1946 in motorsport explained

The following is an overview of the events of 1946 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.

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
23	January	Don Whittington	American	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner .	^[2]
25	February	Jean Todt	French	Motor sport executive and rally co-driver	The 11th FIA president	^[3]
10	March	Hiroshi Fushida	Japanese	Racing driver	The first Japanese Formula One driver.	^[4]
13	May	Jean Rondeau	French	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner .	^[5]
21	June	Per Eklund	Swedish	Rally driver	1976 Swedish Rally winner.	^[6]
29	July	Stig Blomqvist	Swedish	Rally driver	World Rally champion .	^[7]
30	September		German	Racing driver	1975 Spanish Grand Prix winner. 24 Hours of Le Mans winner .	^[8]
29	October		Canadian	Rally driver	1973 Press-on-Regardless Rally winner.	^[9]
2	November	Alan Jones	Australian	Racing driver	Formula One World Champion .	^[10]
11		Al Holbert	American	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (-).	^[11]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
17	June	Joe Dawson	56	American	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (1912).	^[12]
2	September	George Robson	37	American	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (1946).	^[13]

See also

• List of 1946 motorsport champions

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1946 Indianapolis 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
2. Web site: Don Whittington. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 16 April 2018.
3. Web site: Jean Todt . dead . 17 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121020045233/http://www.fia.com/public/fia_structure/todt.html . 20 October 2012.
4. Web site: Hiroshi Fushida. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
5. Web site: Jean Rondeau. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 16 April 2018.
6. News: Ove Andersson. 27 April 2018. ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com.
7. Web site: Stig Blomqvist. juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. 17 April 2018.
8. Web site: Jochen Mass. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 16 April 2018.
9. News: Walter Boyce. 27 April 2018. ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com.
10. Web site: Jody Scheckter. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
11. Web site: Al Holbert. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 16 April 2018.
12. Web site: Joe Dawson. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 16 April 2018.
13. Web site: George Robson. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 17 April 2018.