1993 in motorsport explained

The following is an overview of the events of 1993 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
1–16 January	15th Dakar Rally	^[1]
30–31 January	31st 24 Hours of Daytona	^[2]
14 February	35th Daytona 500	^[3]
2 May	24th Winston 500	^[4]
23 May	51st Monaco Grand Prix	^[5]
30 May	77th Indianapolis 500	^[6]
	34th Coca-Cola 600	^[7]
31 May-12 June	76th Isle of Man TT	^[8]
11–13 June	21st 24 Hours of Nurburgring	^[9]
19–20 June	61st 24 Hours of Le Mans	^[10]
25 July	16th Suzuka 8 Hours	^[11]
31 July-1 August	45th 24 Hours of Spa	^[12]
1 August	3rd Masters of Formula 3	^[13]
5 September	44th Mountain Dew Southern 500	^[14]
3 October	34th Tooheys 1000	^[15]
22 November	40th Macau Grand Prix	^[16]
4–5 December	6th Race of Champions	^[17]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
22	January	Rio Haryanto	Indonesian	Racing driver	The first Indonesian Formula One driver.	^[18]
17	February	Marc Márquez	Spanish	Motorcycle racer	MotoGP World champion (-, -).	^[19]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
1	April	Alan Kulwicki	30	American	Racing driver/Team owner	1992 NASCAR Cup Series Champion	^[20]
15	June	James Hunt	45	British	Racing driver	Formula One World Champion .	^[21]
13	July	Davey Allison	32	American	Racing driver	Winner of the Daytona 500 (1992)	^[22]
22	October	Innes Ireland	63	British	Racing driver	1961 United States Grand Prix winner.	^[23]
28	November	Joe Kelly	80	Irish	Racing driver	The first Irish Formula One driver.	^[24]

See also

• List of 1993 motorsport champions

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1993 Dakar Rally. rssp.eu. 29 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180127170402/http://rssp.eu/downloads/dakar/1993.pdf. 2018-01-27. dead.
2. Web site: Daytona 24 Hours 1993 - Racing Sports Cars. racingsportscars.com. 16 April 2017.
3. Web site: 1993 Daytona 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 16 April 2017.
4. Web site: 1993 Winston 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 3 January 2022.
5. Web site: 1993 Grand Prix of Monaco. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
6. Web site: 1993 Indianapolis 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
7. Web site: 1993 Coca-Cola 600. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 3 January 2022.
8. Web site: TT 1993. iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. 15 April 2017.
9. Web site: Freunde der Nordschleife - 1993. veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de. 23 April 2017.
10. Web site: Le Mans Register - 1993. formula2.net. 16 April 2017.
11. Web site: Suzuka 8 Hours 1993 results. Moto Racing JAPAN. 24 April 2017.
12. Web site: 24 h Spa-Francorchamps. touringcarracing.net. 16 April 2017.
13. Web site: MARLBORO MASTERS OF FORMULA 3. formel3guide.com. 30 April 2017. German.
14. Web site: 1993 Mountain Dew Southern 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 3 January 2022.
15. Web site: 1993 Bathurst 1000. Unique Cars & Parts. 22 April 2017.
16. Web site: 1993 Macau Grand Prix. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 22 April 2017.
17. Web site: 1993 Canary Islands. roc.com. 30 April 2017.
18. Web site: Rio Haryanto. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
19. Web site: Marc Márquez. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 18 April 2018.
20. Web site: Alan Kulwicki. nascarhall.com. NASCAR. 3 January 2022.
21. Web site: James Hunt. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
22. Web site: Davey Allison. nascarhall.com. NASCAR. 3 January 2022.
23. Web site: Innes Ireland. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
24. Web site: Joe Kelly. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 15 April 2018.