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The following is an overview of the events of 1970 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, 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
31 January-1 February 9th 24 Hours of Daytona [1]
22 February 12th Daytona 500 [2]
3 May 54th Targa Florio [3]
10 May 28th Monaco Grand Prix [4]
30 May 54th Indianapolis 500 [5]
6–12 June 52nd Isle of Man TT [6]
13–14 June 38th 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
27–28 June 1st 24 Hours of Nurburgring [8]
25–26 July 22nd 24 Hours of Spa [9]
4 October 11th Hardie-Ferodo 500 [10]
29 November 17th Macau Grand Prix [11]

Births

Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
6 October Fredrik Ekblom Swedish Racing driver STCC champion in 1998, 2003, 2007. [12]

Deaths

Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
2 June Bruce McLaren 32 New Zealander Racing driver Founder of the McLaren. Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1966) [13]
5 September Jochen Rindt 31 Austrian Racing driver The only posthumous Formula One World Champion. Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1965) [14]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1970 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ^ "1970 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "54^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ^ "1970 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ^ "1970 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ^ "TT 1970". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Le Mans Register - 1970". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Nurburgring 24 hours". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  9. ^ "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. ^ "1970 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  11. ^ "1970 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  12. ^ "Gabriele Tarquini". ESPN. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Bruce McLaren". ESPN. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  14. ^ "Jochen Rindt". ESPN. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
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