1965 in motorsport

Years in motorsport
1965 in sports

The following is an overview of the events of 1965 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 significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
14 February 7th Daytona 500 [1]
28 February Daytona 2000 km [2]
9 May 49th Targa Florio [3]
30 May 23rd Monaco Grand Prix [4]
31 May 49th Indianapolis 500 [5]
14–18 June 47th Isle of Man TT [6]
19–20 June 33rd 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
24–25 July 17th 24 Hours of Spa [8]
3 October 6th Armstrong 500 [9]
28 November 12th Macau Grand Prix [10]

Births

Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
4 June Mick Doohan Australian Motorcycle racer 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1994-1998). [11]
1 July Carl Fogarty British Motorcycle racer Superbike World champion (1994-1995, 1998-1999). [12]
5 September David Brabham Australian Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2009). [13]

Deaths

Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
6 March Jules Goux 79 French Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1913). [14]

See also

References

  1. ^ "1965 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Daytona 2000 km 1965 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "49^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ^ "1965 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ^ "1965 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ^ "TT 1965". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Le Mans Register - 1965". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Spa 24 Hours 1965 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  9. ^ "1965 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  10. ^ "1965 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Mick Doohan". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  12. ^ "Carl Fogarty". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  13. ^ "David Brabham". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Jules Goux". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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