1963 in motorsport explained

The following is an overview of the events of 1963 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
17 February	3 Hours of Daytona	^[1]
24 February	5th Daytona 500	^[2]
5 May	47th Targa Florio	^[3]
26 May	21st Monaco Grand Prix	^[4]
30 May	47th Indianapolis 500	^[5]
10–14 June	45th Isle of Man TT	^[6]
15–16 June	31st 24 Hours of Le Mans	^[7]
6 October	4th Armstrong 500	^[8]
17 November	10th Macau Grand Prix	^[9]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
16	March	Jesús Puras	Spanish	Rally driver	2001 Tour de Corse winner.	^[10]
16	July	Armin Schwarz	German	Rally driver	1991 Rally Catalunya winner.	^[11]
29	December	Andrea Aghini	Italian	Rally driver	1992 Rallye Sanremo winner.	^[12]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
7	February	Peter Mitchell-Thomson	49	British	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner .	^[13]
29	November	Lee Wallard	53	American	Racing driver	Winner of the Indianapolis 500 (1951)	^[14]

See also

• List of 1963 motorsport champions

Notes and References

1. Web site: Daytona 3 Hours 1963 - Racing Sports Cars. racingsportscars.com. 16 April 2017.
2. Web site: 1963 Daytona 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 16 April 2017.
3. Web site: 47^ TARGA FLORIO. targaflorio.info. 16 April 2017.
4. Web site: 1963 Grand Prix of Monaco. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
5. Web site: 1963 Indianapolis 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
6. Web site: TT 1963. iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. 15 April 2017.
7. Web site: Le Mans Register - 1963. formula2.net. 16 April 2017.
8. Web site: 1963 Bathurst 1000. Unique Cars & Parts. 22 April 2017.
9. Web site: 1963 Macau Grand Prix. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 22 April 2017.
10. News: Jesús Puras. 27 April 2018. ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com.
11. News: Andrea Aghini. 27 April 2018. ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com.
12. News: Andrea Aghini. 27 April 2018. ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com.
13. Web site: Peter Selsdon. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 16 April 2018.
14. Web site: Lee Wallard. espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.