1973 in motorsport explained

The following is an overview of the events of 1973 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	12th 24 Hours of Daytona	^[1]
18 February	15th Daytona 500	^[2]
6 May	57th Targa Florio	^[3]
28–30 May	57th Indianapolis 500	^[4]
3 June	31st Monaco Grand Prix	^[5]
4–8 June	55th Isle of Man TT	^[6]
9–10 June	41st 24 Hours of Le Mans	^[7]
23–24 June	4th 24 Hours of Nurburgring	^[8]
21–22 July	25th 24 Hours of Spa	^[9]
30 September	14th Hardie-Ferodo 1000	^[10]
18 November	20th Macau Grand Prix	^[11]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
14	January	Giancarlo Fisichella	Italian	Racing driver	Winner of the 3 Formula One Grand Prix.	^[12]
27		Yoshihide Muroya	Japanese	Air racer	Red Bull Air World Race champion (2017).	^[13]
1	March	Ryo Michigami	Japanese	Racing driver	All Japan GTC champion (2000).	^[14]
3		Jason Bright	Australian	Racing driver	1998 FAI 1000 winner.	^[15]
19	May	Dario Franchitti	British	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (2007, 2010, 2012).	^[16]
4	July	Jan Magnussen	Danish	Racing driver	Danish Touringcar champion (2003, 2008).	^[17]
25		Kenny Roberts Jr.	American	Motorcycle racer	500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion .	^[18]
20	November	Neil Hodgson	British	Motorcycle racer	Superbike World champion .	^[19]
1	December	Andrea Bertolini	Italian	Racing driver	Champion of the FIA GT Championship in 2006, 2008-2009 and FIA GT1 World Championship in 2010.	^[20]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
30	March	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	68	French	Racing driver	One of the first French Formula One drivers.	^[21]
5	April	David Murray	63	British	Racing driver	One of the first British Formula One drivers.	^[22]
15		Ernst Klodwig	69	German	Racing driver	The first East German Formula One driver.	^[23]
6	October	François Cevert	29	French	Racing driver	1971 United States Grand Prix winner.	^[24]

See also

• List of 1973 motorsport champions

Notes and References

1. Web site: Daytona 24 Hours 1973 - Racing Sports Cars. racingsportscars.com. 16 April 2017.
2. Web site: 1973 Daytona 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 16 April 2017.
3. Web site: 57^ TARGA FLORIO. targaflorio.info. 16 April 2017.
4. Web site: 1973 Indianapolis 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
5. Web site: 1973 Grand Prix of Monaco. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
6. Web site: TT 1973. iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. 15 April 2017.
7. Web site: Le Mans Register - 1973. formula2.net. 16 April 2017.
8. Web site: Nurburgring 24 hours. touringcarracing.net. 23 April 2017.
9. Web site: 24 h Spa-Francorchamps. touringcarracing.net. 16 April 2017.
10. Web site: 1973 Bathurst 1000. Unique Cars & Parts. 22 April 2017.
11. Web site: 1973 Macau Grand Prix. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 22 April 2017.
12. Web site: Giancarlo Fisichella. ESPN. 30 May 2017.
13. Web site: Yoshihide Muroya. airrace.redbull.com. Red Bull. 18 April 2018.
14. Web site: Tom Coronel. driverdb.com. 30 May 2017.
15. Web site: Jason Bright. driverdb.com. 30 May 2017.
16. Web site: Dario Franchitti. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 18 April 2018.
17. Web site: Jan Magnussen. ESPN. 30 May 2017.
18. Web site: Kenny Roberts Jr.. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 18 April 2018.
19. Web site: Neil Hodgson. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 18 April 2018.
20. Web site: Andrea Bertolini. driverdb.com. 30 May 2017.
21. Web site: Yves Giraud-Cabantous. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
22. Web site: David Murrary. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
23. Web site: Ernst Klodwig. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
24. Web site: François Cevert. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 16 April 2018.