1979 in motorsport

Years in motorsport
1979 in sports

The following is an overview of the events of 1979 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
26 December-14 January 1st Dakar Rally [1]
3–4 February 17th 24 Hours of Daytona [2]
18 February 21st Daytona 500 [3]
27 May 37th Monaco Grand Prix [4]
27 May 63rd Indianapolis 500 [5]
3–9 June 62nd Isle of Man TT [6]
9–10 June 47th 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
21–22 July 31st 24 Hours of Spa [8]
29 July 2nd Suzuka 8 Hours [9]
20 September 20th Hardie-Ferodo 1000 [10]
6–7 October 8th 24 Hours of Nurburgring [11]
18 November 26th Macau Grand Prix [12]

Births

Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
16 February Valentino Rossi Italian Motorcycle racer MotoGP World champion (2001-2005, 2008-2009). [13]
18 April Anthony Davidson British Racing driver FIA World Endurance champion (2014). [14]
2 July Sam Hornish Jr. American Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (2006). [15]
25 December Robert Huff British Racing driver World Touring Car champion (2012). [16]

Deaths

Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
22 June Louis Chiron 79 Monegasque Racing driver The first Monegasque Formula One driver. 1931 French Grand Prix winner. [17]

See also

References

  1. ^ "1979 Dakar Rally" (PDF). rssp.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1979 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "1979 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ^ "1979 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ^ "1979 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ^ "TT 1979". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Le Mans Register - 1979". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. ^ "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Suzuka 8 Hours 1979 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  10. ^ "1979 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Nurburgring 24 hours". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  12. ^ "1979 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  13. ^ "Valentino Rossi". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Anthony Davidson". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Sam Hornish Jr". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  16. ^ "Robert Huff". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Louis Chiron". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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