The following is an overview of the events of 1937 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.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4–5 April | 11th Mille Miglia | [1] | |
| 23 May | 28th Targa Florio | [2] | |
| 31 May | 25th Indianapolis 500 | [3] | |
| 15–18 June | 26th Isle of Man TT | [4] | |
| 19–20 June | 14th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [5] | |
| 8 August | 9th Monaco Grand Prix | [6] |
| Date | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | January | Tom "Mongo$e" McEwen | American | [7] | |||
| 9 | February | Tony Maggs | South African | Racing driver | The first South African Formula One driver. | [8] | |
| 18 | March | Mark Donohue | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (1972). | [9] | |
| 26 | April | French | Racing driver | 1972 Monaco Grand Prix winner. | [10] | ||
| 3 | June | Jean-Pierre Jaussaud | French | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner . | [11] | |
| 30 | August | Bruce McLaren | New Zealander | Racing driver | Founder of the McLaren. Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans | [12] | |
| 30 | September | Gary Hocking | Rhodesian | Motorcycle racer | 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion . | [13] | |
| 11 | November | Italian | Racing driver | 1975 Austrian Grand Prix winner. | [14] |