1954 in motorsport

Years in motorsport
1954 in sports

The following is an overview of the events of 1954 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

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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
1–2 May 21st Mille Miglia [1]
20 May 38th Targa Florio [2]
31 May 38th Indianapolis 500 [3]
12–13 June 22nd 24 Hours of Le Mans [4]
14–19 June 36th Isle of Man TT [5]
31 October 1st Macau Grand Prix [6]

Births

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Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
31 January Mauro Baldi Italian Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1994). World Endurance champion (1990). [7]
26 June Marco Lucchinelli Italian Motorcycle racer 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1981). [8]
27 August Derek Warwick British Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1992). World Endurance champion (1992). [9]
14 November Eliseo Salazar Chilean Racing driver The first Chilean Formula One driver. [10]
10 December Price Cobb American Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1990). [11]

Deaths

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Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
31 July Onofre Marimón 30 Argentine Racing driver F1 Podium Finisher (1953 Belgian Grand Prix, 1954 British Grand Prix)
30 October Wilbur Shaw 51 American Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1937, 1939, 1940). [12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Mille Miglia - 1954". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ^ "38^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "1954 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Le Mans Register - 1954". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  5. ^ "TT 1954". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ^ "1954 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Mauro Baldi". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Marco Lucchinelli". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Derek Warwick". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Eliseo Salazar". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Price Cobb". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  12. ^ "Wilbur Shaw". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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