1976 in motorsport

Overview of the events of 1976 in motorsport
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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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