1967 in motorsport

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1967 in sports
Years in motorsport
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Air sports American football Aquatic sports Association football Athletics Australian rules football Badminton Baseball Basketball Canadian football Chess Climbing Combat sports Sumo Cricket 1966–67 1967 1967–68 Cycling Dance sports Darts Equestrianism Esports Field hockey Flying disc Golf Gymnastics Handball Ice hockey Ice sports Korfball Lumberjack sports Mind sports Modern pentathlon Motorsport Orienteering Paralympic sports Precision sports Shooting Racquetball Roller sports Sailing Skiing Speedway Rugby league‎ Rugby union Snooker 1966–67 1967–68 Strength sports Weightlifting Squash Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball

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

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
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

First race	Championship	Ref
24 March	European Formula Two Championship	^[11]

Births

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	October	Buddy Lazier	American	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (1996).	^[15]
11	November	Gil de Ferran	Brazilian	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (2003).	^[16]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
10	May	Lorenzo Bandini	31	Italian	Racing driver	1964 Austrian Grand Prix winner.	^[17]

References

^ "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.

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