1966 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1966 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
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969

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
5–6 February[N 1] 5th 24 Hours of Daytona [1]
27 February 8th Daytona 500 [2]
8 May 50th Targa Florio [3]
22 May 24th Monaco Grand Prix [4]
30 May 50th Indianapolis 500 [5]
18–19 June 34th 24 Hours of Le Mans [6]
23–24 July 18th 24 Hours of Spa [7]
28 August-2 September 48th Isle of Man TT [8]
2 October 7th Gallaher 500 [9]
20 November 13th Macau Grand Prix [10]

Births
Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
31 January JJ Lehto Finnish Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1995, 2005). [11]
21 March Kenny Bräck Swedish Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1999). [12]
8 April Mark Blundell British Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1992). [13]
Harri Rovanperä Finnish Rally driver 2001 Swedish Rally winner. [14]
27 Marco Werner German Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2005-2007). [15]
14 July Ralf Waldmann German Motorcycle rider Winner of the 20 Grand Prix motorcycle racing events (125cc and 250cc). [16]
10 August Éric Hélary French Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1993). [17]
2 September Olivier Panis French Racing driver 1996 Monaco Grand Prix winner [18]
24 Christophe Bouchut French Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1993). [19]
20 December Matt Neal British Racing driver BTCC Champion (2005-2006, 2011) [20]

Deaths
Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
30 June Giuseppe Farina 59 Italian Racing driver The first Formula One World Drivers' Champion. [21]

See also

Footnotes
  1. The first 24 Hour-distance race.

References
  1. "Daytona 24 Hours 1966 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. "1966 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. "50^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. "1966 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. "1966 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. "Le Mans Register - 1966". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  7. "Spa 24 Hours 1966 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. "TT 1966". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  9. "1966 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  10. "1966 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  11. "JJ Lehto". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  12. "Kenny Bräck". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  13. "Mark Blundell". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  14. "Harri Rovanperä". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  15. "Marco Werner". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  16. "Ralf Waldmann". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  17. "Éric Hélary". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  18. "Olivier Panis". ESPN. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  19. "Christophe Bouchut". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  20. "Matt Neal". Inside BTCC. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  21. "Nino Farina". ESPN. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
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