Years in motorsport
1976 in sports

The following is an overview of the events of 1976 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 14th 24 Hours of Daytona [1]
15 February 18th Daytona 500 [2]
14 May 60th Targa Florio [3]
30 May 34th Monaco Grand Prix [4]
30 May 60th Indianapolis 500 [5]
7–12 June 58th Isle of Man TT [6]
12–13 June 44th 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
24–25 July 28th 24 Hours of Spa [8]
25–26 September 5th 24 Hours of Nurburgring [9]
3 October 17th Hardie-Ferodo 1000 [10]
14 November 23rd Macau Grand Prix [11]

Births

Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
31 January Buddy Rice American Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (2004). [12]
27 May Marcel Fässler Swiss Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2011-2012, 2014). FIA World Endurance champion (2012). [13]
20 July Alex Yoong Malaysian Racing driver The first Malaysian Formula One driver. [14]
27 August Mark Webber Australian Racing driver FIA World Endurance champion (2015). [15]
11 September Tomáš Enge Czech Racing driver The first Czech Formula One driver. [16]
7 December Benoît Tréluyer French Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2011-2012, 2014). FIA World Endurance champion (2012). [17]

Deaths

Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
28 July George Souders 75 American Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1927). [18]
10 November Billy Arnold 70 American Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1930). [19]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1976 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ^ "1976 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "60^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ^ "1976 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ^ "1976 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ^ "TT 1976". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Le Mans Register - 1976". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. ^ "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Nurburgring 24 hours". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  10. ^ "1976 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  11. ^ "1976 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  12. ^ "Buddy Rice". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  13. ^ "Marcel Fässler". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Alex Yoong". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Mark Webber". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  16. ^ "Tomas Enge". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Benoît Tréluyer". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  18. ^ "George Souders". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  19. ^ "Billy Arnold". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

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