1993 in motorsport

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.

Years in motorsport
1993 in sports

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 (2013-2014, 2016-2017). [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 (1976). [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

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