Years in motorsport
1970 in sports

The following is an overview of the events of 1970 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
31 January-1 February 9th 24 Hours of Daytona [1]
22 February 12th Daytona 500 [2]
3 May 54th Targa Florio [3]
10 May 28th Monaco Grand Prix [4]
30 May 54th Indianapolis 500 [5]
6–12 June 52nd Isle of Man TT [6]
13–14 June 38th 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
27–28 June 1st 24 Hours of Nurburgring [8]
25–26 July 22nd 24 Hours of Spa [9]
4 October 11th Hardie-Ferodo 500 [10]
29 November 17th Macau Grand Prix [11]

Births

Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
4 March Àlex Crivillé Spanish Motorcycle racer 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1999). [12]
30 Stéphane Ortelli Monegasque Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1998). [13]
15 September Matthias Dolderer German Air racer Red Bull Air World Race champion (2016). [14]
6 October Fredrik Ekblom Swedish Racing driver STCC champion in 1998, 2003, 2007. [15]

Deaths

Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
15 February Frank Clement 83 British Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1924). [16]
2 June Bruce McLaren 32 New Zealander Racing driver Founder of the McLaren. Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1966) [17]
30 Kelly Petillo 66 American Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1935). [18]
5 September Jochen Rindt 31 Austrian Racing driver The only posthumous Formula One World Champion. Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1965) [19]
2 November Pierre Veyron 67 French Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1939). [20]
22 Casimiro de Oliveira 63 Portuguese Racing driver The first Portuguese Formula One driver. [21]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1970 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ^ "1970 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "54^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ^ "1970 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ^ "1970 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ^ "TT 1970". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Le Mans Register - 1970". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Nurburgring 24 hours". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  9. ^ "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. ^ "1970 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  11. ^ "1970 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  12. ^ "Àlex Crivillé". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  13. ^ "Stéphane Ortelli". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Matthias Dolderer". airrace.redbull.com. Red Bull. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Gabriele Tarquini". ESPN. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  16. ^ "Frank Clement". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Bruce McLaren". ESPN. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  18. ^ "Kelly Petillo". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  19. ^ "Jochen Rindt". ESPN. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  20. ^ "Pierre Veyron". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  21. ^ "Casimiro de Oliveira". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

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