albert Park , Australia |
2000 | 03 | 17 | Renault purchased the Benetton Formula One team |
2000 | 02 | 26 | Max Papis won his first CART race at Miami , Florida , USA |
2000 | 04 | 05 | Lee Petty died after a long illness at the age of 86 |
2000 | 04 | 09 | Rnd 2 of the champcar series at Nazareth was cancelled due to 2 feet of snow falling on race eve. The race was postponed for a month |
2000 | 05 | 02 | David Coulthard survived a plane crash in France which claimed the lives of the pilot and co-pilot |
2000 | 06 | 16 | Andrew Craig quit his position as CEO of the CART World Series |
2000 | 06 | 18 | Audi finish 1-2-3 at the Le Man 24hr race in France |
2000 | 06 | 24 | John Dawson-Damer and Marshal Andy Carpenter died in an accident at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, another Marshal Steve Tarrant received serious injuries in the same accident |
2000 | 07 | 02 | Joey Dunlop died after crashing at a motorcycle race in Estonia |
2000 | 07 | 02 | Roberto Moreno won his first CART race at Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
2000 | 07 | 07 | Kenny Irwin died after crashing his NASCAR in practice at New Hampshire, USA |
2000 | 07 | 09 | Valentino Rossi won his first 500cc motorcycle race at Donington Park in England |
2000 | 07 | 30 | Cristiano da Matta won his first CART race at Chicago, USA |
2000 | 07 | 30 | Rubens Barichello won his first Formula One race at Hockenheim in Germany |
2000 | 07 | 30 | A spectator wandered onto the track causing the safety car to be deployed during the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim |
2000 | 09 | 10 | Fire marshall Paolo Ghislimberti died after being struck by debris after a first lap crash at the Italian GP |
2000 | 09 | 16 | The last super touring car race took place in the Brittish Touring Car Championship |
2000 | 09 | 24 | The Indianapolis Motor Speedway held it's first formula One race using part of the oval and a new infield road course |
2000 | 10 | 08 | Michael Schumacher won his third Formula One drivers title and the first for Ferrari since 1979 |
2000 | 10 | 14 | Wayne Bailey died after crashing during a Top Fuel Drag race in Louisiana, USA |
2000 | 10 | 22 | Johnny Herbert drove in his last Formula One race for Jaguar , he failed to finish when his rear suspension collapsed |
2000 | 11 | 19 | Garth Tander and Jason Bargwanna won the Bathurst 1000 touring car race at Mt. Panorama, Bathurst, Australia |
2000 | 12 | 04 | CART announce Joseph Heitzler as their new CEO |
2000 | 12 | 08 | The World Motorsport Council voted to allow traction control to be re-introduced into Formula One for the 2001 season |
2000 | 12 | 19 | Stan Fox died in a road accident in New Zealand |
2000 | 12 | 24 | John Cooper died of cancer |
2000 | 12 | 31 | Sportscars debuted on the streets of Adelaide Australia , when the American Le Mans series held the "Race of 1000 Years" |
2000 | 12 | 07 | Alex Zanardi signs with Mo Nunn to return to the CART series that he won in 1997 and 1998 |
2000 | 05 | 28 | Juan Montoya wins the 84th Indy 500 at Indianapolis |
2000 | 11 | 28 | John Baldwin, techinical director for Panoz Motorsports died of a heart attack |
2001 | 01 | 11 | Louis Krages (1985 Le Man 24 Hours winner) committed suicide |
2001 | 01 | 14 | Former CART team owner Carl Hogan died |
2001 | 01 | 21 | Bertie Fisher and his two children Mark and Emma died in a helicopter crash |
2001 | 01 | 30 | Australian businessman Paul Stoddart purchased the Minardi Formula One team |
2001 | 02 | 18 | Dale Earnhardt died after a last lap crash during the Daytona 500 |
2001 | 02 | 26 | Dennis 'Duke' Nalon died |
