Years in motorsport
1968 in sports

The following is an overview of the events of 1968 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
3–4 February 7th 24 Hours of Daytona [1]
25 February 10th Daytona 500 [2]
5 May 52nd Targa Florio [3]
26 May 26th Monaco Grand Prix [4]
30 May 52nd Indianapolis 500 [5]
8–14 June 50th Isle of Man TT [6]
20–21 July 20th 24 Hours of Spa [7]
28–29 September 36th 24 Hours of Le Mans [8]
6 October 9th Hardie-Ferodo 500 [9]
17 November 15th Macau Grand Prix [10]

Births

Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
5 February Marcus Grönholm Finnish Rally driver World Rally champion (2000, 2002). [11]
8 March Michael Bartels German Racing driver Champion of the FIA GT Championship in 2006, 2008-2009 and FIA GT1 World Championship in 2010. [12]
20 John Kocinski American Motorcycle racer Superbike World champion (1997). [13]
5 August Colin McRae British Rally driver World Rally champion (1995). [14]
28 September Mika Häkkinen Finnish Racing driver Formula One World Champion (1998, 1999). [15]

Deaths

Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
19 January Ray Harroun 89 American Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1911). [16]
7 April Jim Clark 32 British Racing driver Formula One World Champion (1963, 1965). Winner of the 1965 Indianapolis 500. [17]
8 June Ludovico Scarfiotti 34 Italian Racing driver 1966 Italian Grand Prix winner. Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1963). [18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1968 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ^ "1968 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "52^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ^ "1968 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ^ "1968 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ^ "TT 1968". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ^ "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Le Mans Register - 1968". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  9. ^ "1968 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  10. ^ "1968 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Marcus Grönholm". juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  12. ^ "Michael Bartels". driverdb.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  13. ^ "John Kocinski". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Colin McRae". juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Mika Hakkinen". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  16. ^ "Ray Harroun". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Jim Clark". ESPN. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  18. ^ "Ludovico Scarfiotti". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

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