1963 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1963 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.

List of years in motorsport
In sports
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966

Annual events

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
17 February 3 Hours of Daytona [1]
24 February 5th Daytona 500 [2]
5 May 47th Targa Florio [3]
26 May 21st Monaco Grand Prix [4]
30 May 47th Indianapolis 500 [5]
10–14 June 45th Isle of Man TT [6]
15–16 June 31st 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
6 October 4th Armstrong 500 [8]
17 November 10th Macau Grand Prix [9]

Births
Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
16 March Jesús Puras Spanish Rally driver 2001 Tour de Corse winner. [10]
16 July Armin Schwarz German Rally driver 1991 Rally Catalunya winner. [11]
29 December Andrea Aghini Italian Rally driver 1992 Rallye Sanremo winner. [12]

Deaths
Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
7 February Peter Mitchell-Thomson 49 British Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1949). [13]
29 November Lee Wallard 53 American Racing driver Winner of the Indianapolis 500 (1951) [14]

See also

References
  1. "Daytona 3 Hours 1963 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. "1963 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. "47^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. "1963 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. "1963 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. "TT 1963". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. "Le Mans Register - 1963". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. "1963 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  9. "1963 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  10. "Jesús Puras". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  11. "Andrea Aghini". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  12. "Andrea Aghini". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  13. "Peter Selsdon". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  14. "Lee Wallard". espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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