2001 | 03 | 04 | Track marshall Graham Beveridge died after being struck by debris in a crash during the Australian Grand Prix |
2001 | 03 | 16 | Bob Wollek died after being struck by a vehicle while riding a bicycle in the USA |
2001 | 03 | 23 | Toyota launch their test car that was used to prepare them for their entry into Formula One in 2002 |
2001 | 03 | 25 | Mika Salo crashed the brand new Toyota test chassis two days after it's launch at Paul Ricard , France |
2001 | 03 | 28 | The new look BTCC was unveiled to the worlds media at Brands Hatch |
2001 | 04 | 01 | Michael and Ralf Schumacher became the first brothers ever to qualify on the front row of a Formula One race |
2001 | 04 | 25 | Michele Alboreto died after crashing during a test session in an Audi R8 sportscar at the Lausitzring in Germany |
2001 | 05 | 04 | Scott Dixon became the youngest driver to win a CART race at the age of 20 years , 9 months , and 14 days |
2001 | 05 | 20 | Mike Gagliardo died in a Transam crash at Mosport in Canada |
2001 | 05 | 21 | Gabriele Rumi died from cancer |
2001 | 05 | 26 | Vittorio Brambilla died of a heart attack |
2001 | 06 | 03 | Trevor Mustey died after crashing his Motorcycle during a race at Lakeside , Queensland , Australia |
2001 | 07 | 28 | Sara Senske became the first female to finish on the podium of a CART sanctioned event when she finished second in a Barber Dodge race at Chicago Motor Speedway |
2001 | 08 | 23 | Bobby Rahal was replaced by Niki Lauda as CEO of the Jaguar Formula One team |
2001 | 08 | 25 | Ken Tyrrell died of cancer |
2001 | 09 | 02 | Michael Schumacher won his 52nd Grand Prix taking over from Alain Prost as leader of the Most Grand Prix won when he won the Belgian Grand Prix |
2001 | 09 | 09 | Team mates, Jason Plato and Yvan Muller clashed in the BTCC event at Silverstone |
2001 | 09 | 09 | Phil Bennett took his first BTCC race win at Silverstone |
2001 | 09 | 15 | Alex Zanardi suffered horrific injuries in a CART crash in Germany which resulted in both his legs being amputated |
2001 | 09 | 30 | Murray Walker commentated on his last Formula One race (USA) |
2001 | 10 | 05 | Blaise Alexander died during an ARCA race at Charlotte Speedway in the USA |
2001 | 11 | 04 | The last Indy Lights race was held at Fontana , USA (Won by Townsend Bell) |
2001 | 11 | 11 | Greg Murphy won the first ever V8 Supercar Championship event to be held outside of Australia at Pukekohe in New Zealand |
2001 | 11 | 25 | Richard Burns won the World Rally Championship |
2001 | 12 | 17 | Craig Pollock quit his position of managing director of the BAR Formula One Team |
2001 | 12 | 19 | Chris Pook was announced as being the new CEO and President of the CART series |
2001 | 03 | 04 | Juan Montoya makes his F1 debut for Williams in Australia |
2002 | 01 | 16 | Former Formula One driver Ian Ashley was arrested at Londons Heathrow airport for carrying offensive weapons |
2002 | 01 | 28 | The Prost Formula One team was put into liquidation by a French court |
2002 | 03 | 03 | Toyota compete in their first ever Formula One race |
2002 | 03 | 03 | Mark Webber,Takuma Sato, Allan McNish and Filipe Massa all make their Formula One debuts at Albert Park , Australia |
2002 | 04 | 01 | Proton made their BTCC debut at Brands Hatch |
2002 | 04 | 21 | Paul O'Neill took a popular debut BTCC win at Oulton Park |
2002 | 04 | 26 | Bob Dorricott Snr died after battling cancer |
2002 | 04 | 27 | Liam Magee died after crashing during qualifying for a Superbike race at Mallala , South Australia |
2002 | 06 | 25 | Michael Schumacher,Rubens Barichello and the Ferrari Formula One team were fined US$1 million for contravening podium procedures during the Austrian Grand Prix |
