1966 in motorsport explained

The following is an overview of the events of 1966 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 significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date	Event	Ref
5–6 February^[1]	5th 24 Hours of Daytona	^[2]
27 February	8th Daytona 500	^[3]
8 May	50th Targa Florio	^[4]
22 May	24th Monaco Grand Prix	^[5]
30 May	50th Indianapolis 500	^[6]
18–19 June	34th 24 Hours of Le Mans	^[7]
23–24 July	18th 24 Hours of Spa	^[8]
28 August-2 September	48th Isle of Man TT	^[9]
2 October	7th Gallaher 500	^[10]
20 November	13th Macau Grand Prix	^[11]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
31	January	JJ Lehto	Finnish	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner .	^[12]
21	March	Kenny Bräck	Swedish	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (1999).	^[13]
8	April	Mark Blundell	British	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner .	^[14]
		Harri Rovanperä	Finnish	Rally driver	2001 Swedish Rally winner.	^[15]
27		Marco Werner	German	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (-).	^[16]
14	July	Ralf Waldmann	German	Motorcycle rider	Winner of the 20 Grand Prix motorcycle racing events (125cc and 250cc).	^[17]
10	August	Éric Hélary	French	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner .	^[18]
2	September	Olivier Panis	French	Racing driver	1996 Monaco Grand Prix winner	^[19]
24		Christophe Bouchut	French	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner .	^[20]
20	December	Matt Neal	British	Racing driver	BTCC Champion (2005-2006, 2011)	^[21]

See also

• List of 1966 motorsport champions

Notes and References

1. The first 24 Hour-distance race.
2. Web site: Daytona 24 Hours 1966 - Racing Sports Cars. racingsportscars.com. 16 April 2017.
3. Web site: 1966 Daytona 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 16 April 2017.
4. Web site: 50^ TARGA FLORIO. targaflorio.info. 16 April 2017.
5. Web site: 1966 Grand Prix of Monaco. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
6. Web site: 1966 Indianapolis 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
7. Web site: Le Mans Register - 1966. formula2.net. 16 April 2017.
8. Web site: Spa 24 Hours 1966 - Racing Sports Cars. racingsportscars.com. 16 April 2017.
9. Web site: TT 1966. iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. 15 April 2017.
10. Web site: 1966 Bathurst 1000. Unique Cars & Parts. 22 April 2017.
11. Web site: 1966 Macau Grand Prix. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 22 April 2017.
12. Web site: JJ Lehto. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 16 April 2018.
13. Web site: Kenny Bräck. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 17 April 2018.
14. Web site: Mark Blundell. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 16 April 2018.
15. News: Harri Rovanperä. 27 April 2018. ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com.
16. Web site: Marco Werner. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 17 April 2018.
17. Web site: Ralf Waldmann. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 27 April 2018.
18. Web site: Éric Hélary. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 17 April 2018.
19. Web site: Olivier Panis. ESPN. 30 May 2017.
20. Web site: Christophe Bouchut. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 17 April 2018.
21. Web site: Matt Neal. Inside BTCC. 10 May 2017.
22. Web site: Nino Farina. ESPN. 3 September 2017.