1988 in motorsport explained

The following is an overview of the events of 1988 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
1–22 January	10th Dakar Rally	^[1]
30–31 January	26th 24 Hours of Daytona	^[2]
14 February	30th Daytona 500	^[3]
15 May	46th Monaco Grand Prix	^[4]
29 May	72nd Indianapolis 500	^[5]
30 May-10 June	71st Isle of Man TT	^[6]
11–12 June	56th 24 Hours of Le Mans	^[7]
18–19 June	16th 24 Hours of Nurburgring	^[8]
30–31 July	40th 24 Hours of Spa	^[9]
31 July	11th Suzuka 8 Hours	^[10]
2 October	29th Tooheys 1000	^[11]
27 November	35th Macau Grand Prix	^[12]
4 December	1st Race of Champions	^[13]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
20	June	Courtney Force	American	Drag racer
31	October	Sébastien Buemi	Swiss	Racing driver	FIA World Endurance champion (2014). Formula E champion (2015–16).	^[14]
6	December	Johan Kristoffersson	Swedish	Racing driver	FIA World Rallycross champion .	^[15]
28		Elfyn Evans	British	Rally driver	2017 Wales Rally GB winner.	^[16]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
12	January	Piero Taruffi	81	Italian	Racing driver	1952 Swiss Grand Prix winner	^[17]
30	September	Al Holbert	41	American	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (-).	^[18]

See also

• List of 1988 motorsport champions

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1988 Dakar Rally. rssp.eu. 29 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20090929212015/http://rssp.eu/downloads/dakar/1988.pdf. 29 September 2009. dead.
2. Web site: Daytona 24 Hours 1988 - Racing Sports Cars. racingsportscars.com. 16 April 2017.
3. Web site: 1988 Daytona 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 16 April 2017.
4. Web site: 1988 Grand Prix of Monaco. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
5. Web site: 1988 Indianapolis 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
6. Web site: TT 1988. iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. 15 April 2017.
7. Web site: Le Mans Register - 1988. formula2.net. 16 April 2017.
8. Web site: Freunde der Nordschleife - 1988. veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de. 23 April 2017.
9. Web site: 24 h Spa-Francorchamps. touringcarracing.net. 16 April 2017.
10. Web site: Suzuka 8 Hours 1988 results. Moto Racing JAPAN. 24 April 2017. 15 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160315093038/http://www.motoracing-japan.com/result/spl/888h.html. dead.
11. Web site: 1988 Bathurst 1000. Unique Cars & Parts. 22 April 2017.
12. Web site: 1988 Macau Grand Prix. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 22 April 2017.
13. Web site: 1988 Motlery. roc.com. 30 April 2017.
14. Web site: Sébastien Buemi. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 17 April 2018.
15. Web site: Johan Kristoffersson. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 17 April 2018.
16. News: Elfyn Evans. 27 April 2018. ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com.
17. Web site: Piero Taruffi. espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
18. Web site: Al Holbert. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 16 April 2018.