1958 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1958 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.

List of years in motorsport
In sports
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961

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
11 May 42nd Targa Florio [1]
18 May 16th Monaco Grand Prix [2]
30 May 42nd Indianapolis 500 [3]
2–6 June 40th Isle of Man TT [4]
21–22 June 26th 24 Hours of Le Mans [5]
16 November 5th Macau Grand Prix [6]

Births
Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
7 January Miki Biasion Italian Rally driver World Rally champion (1988-1989). [7]
10 Eddie Cheever American Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1998). [8]
11 March Eddie Lawson American Motorcycle racer 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1984, 1986, 1988-1989). [9]
26 April Johnny Dumfries British Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1988). [10]
18 August Didier Auriol French Rally driver World Rally champion (1994). [11]

Deaths
Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
8 January John Duff 62 Canadian Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1924). [12]
30 May Pat O'Connor 29 American Racing driver Died during 1958 Indianapolis 500. [13]
6 July Luigi Musso 33 Italian Racing driver 1956 Argentine Grand Prix winner [14]
21 September Peter Whitehead 71 British Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1951) [15]

See also

References
  1. "42^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. "1958 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  3. "1958 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. "TT 1958". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. "Le Mans Register - 1958". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  6. "1958 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  7. "Miki Biasion". juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  8. "Eddie Cheever". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  9. "Eddie Lawson". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  10. "Johnny Dumfries". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  11. "Didier Auriol". juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  12. "John Duff". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  13. "Pat O'Connor". ESPN. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  14. "Luigi Musso". espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  15. "Peter Whitehead". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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