1968 in motorsport explained

The following is an overview of the events of 1968 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
3–4 February	7th 24 Hours of Daytona	^[1]
25 February	10th Daytona 500	^[2]
5 May	52nd Targa Florio	^[3]
26 May	26th Monaco Grand Prix	^[4]
30 May	52nd Indianapolis 500	^[5]
8–14 June	50th Isle of Man TT	^[6]
20–21 July	20th 24 Hours of Spa	^[7]
28–29 September	36th 24 Hours of Le Mans	^[8]
6 October	9th Hardie-Ferodo 500	^[9]
17 November	15th Macau Grand Prix	^[10]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
5	February	Marcus Grönholm	Finnish	Rally driver	World Rally champion .	^[11]
8	March	Michael Bartels	German	Racing driver	Champion of the FIA GT Championship in 2006, 2008-2009 and FIA GT1 World Championship in 2010.	^[12]
20		John Kocinski	American	Motorcycle racer	Superbike World champion .	^[13]
5	August	Colin McRae	British	Rally driver	World Rally champion .	^[14]
28	September	Mika Häkkinen	Finnish	Racing driver	Formula One World Champion .	^[15]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
19	January	Ray Harroun	89	American	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (1911).	^[16]
7	April	Jim Clark	32	British	Racing driver	Formula One World Champion . Winner of the 1965 Indianapolis 500.	^[17]
8	June	Ludovico Scarfiotti	34	Italian	Racing driver	1966 Italian Grand Prix winner. Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans .	^[18]

See also

• List of 1968 motorsport champions

Notes and References

1. Web site: Daytona 24 Hours 1968 - Racing Sports Cars. racingsportscars.com. 16 April 2017.
2. Web site: 1968 Daytona 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 16 April 2017.
3. Web site: 52^ TARGA FLORIO. targaflorio.info. 16 April 2017.
4. Web site: 1968 Grand Prix of Monaco. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
5. Web site: 1968 Indianapolis 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
6. Web site: TT 1968. iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. 15 April 2017.
7. Web site: 24 h Spa-Francorchamps. touringcarracing.net. 16 April 2017.
8. Web site: Le Mans Register - 1968. formula2.net. 16 April 2017.
9. Web site: 1968 Bathurst 1000. Unique Cars & Parts. 22 April 2017.
10. Web site: 1968 Macau Grand Prix. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 22 April 2017.
11. Web site: Marcus Grönholm. juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. 17 April 2018.
12. Web site: Michael Bartels. driverdb.com. 30 May 2017.
13. Web site: John Kocinski. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 18 April 2018.
14. Web site: Colin McRae. juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. 17 April 2018.
15. Web site: Mika Hakkinen. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
16. Web site: Ray Harroun. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 16 April 2018.
17. Web site: Jim Clark. ESPN. 9 May 2017.
18. Web site: Ludovico Scarfiotti. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.