1926 in motorsport explained

The following is an overview of the events of 1926 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
25 April	17th Targa Florio	^[1]
31 May	14th Indianapolis 500	^[2]
12–13 June	4th 24 Hours of Le Mans	^[3]
17–21 June	15th Isle of Man TT	^[4]
3–4 July	3rd 24 Hours of Spa	^[5]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
6	January	Pat Flaherty	American	Racing driver	Winner of the Indianapolis 500 (1956)	^[6]
28		Jimmy Bryan	American	Racing driver	Winner of the Indianapolis 500 (1958)	^[7]
2	April	Jack Brabham	Australian	Racing driver	Formula One World Champion (-,).	^[8]
4	May	Umberto Masetti	Italian	Motorcycle racer	500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion .	^[9]
20		Bob Sweikert	American	Racing driver	Winner of the Indianapolis 500 (1955)	^[10]
20	September	Libero Liberati	Italian	Motorcycle racer	500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion .	^[11]
11	November	Maria Teresa de Filippis	Italian	Racing driver	The first female Formula One driver.	^[12]

See also

• List of 1926 motorsport champions

Notes and References

1. Web site: 17^ TARGA FLORIO. targaflorio.info. 16 April 2017.
2. Web site: 1926 Indianapolis 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
3. Web site: Le Mans Register - 1926. formula2.net. 16 April 2017. 5 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170705000830/http://www.formula2.net/1926.htm. dead.
4. Web site: TT 1926. iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. 15 April 2017.
5. Web site: Spa 24 Hours 1926 - Racing Sports Cars. racingsportscars.com. 16 April 2017.
6. Web site: Pat Flaherty. espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
7. Web site: Jimmy Bryan. espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
8. Web site: Jack Brabham. ESPN. 3 September 2017.
9. Web site: Umberto Masetti. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 16 April 2018.
10. Web site: Bob Sweikert. espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
11. Web site: Libero Liberati. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 16 April 2018.
12. Web site: Maria Teresa de Filippis. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.