1960 in motorsport explained

The following is an overview of the events of 1960 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
24 February	2nd Daytona 500	^[1]
8 May	44th Targa Florio	^[2]
29 May	18th Monaco Grand Prix	^[3]
30 May	44th Indianapolis 500	^[4]
13–17 June	42nd Isle of Man TT	^[5]
25–26 June	28th 24 Hours of Le Mans	^[6]
6 November	7th Macau Grand Prix	^[7]
20 November	1st Armstrong 500	^[8]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
21	March	Ayrton Senna	Brazilian	Racing driver	Formula One champion	^[9]
2	September	Doug Polen	American	Motorcycle racer	Superbike World champion (-).	^[10]
17		Damon Hill	British	Racing driver	Formula One World Champion .	^[11]
23	October	Wayne Rainey	Australian	Motorcycle racer	500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (-).	^[12]
24		Joachim Winkelhock	German	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner .	^[13]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
27	February	Ettore Chimeri	38	Venezuelan	Racing driver	The first Venezuelan Formula One driver.	^[14]
13	May	Harry Schell	38	American	Racing driver	The first American Formula One driver.	^[15]
19	June	Jimmy Bryan	34	American	Racing driver	Winner of the Indianapolis 500 (1958)	^[16]
28		Juan Jover	56	Spanish	Racing driver	The first Spanish Formula One driver.	^[17]

See also

• List of 1960 motorsport champions

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1960 Daytona 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 16 April 2017.
2. Web site: 44^ TARGA FLORIO. targaflorio.info. 16 April 2017.
3. Web site: 1960 Grand Prix of Monaco. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
4. Web site: 1960 Indianapolis 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
5. Web site: TT 1960. iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. 15 April 2017.
6. Web site: Le Mans Register - 1960. formula2.net. 16 April 2017.
7. Web site: 1960 Macau Grand Prix. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 22 April 2017.
8. https://web.archive.org/web/20040702045235/http://www.nmrm.com.au/fact.cfm?ID_Race=1& Armstrong 500 20 November, 1960 - www.nmrm.com.au via web.archive.org
9. Web site: Ayrton Senna. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 10 May 2017.
10. Web site: Doug Polen. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 18 April 2018.
11. Web site: Damon Hill. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
12. Web site: Wayne Rainey. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 18 April 2018.
13. Web site: Joachim Winkelhock. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 16 April 2018.
14. Web site: Ettore Chimeri. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
15. Web site: Harry Schell. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
16. Web site: Jimmy Bryan. espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
17. Web site: Juan Jover. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.