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The following is an overview of the events of 1964 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 own significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.
| Date | Event | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 16 February | Daytona 2000 km | [1] |
| 23 February | 6th Daytona 500 | [2] |
| 26 April | 48th Targa Florio | [3] |
| 10 May | 22nd Monaco Grand Prix | [4] |
| 30 May | 48th Indianapolis 500 | [5] |
| 8–12 June | 46th Isle of Man TT | [6] |
| 20–21 June | 32nd 24 Hours of Le Mans | [7] |
| 25–26 July | 16th 24 Hours of Spa | [8] |
| 4 October | 5th Armstrong 500 | [9] |
| 15 November | 11th Macau Grand Prix | [10] |
Births
| Date | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June | Davy Jones | American | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1996). | [11] |
| 11 | Jean Alesi | French | Racing driver | 1995 Canadian Grand Prix winner. | [12] | |
| 19 | Kevin Schwantz | American | Motorcycle racer | 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1993). | [13] | |
| 25 | Johnny Herbert | British | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1991). Le Mans Series champion (2004). | [14] | |
| 26 | Tommi Mäkinen | Finnish | Rally driver | World Rally champion (1996-1999). | [15] | |
| 13 | July | Rinaldo Capello | Italian | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2003-2004, 2008). | [16] |
| 2 | August | Frank Biela | German | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2000-2002, 2006-2007). | [17] |
| 22 | September | Paul Bonhomme | British | Air racer | Red Bull Air World Race champion (2009-2010, 2015). | [18] |
| 28 | October | Scott Russell | American | Motorcycle racer | Superbike World champion (1993). | [19] |
Deaths
| Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | January | Reg Parnell | 52 | British | Racing driver | 1951 BRDC International Trophy winner. | [20] |
| 19 | Joe Weatherly | 41 | American | Racing driver | NASCAR Grand National champion (1962, 1963) | [21] | |
| 30 | May | Eddie Sachs | 37 | American | Racing driver | 2 time Indianapolis 500 polesitter (1960, 1961) | [22][23][24] |
| Dave MacDonald | 27 | American | Racing driver | 52 Road Racing victories | [25][26][27] | ||
| 2 | July | Fireball Roberts | 35 | American | Racing driver | 1962 Daytona 500 winner | [28] |
| 26 | Earl Howe | 80 | British | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1930). | [29] |
See also
References
- ^ "Daytona 2000 km 1964 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "1964 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "48^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "1964 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "1964 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "TT 1964". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "Le Mans Register - 1964". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "Spa 24 Hours 1964 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "1964 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "1964 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "Davy Jones". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Jean Alesi". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Kevin Schwantz". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Johnny Herbert". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Tommi Mäkinen". juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Rinaldo Capello". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Frank Biela". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ Targett, Michael. "Pilot profile: Paul Bonhomme". flightglobal.com. Flight Global. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Scott Russell". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Reg Parnell". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ Edelstein, Robert (2011). NASCAR Legends. New York City: The Overlook Press. pp. 308. ISBN 978-1-59020-184-8.
- ^ Nathan Brown Benbow, Christopher DeHarde and Dana Hunsinger (May 3, 2021). "Bobby Unser, three-time Indy 500 champion, dies at 87: 'There was nobody like him'". USA Today.
- ^ Motorsport Memorial
- ^ IndyStar.com: Indy 500 Archived 2007-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "American Driver, Lone Star JR Johnny Rutherford — Columns — Automobile Magazine". Archived from the original on 2016-01-31. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
- ^ ""Black Noon" by author Art Garner - 2014".
- ^ "Motorsport Memorial".
- ^ "Fireball Roberts". Racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media Network. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ "Earl Howe". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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