1962 in motorsport

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.

Years in motorsport
1962 in sports
  • American football
  • Aquatic sports
  • Association football
  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Canadian football
  • Chess
  • Climbing
  • Combat sports
    • Sumo
  • Cricket
  • Cycling
  • Darts
  • Equestrianism
  • Esports
  • Golf
  • Gymnastics
  • Ice sports
  • Modern pentathlon
  • Motorsport
  • Racquetball
  • Sailing
  • Skiing
  • Rugby league‎
  • Rugby union
  • Shooting
  • Snooker
    • 1961–62
    • 1962–63
  • Squash
  • Table tennis
  • Tennis
  • Triathlon
  • Volleyball
  • Weightlifting

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
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
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
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

References
  1. "Daytona 3 Hours 1962 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. 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)
  3. "1962 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. "46^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  5. Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018)
  6. "1962 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. "1962 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  8. "TT 1962". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  9. Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018)
  10. "Le Mans Register - 1962". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  11. Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018)
  12. Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018)
  13. "1962 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  14. "1962 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  15. "Emanuele Pirro". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  16. "Gabriele Tarquini". ESPN. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  17. "Piero Liatti". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  18. "Volker Weidler". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  19. "Carlos Sainz". juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  20. "Al Unser Jr". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  21. "Fred Merkel". motorcyclemuseum.org. AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  22. "Bertrand Gachot". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  23. "Libero Liberati". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  24. "Ron Flockhart". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  25. "Fred Frame". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  26. "Peter Ryan". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  27. "Tommy Milton". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  28. Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers — Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  29. "Gary Hocking". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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