2002 | 07 | 14 | Colin McRae became the first driver to win 25 WRC Rallies in the modern era |
2002 | 07 | 14 | Frederico Careca died after crashing during the EuroBOSS series race at the Autodrom Most in the Czech Republic |
2002 | 08 | 11 | Jason Priestly recieved serious injuries in a practice crash for the Infinity Pro Series race at Kentucky Speedway |
2002 | 09 | 22 | Valentino Rossi won the first MotoGP World Championship (Formerly 500cc) |
2002 | 09 | 22 | James Thompson beat his Vauxhall team mate Yvan MUller to win his first BTCC drivers Championship |
2002 | 09 | 30 | Rubens Barichello won the closest ever finish in Formula One history by finishing 0.11 seconds ahead of Michael Schumacher at the USA GP |
2002 | 10 | 01 | The World Motorsport Council stripped Thomas Enge of his Formula 3000 championship after he tested positive to a prohibited drug |
2002 | 10 | 27 | Mario Dominguez won his first CART race in the rain shortened Surfers Paradise round in Australia |
2002 | 11 | 16 | The first Bathurst 24 hour race took place at Bathurst , Australia |
2002 | 11 | 17 | Garth Tander,Steven Richards,Nathan Pretty and Cameron McConville won the first Bathurst 24hr race driving the brand new Holden Monaro on its racing debut |
2002 | 12 | 19 | Will Hoy died after a short illness |
2002 | 01 | 08 | Former BRM team principal Louis Stanley died at age 92 |
2003 | 01 | 24 | Gianni Agnelli died at the age of 81 |
2003 | 03 | 08 | Michael Schumacher took pole in the first 'single lap' qualifying session at the Australian Grand Prix |
2003 | 03 | 09 | Ralph Firman, Antonio Pizzonia, Justin Wilson and Cristiano Da Matta all made their Formula One debut's at the Australian Grand Prix |
2003 | 03 | 09 | Formula One points paid down to 8th position instead of the traditional 6th Place for the first time at the Australian Grand Prix |
2003 | 03 | 10 | Two times 500cc World Motorcycle Champion Barry Sheene died after battling cancer |
2003 | 03 | 19 | Karl Kling who raced for Mercedes before WW2 died at the age of 92 |
2003 | 03 | 23 | Kimi Raikkonen won his first Grand Prix driving for McLaren at Sepang in Malaysia |
2003 | 03 | 31 | Fermin Velez died after losing his battle with cancer |
2003 | 04 | 04 | Marco Melandri broke his leg after crashing during practice for his debut Moto GP ride in Japan |
2003 | 04 | 06 | Daijiro Kato lapsed into a coma after crashing during the Japanese Moto GP race at Suzuka, Japan |
2003 | 04 | 06 | The 700th Formula One Grand Prix of the modern era was held at Interlagos in Brazil |
2003 | 04 | 11 | Kimi Raikkonen was stripped of victory of the Brazilian Grand Prix and the win handed to Giancarlo Fisichella after a time keeping error |
2003 | 04 | 13 | The IRL Indycar series held their first ever event outside of the USA at Twin Ring Motegi in Japan |
2003 | 04 | 18 | Possum Bourne suffered a severe brain injury in a crash while doing reconnaissance of a rally stage in New Zealand |
2003 | 04 | 19 | Daijiro Kato died from injuries recieved in a crash at the Japanese Moto GP 13 days earlier |
2003 | 04 | 20 | Michael Schumacher won the San Marino Grand Prix just hours after hearing of the passing of his mother , Ralf Schumacher finished 4th |
2003 | 04 | 23 | After 9 years out of the cockpit Mario Andretti returned to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and walked away from a massive crash in one of his son's (Michael Andretti) Indycars |
2003 | 04 | 30 | Possum Bourne died from injuries recieved in an accident 12 days earlier in New Zealand |
