The following is an overview of the events of 1984 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 significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.
Date | Event | Ref |
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1–20 January | 6th Dakar Rally | [1] |
4–5 February | 22nd 24 Hours of Daytona | [2] |
19 February | 26th Daytona 500 | [3] |
27 May | 68th Indianapolis 500 | [4] |
3 June | 42nd Monaco Grand Prix | [5] |
2–8 June | 67th Isle of Man TT | [6] |
16–17 June | 52nd 24 Hours of Le Mans | [7] |
28–29 July | 36th 24 Hours of Spa | [8] |
29 July | 7th Suzuka 8 Hours | [9] |
25–26 August | 12th 24 Hours of Nurburgring | [10] |
30 September | 25th James Hardie 1000 | [11] |
17 November | 31st Macau Grand Prix | [12] |
Disestablished championships/events
[edit]First race | Championship | Ref |
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23 September | European Formula Two Championship | [13] |
Births
[edit]Date | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 | July | Ben Spies | American | Motorcycle racer | Superbike World champion (2009). | [14] |
11 | August | Lucas di Grassi | Brazilian | Racing driver | Formula E champion (2016–17). | [15] |
8 | September | Vitaly Petrov | Russian | Racing driver | The first Russian Formula One driver. | [16] |
5 | November | Nick Tandy | British | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2015). | [17] |
5 | December | Neel Jani | Swiss | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2016). FIA World Endurance champion (2016). | [18] |
7 | Robert Kubica | Polish | Racing driver | The first Polish Formula One driver. 2008 Canadian Grand Prix winner. | [19] |
Deaths
[edit]Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
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19 | May | Bill Holland | 76 | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (1949). | [20] |
8 | September | Johnnie Parsons | 66 | American | Racing driver | Winner of the Indianapolis 500 (1950) | [21] |
7 | October | Peter Walker | 71 | British | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1951) | [22] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1984 Dakar Rally" (PDF). rssp.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1984 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "1984 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "1984 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "1984 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "TT 1984". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "Le Mans Register - 1984". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "Suzuka 8 Hours 1984 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "Nurburgring 24 hours". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "1984 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "1984 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "1984 BRANDS HATCH F2". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ "Ben Spies". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Lucas di Grassi". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Vitaly Petrov". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Nick Tandy". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Neel Jani". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Robert Kubica". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Bill Holland". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Johnnie Parsons". espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Peter Walker". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
External links
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