1960 in motorsport
Appearance
The following is an overview of the events of 1960 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
Annual events
[edit]The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had own significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.
Date | Event | Ref |
---|---|---|
24 February | 2nd Daytona 500 | [1] |
8 May | 44th Targa Florio | [2] |
29 May | 18th Monaco Grand Prix | [3] |
30 May | 44th Indianapolis 500 | [4] |
13–17 June | 42nd Isle of Man TT | [5] |
25–26 June | 28th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [6] |
6 November | 7th Macau Grand Prix | [7] |
20 November | 1st Armstrong 500 | [8] |
Births
[edit]Date | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
21 | March | Ayrton Senna | Brazilian | Racing driver | Formula One champion (1988, 1990, 1991) | [9] |
2 | September | Doug Polen | American | Motorcycle racer | Superbike World champion (1991-1992). | [10] |
17 | Damon Hill | British | Racing driver | Formula One World Champion (1996). | [11] | |
23 | October | Wayne Rainey | Australian | Motorcycle racer | 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1990-1992). | [12] |
24 | Joachim Winkelhock | German | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1999). | [13] |
Deaths
[edit]Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
27 | February | Ettore Chimeri | 38 | Venezuelan | Racing driver | The first Venezuelan Formula One driver. | [14] |
13 | May | Harry Schell | 38 | American | Racing driver | The first American Formula One driver. | [15] |
19 | June | Jimmy Bryan | 34 | American | Racing driver | Winner of the Indianapolis 500 (1958) | [16] |
28 | Juan Jover | 56 | Spanish | Racing driver | The first Spanish Formula One driver. | [17] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1960 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "44^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "1960 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "1960 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "TT 1960". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "Le Mans Register - 1960". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "1960 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ Armstrong 500 20 November, 1960 - www.nmrm.com.au via web.archive.org Retrieved on 23 October 2013
- ^ "Ayrton Senna". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ "Doug Polen". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Damon Hill". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Wayne Rainey". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Joachim Winkelhock". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Ettore Chimeri". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Harry Schell". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Jimmy Bryan". espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Juan Jover". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1960 in motorsports.