2003 | 05 | 11 | Alex Zanardi returned to the cockpit of a specially modified Champcar to complete 13 laps of the Lausitzring in Germany , The scene of his career ending accident in 2001 |
2003 | 05 | 31 | CART held its first ever night race at the Milwaukee Mile oval track won by Michael Jourdain Jnr (His first CART win) |
2003 | 06 | 15 | Ducati won their first ever MotoGP race when Loris Capirossi won the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona |
2003 | 07 | 20 | David Heynes died after crashing during the Historic Sports car race that supported the British Grand Prix at Silverstone |
2003 | 07 | 20 | Chaos reigned when a spectator invaded the track and ran down Hanger Straight in the path of cars during the running of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone |
2003 | 07 | 30 | Steve Hislop died in a helicopter crash |
2003 | 08 | 19 | Howard Marsden died after a short illness with cancer |
2003 | 08 | 24 | Fernando Alonso became the youngest winner of a Formula One Grand Prix when he won the Hungarian GP at the age of 22 years and 26 days |
2003 | 10 | 09 | Jacques Villeneuve quit the BAR Formula One team and was replaced by Takuma Sato for the Japanese Grand Prix |
2003 | 10 | 12 | Michael Schumacher finished 8th in the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix to secure his 6th and Record Word Drivers Championship |
2003 | 10 | 12 | Rick Kelly became the youngest ever winner of the Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercar race in Australia when he and Greg Murphy won the race driving a Holden Commodore |
2003 | 10 | 12 | Gil de Ferran drove in his last Indycar race, He celebrated by taking pole and winning the race at Texas Motor Speedway (He also finished 2nd in the Championship) |
2003 | 10 | 12 | Kenny Brack received serious injuries after crashing heavily in an Indycar race at Texas Motor Speedway |
2003 | 10 | 17 | Daniel Pedrosa crashed during practice for the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Phillip Island breaking both his ankles one week after securing the 2003 125cc World Championship |
2003 | 10 | 22 | Tony Renna died after crashing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway while testing an Indycar |
2003 | 11 | 02 | The final round of the CART World Series that was to be held at California Speedway was cancelled due to severe wildfires in the area |
2003 | 11 | 15 | Ian (Pete) Geoghegan died |
2003 | 11 | 30 | Marcos Ambrose won his first Australian V8 supercar Drivers Championship and Ford's first Manufacturers Championship for 6 years |
2004 | 01 | 05 | The Williams Formula One team launched their 2004 car with a radical new twin keel front nose cone |
2004 | 01 | 19 | John Edwards became the youngest ever winner of a Barber Formula Dodge race after winning a race at Daytona's infield road course at the age of 12 |
2004 | 01 | 28 | A Michigan court ruled in favour of Open Wheel Racing Series (OWRS) to take over operations of the Champ Car World Series |
2004 | 02 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt Jnr won his first Daytona 500 |
2004 | 04 | 04 | The first Bahrain Grand Prix was held at Sakhir |
2004 | 04 | 05 | Tim Busby committed suicide |
2004 | 04 | 07 | Doug Chivas passed away at the age of 82 at home in Western Australia |
2004 | 04 | 23 | Australian Motorsport promoter PROCAR ceased operations after 10 years of promoting series such as the PROCAR Champ Series |
2004 | 04 | 24 | Jensen Button claimed his first and the BAR teams first Formula One Pole Position at the San Marino Grand Prix |
2004 | 05 | 23 | Jarno Trulli won his first Formula One Grand Prix at Monaco |
