1921 in motorsport explained

The following is an overview of the events of 1921 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
29 May	12th Targa Florio	^[1]
30 May	9th Indianapolis 500	^[2]
14–16 June	10th Isle of Man TT	^[3]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
10	January	Rodger Ward	American	Racing driver	Winner of the Indianapolis 500 (1959, 1962)	^[4]
9	April	Jean-Marie Balestre	French	Auto racing executive administrator	The 9th FIA president	^[5]
11	May	Geoffrey Crossley	British	Racing driver	One of the first British Formula One drivers.	^[6]
4	June	Ettore Chimeri	Venezuelan	Racing driver	The first Venezuelan Formula One driver.	^[7]
29		Harry Schell	American	Racing driver	The first American Formula One driver.	^[8]

See also

• List of 1921 motorsport champions

Notes and References

1. Web site: 12^ TARGA FLORIO. targaflorio.info. 16 April 2017.
2. Web site: 1921 Indianapolis 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
3. Web site: TT 1921. iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. 15 April 2017.
4. Web site: Rodger Ward. espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
5. Web site: Obituary: Jean-Marie Balestre. The Guardian. Alan. Henry. 31 March 2008. 30 October 2014.
6. Web site: Geoffrey Crossley. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
7. Web site: Ettore Chimeri. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
8. Web site: Harry Schell. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.