Loading AI tools
Overview of the events of 1962 in motorsport From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is an overview of the events of 1962 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.
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 |
---|---|---|
11 February | 3 Hours of Daytona | [1] |
18 February | 1962 NHRA Winternationals | [2] |
18 February | 4th Daytona 500 | [3] |
6 May | 46th Targa Florio | [4] |
27 May | World 600 | [5] |
30 May | 46th Indianapolis 500 | [6] |
3 June | 20th Monaco Grand Prix | [7] |
4–8 June | 44th Isle of Man TT | [8] |
17 June | 1962 Belgian Grand Prix | [9] |
23–24 June | 30th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [10] |
4 July | Pike's Peak Hillclimb | [11] |
3 September | NHRA U.S. Nationals | [12] |
22 October | 3rd Armstrong 500 | [13] |
18 November | 9th Macau Grand Prix | [14] |
Date | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 | January | Emanuele Pirro | Italian | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2000-2002, 2006-2007). | [15] |
2 | March | Gabriele Tarquini | Italian | Racing driver | Champion of BTCC in 1994, the ETCC in 2003 and the WTCC in 2009. | [16] |
7 | Piero Liatti | Italian | Rally driver | 1997 Monte Carlo Rally winner. | [17] | |
18 | Volker Weidler | German | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1991). | [18] | |
12 | April | Carlos Sainz | Spanish | Rally driver | World Rally champion (1990, 1992). | [19] |
19 | Al Unser Jr. | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (1992, 1994). | [20] | |
28 | September | Fred Merkel | American | Motorcycle racer | Superbike World champion (1988, 1989). | [21] |
23 | December | Bertrand Gachot | Belgian-French | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1991). | [22] |
Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | March | Libero Liberati | 35 | Italian | Motorcycle racer | 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1957). | [23] |
12 | April | Ron Flockhart | 38 | British | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1956, 1957). | [24] |
25 | Fred Frame | 67 | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (1932). | [25] | |
2 | July | Peter Ryan | 22 | Canadian | Racing driver | The first Canadian Formula One driver. | [26] |
10 | Tommy Milton | 68 | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (1921, 1923). | [27] | |
1 | November | Ricardo Rodríguez | 20 | Mexican | Racing driver | The first Mexican Formula One driver. | [28] |
21 | December | Gary Hocking | 25 | Rhodesian | Motorcycle racer | 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1961). | [29] |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.