2004 | 06 | 20 | Ralf Schumacher crashed heavilly during the US Grand Prix at Indianapolis recieving serious back injuries |
2004 | 06 | 27 | Darrell Russell died after crashing his Top Fuel Dragster at Gateway International Raceway in the USA |
2004 | 06 | 27 | Josh Brookes broke his pelvis after crashing during a Superbike race at Wanneroo Raceway in Western Australia |
2004 | 06 | 30 | Al Unser Jnr announced his retirement from Indycar competition |
2004 | 07 | 05 | 2 time Indy 500 winner Rodger Ward died at the age of 83 |
2004 | 07 | 08 | 125cc and 250cc Grand Prix Motorcycle rider Jaroslav Hules committed suicide |
2004 | 08 | 15 | Michael Schumacher broke his own record when he became the first person to win 12 Formula One Grand Prix in a season after winning in Hungary |
2004 | 08 | 15 | Kirk McCarthy died after crashing during a Supersport Motorcycle race at Queensland Raceway in Australia |
2004 | 08 | 29 | Michael Schumacher clinched his 7th Formula One World Drivers Championship by finishing 2nd to Kimi Raikkonen at the Belgian Grand Prix |
2004 | 09 | 12 | Marcos Ambrose and Greg Ritter won the Sandown 500 v8 Supercar race leading home a Ford Falcon 1-2-3 |
2004 | 09 | 17 | The Ford Motor Company announced a full pull out of Formula One Operations starting in 2005 |
2004 | 09 | 26 | The First Chinese Formula One Grand Prix was held at Shanghai |
2004 | 10 | 02 | The first World Championship Motorcycle Grand Prix was held at the Losail circuit in Qatar |
2004 | 10 | 09 | Qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix was cancelled due to the threat of a Typhoon |
2004 | 10 | 24 | Jaguar Teams last Formula One race |
2004 | 11 | 15 | Energy drink manufacturer Red Bull announced they had purchased the Jaguar Formula One Team |
2004 | 12 | 17 | David Coulthard signs to drive for the new Red Bull Racing team |
2005 | 06 | 11 | V8 Supercars made their debut at Shanghai in China |
2005 | 02 | 12 | Maurice Trintignant died at the age of 87 |
2005 | 02 | 26 | Kyle Busch became the youngest driver ever to take a Nascar Pole position at the age of 19 |
2005 | 04 | 03 | The IRL Indycar series held their first Non Oval event at St Petersbrug in Florida (Won By Dan Wheldon) |
2005 | 04 | 23 | The first GP2 (F3000 replacement) event took place at Imola won by Heikki Kovalainen |
2005 | 05 | 01 | China held its first Moto GP event |
2005 | 01 | 24 | The Midland group announce that they have purchased the Jordan Formula One team |
2005 | 06 | 19 | Micahel Schumacher won the "farcical" USGP at Indianapolis after all cars using Michelin tires refused to race leaving just 6 starters |
2005 | 07 | 10 | Justin Wilson won his first Champcar race at Toronto , Canada |
2005 | 08 | 21 | Turkey held its first ever Grand Prix in Istanbul , won by Kimi Raikkonen |
2005 | 09 | 18 | Michael Park died after he and his driver Markko Martin Crashed during the final leg of the Rally of Great Britian |
2005 | 09 | 25 | The first A1 GP event took place at Brands Hatch In England won by Brazil (Nelson Piquet Jnr) |
2005 | 11 | 25 | Richard Burns died after a long illness |
2005 | 11 | 27 | Russell Ingall won his first Australian V8 Supercar Championship |
2005 | 12 | 18 | Keith Duckworth, one of the joint founders of Cosworth died |
2005 | 01 | 07 | Red Bull racing announce Christian Horner would be their Sporting Director for 2005 |
2005 | 01 | 07 | David Richards recieved a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) for his services to Motorsport |
2005 | 02 | 27 | Mark Webber Drove his Williams Formula One car across Sydney Harbour Bridge as a promotion for the upcoming Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne |
