1923 in motorsport explained

The following is an overview of the events of 1923 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
15 April	14th Targa Florio	^[1]
26–27 May	1st 24 Hours of Le Mans	^[2]
30 May	11th Indianapolis 500	^[3]
13–16 June	12th Isle of Man TT	^[4]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
11	January	Carroll Shelby	American	Automotive designer and racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner .	^[5]
29	March	Geoff Duke	British	Motorcycle racer	500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (-).	^[6]
6	June	Ivor Bueb	British	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner .	^[7]
16		Ron Flockhart	British	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner .	^[8]

See also

• List of 1923 motorsport champions

Notes and References

1. Web site: 14^ TARGA FLORIO. targaflorio.info. 16 April 2017.
2. Web site: Le Mans Register - 1923. formula2.net. 16 April 2017.
3. Web site: 1923 Indianapolis 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
4. Web site: TT 1923. iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. 15 April 2017.
5. Web site: Carroll Shelby. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
6. Web site: Geoff Duke. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 16 April 2018.
7. Web site: Ivor Bueb. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
8. Web site: Ron Flockhart. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
9. Web site: Howdy Wilcox. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 16 April 2018.