The following is an overview of the events of 1962 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
[edit]The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had own significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.
Date | Event | Ref |
---|---|---|
11 February | 3 Hours of Daytona | [1] |
18 February | 1962 NHRA Winternationals | [2] |
18 February | 4th Daytona 500 | [3] |
6 May | 46th Targa Florio | [4] |
27 May | World 600 | [5] |
30 May | 46th Indianapolis 500 | [6] |
3 June | 20th Monaco Grand Prix | [7] |
4–8 June | 44th Isle of Man TT | [8] |
17 June | 1962 Belgian Grand Prix | [9] |
23–24 June | 30th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [10] |
4 July | Pike's Peak Hillclimb | [11] |
3 September | NHRA U.S. Nationals | [12] |
22 October | 3rd Armstrong 500 | [13] |
18 November | 9th Macau Grand Prix | [14] |
Births
[edit]Date | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 | January | Emanuele Pirro | Italian | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2000-2002, 2006-2007). | [15] |
2 | March | Gabriele Tarquini | Italian | Racing driver | Champion of BTCC in 1994, the ETCC in 2003 and the WTCC in 2009. | [16] |
7 | Piero Liatti | Italian | Rally driver | 1997 Monte Carlo Rally winner. | [17] | |
18 | Volker Weidler | German | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1991). | [18] | |
12 | April | Carlos Sainz | Spanish | Rally driver | World Rally champion (1990, 1992). | [19] |
19 | Al Unser Jr. | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (1992, 1994). | [20] | |
28 | September | Fred Merkel | American | Motorcycle racer | Superbike World champion (1988, 1989). | [21] |
23 | December | Bertrand Gachot | Belgian-French | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1991). | [22] |
Deaths
[edit]Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | March | Libero Liberati | 35 | Italian | Motorcycle racer | 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1957). | [23] |
12 | April | Ron Flockhart | 38 | British | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1956, 1957). | [24] |
25 | Fred Frame | 67 | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (1932). | [25] | |
2 | July | Peter Ryan | 22 | Canadian | Racing driver | The first Canadian Formula One driver. | [26] |
10 | Tommy Milton | 68 | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (1921, 1923). | [27] | |
1 | November | Ricardo Rodríguez | 20 | Mexican | Racing driver | The first Mexican Formula One driver. | [28] |
21 | December | Gary Hocking | 25 | Rhodesian | Motorcycle racer | 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1961). | [29] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Daytona 3 Hours 1962 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "Carol Cox: NHRA's first class winner", written 4 May 2018, at NHRA.com (retrieved 16 September 2018); Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018)
- ^ "1962 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "46^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018)
- ^ "1962 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "1962 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "TT 1962". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018)
- ^ "Le Mans Register - 1962". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018)
- ^ Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018)
- ^ "1962 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "1962 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "Emanuele Pirro". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Gabriele Tarquini". ESPN. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ "Piero Liatti". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Volker Weidler". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Carlos Sainz". juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Al Unser Jr". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Fred Merkel". motorcyclemuseum.org. AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Bertrand Gachot". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Libero Liberati". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Ron Flockhart". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Fred Frame". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Peter Ryan". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Tommy Milton". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers — Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ "Gary Hocking". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.