2006 | 07 | 29 | Guido Dacco died after a long illness at the age of 64 |
2006 | 01 | 09 | Andy Caldecott died after crashing his Motorbike during a stage of the Dakar Rally |
2006 | 03 | 12 | Super Aguri F1, Torro Rosso , Midland and BMW all made their Formula One debut at the Bahrain Grand Prix |
2006 | 03 | 11 | Michael Schumacher took his 65th Formula One Pole Position at the Bahrain Grand Prix , equalling the record of Ayrton Senna |
2006 | 03 | 26 | Paul Dana died after a crash during the morning warm up for the Indycar race at Homstead Miami |
2006 | 04 | 22 | Michael Schumacher took his 66th Pole Position at the San Marino Grand Prix breaking the record held by Ayrton Senna |
2006 | 05 | 27 | Michael Schumacher was stripped of his Pole Position at the Monaco Grand Prix for allegedly deliberately stopping on the track |
2006 | 08 | 06 | Jenson Button won his first Formula One Grand Prix at the Hungaroring in Hungary |
2006 | 08 | 27 | Felipe Massa won his first Formula One Grand Prix in Turkey |
2006 | 08 | 03 | Cristiano da Matta recieved serious head injuries after hitting a deer while testing a Champcar at Road America |
2006 | 09 | 08 | Peter Brock died after crashing during Targa Western Australia |
2006 | 10 | 08 | Mark Porter died from injuries recieved two days earlier in a V8 Supercar Race at Bathurst in Australia |
2006 | 08 | 06 | David Clark and Mark Porter were seriously injured in a V8 Supercar Race at Bathurst in Australia |
2006 | 10 | 22 | Michael Schumacher drove in his last Formula One Grand Prix in Brazil (he finished 4th) |
2006 | 10 | 29 | Nicky Hayden won his first Moto GP World Championship |
2006 | 10 | 29 | Troy Bayliss won his first Moto GP at Valencia in Spain on a Ducati |
2006 | 11 | 24 | V8 Supercars made their debut at the Bahrain International Circuit |
2006 | 12 | 15 | Clay Regazzoni died in a road accident in Italy |
2006 | 12 | 10 | Rick Kelly won the V8 Supercar Championship after "allegedly" taking out Title rival Craig Lowndes at Phillip Island |
2006 | 12 | 11 | Rick Kelly was awarded the V8 Supercar Championship after he was cleared of any wrong doing in the Title decider at Phillip Island |
2007 | 01 | 08 | Bobby Hamilton Snr died of Cancer aged 49 |
2007 | 03 | 10 | Casey Stoner took his first Moto GP victory in Qatar |
2007 | 01 | 16 | Benny Parsons died after a long battle with Lung Cancer |
2007 | 04 | 08 | Will Power won his first Champcar race at Las Vegas |
2007 | 06 | 10 | Lewis Hamilton won his first Formula One Grand Prix in Canada |
2007 | 09 | 15 | Colin McRae , his son Johnny and two family friends died after a helicopter crash in Scotland |
2007 | 09 | 23 | Casey Stoner won his first Moto GP World Championship |
2007 | 09 | 13 | The Mclaren Formula One team were fined $100 million by the FIA for stealing information from the Ferrari team |
2007 | 10 | 31 | EvilPumpkin & MagnetON's Wedding |
2007 | 10 | 07 | Norick Abe died after a motorcycle road accident in Japan |
2008 | 05 | 11 | Rubens Barichello drove in his 257th F1 Grand Prix becoming the driver with the most Grand Prix starts in history |
2008 | 12 | 25 | MERRY CHRISTMAS |
2008 | 02 | 25 | Ashley Cooper died 2 days after crashing during a V8 Supercar race at Adelaide |
2008 | 03 | 09 | Qatar held the first Moto GP event under Lights (won by Casey Stoner) |
2008 | 04 | 20 | Danica Patrick became the first woman to win an Indycar Race when she took victory at Motegi in Japan |
2008 | 04 | 20 | Champcar held their last event on the Streets of Long Beach (Won by Will Power) |
2008 | 08 | 04 | Craig Jones died after crashing during a World Supersport Motorcycle event the day before at Brands Hatch in England |
