1911 in motorsport explained

The following is an overview of the events of 1911 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 own significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date	Event	Ref
14 May	6th Targa Florio	^[1]
30 May	1st Indianapolis 500	^[2]
30 June-3 July	5th Isle of Man TT	^[3]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
20	June	Paul Pietsch	German	Racing driver	The first German Formula One driver.	^[4]
24		Juan Manuel Fangio	Argentine	Racing driver	Formula One World Champion (-).	^[5]
2	July	Reg Parnell	British	Racing driver	1951 BRDC International Trophy winner.	^[6]
14	September	Leslie Graham	British	Motorcycle racer	500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion .	^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 6^ TARGA FLORIO. targaflorio.info. 16 April 2017.
2. Web site: 1911 Indianapolis 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
3. Web site: TT 1911. iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. 15 April 2017.
4. Web site: Paul Pietsch. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
5. Web site: Juan Manuel Fangio. ESPN. 3 September 2017.
6. Web site: Reg Parnell. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
7. Web site: Leslie Graham. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 16 April 2018.