The following is an overview of the events of 1967 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 |
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4–5 February | 6th 24 Hours of Daytona | [1] |
26 February | 9th Daytona 500 | [2] |
7 May | 25th Monaco Grand Prix | [3] |
14 May | 51st Targa Florio | [4] |
30–31 May | 51st Indianapolis 500 | [5] |
10–11 June | 35th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [6] |
12–16 June | 49th Isle of Man TT | [7] |
22–23 July | 19th 24 Hours of Spa | [8] |
1 October | 8th Gallaher 500 | [9] |
19 November | 14th Macau Grand Prix | [10] |
Established championships/events
[edit]First race | Championship | Ref |
---|---|---|
24 March | European Formula Two Championship | [11] |
Births
[edit]Date | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | July | Tom Kristensen | Danish | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1997, 2000-2005, 2008, 2013). FIA World Endurance champion (2013). | [12] |
22 | September | Hannes Arch | Austrian | Air racer | Red Bull Air World Race champion (2008). | [13] |
14 | October | Jason Plato | British | Racing driver | BTCC Champion (2001, 2010) | [14] |
31 | Buddy Lazier | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (1996). | [15] | |
11 | November | Gil de Ferran | Brazilian | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (2003). | [16] |
Deaths
[edit]Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | May | Lorenzo Bandini | 31 | Italian | Racing driver | 1964 Austrian Grand Prix winner. | [17] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1967 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "1967 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "1967 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "51^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "1967 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "Le Mans Register - 1967". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "TT 1967". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "Spa 24 Hours 1967 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "1967 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "1967 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "1967 SNETTERTON F2". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ "Tom Kristensen". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Hannes Arch: 1967-2016". fai.org. FAI. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Jason Plato". Inside BTCC. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "Buddy Lazier". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Gil de Ferran". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Lorenzo Bandini". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.