2008 | 08 | 28 | 1961 Formula One World Champion Phil Hill died at the age of 81 |
2008 | 09 | 26 | Actor/Indycar team owner Paul Newman died after a long battle with cancer |
2008 | 09 | 28 | The first night Formula One Grand Prix took place in Singapore |
2008 | 11 | 02 | Lewis Hamilton became the youngest Formula One World Champion in history by finishing 5th in the Brazilian Grand Prix |
2008 | 11 | 02 | David Coulthard drove in his last Formula One race in Brazil |
2008 | 10 | 26 | Ryan Briscoe became the first Australian to win the Surfers Paradise Indycar race |
2008 | 10 | 12 | Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup won their 3rd straight Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercar race |
2008 | 12 | 07 | Mark Skaife drove in his last V8 Supercar race before retiring |
2008 | 12 | 07 | Oran Park Raceway (In Sydney Australia) held its last ever V8 supercar event before it closed its gates permanently |
2008 | 09 | 14 | Sebastian Vettel Won his First Formula One Grand Prix at Monza in Italy for Torro Rosso |
2008 | 09 | 28 | Nelson Piquet Jnr "allegedly" crashed out of the Singapore Grand Prix deliberately, allowing his Renault Team Mate Fernando Alonso a better chance of Winning the Race. The "Crash-Gate" scandal began |
2009 | 04 | 19 | Red Bull won their first Formula One Grand Prix when Sebastian Vettel took victory in China. His Team Mate Mark Webber finished second |
2009 | 07 | 12 | Mark Webber won his first Formula One Grand Prix in Germany driving for Red Bull |
2009 | 07 | 19 | Henry Surtees died after being hit by a wheel during a Formula Two race at Brands Hatch in England |
2009 | 08 | 29 | Frank Gardner passed away after a long illnes at the age of 78 |
2009 | 07 | 26 | Jaime Alguersuari became the youngest person ever to drive in a Formula One Grand Prix at the age of 19 years 126 days when he drove in the Hungarian GP finishing 15th |
2009 | 07 | 25 | Felipe Massa was seriously injured during Qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix when he was struck in the head by a piece of metal that fell off another car |
2009 | 10 | 18 | Jensen Button Won the 2009 Formula One Drivers World Championship after finishing 5th in the Brazilian Grand Prix |
2009 | 11 | 01 | Abu Dhabi held its first ever Formula One Grand Prix |
2009 | 10 | 23 | Jean Todt was elected to be the next president of the FIA replacing Max Mosley |
2009 | 11 | 04 | Toyota announced their immediate withdrawal from Formula One |
2009 | 10 | 31 | Tom Wheatcroft passed away |
2010 | 01 | 01 | Happy New Year! |
2010 | 09 | 05 | Shoya Tomizawa died after a crash during the Moto2 GP at Misano |
2010 | 08 | 29 | Rubens Barichello competed in his 300th Formula One Grand Prix at Spa Francorchamps in Belguim |
2010 | 11 | 14 | Sebastian Vettel won the season closing Grand Prix at Abu Dhabi and claimed his First Formula One World Championship, becoming the youngest ever Formula One World Champion |
2010 | 12 | 12 | Tom Walkinshaw died at the age of 64 after a long battle with cancer |
2011 | 10 | 16 | Dan Wheldon died after crashing during an Indycar race in Las Vegas |
2011 | 10 | 23 | Marco Simoncelli died after a crash during the Malaysian Moto GP race at Sepang |
2011 | 11 | 23 | Jim Rathmann died |
2011 | 12 | 05 | Peter Gethin died |
2011 | 12 | 15 | V8 Supercar driver Jason Richards died after losing his battle with cancer |
2011 | 02 | 06 | Robert Kubica suffered serious injuries to his arm after a rally crash in Italy |
2012 | 04 | 15 | Nico Rosberg won his first Formula One Grand Prix in China |
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