The following is an overview of the events of 1953 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
25–26 April 20th Mille Miglia [1]
14 May 37th Targa Florio [2]
30 May 37th Indianapolis 500 [3]
8–12 June 35th Isle of Man TT [4]
13–14 June 21st 24 Hours of Le Mans [5]
25–26 July 15th 24 Hours of Spa [6]

Births

Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
10 January Bobby Rahal American Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1986). [7]
22 April Alain Oreille French Rally driver 1989 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire winner. [8]
8 August Nigel Mansell British Racing driver Formula One World Champion (1992). [9]
21 September Arie Luyendyk Dutch Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1990, 1997). [10]
26 Sepp Haider Austrian Rally driver 1988 New Zealand winner. [11]

Deaths

Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
12 June Leslie Graham 41 British Motorcycle racer 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1949). [12]
11 August Tazio Nuvolari 60 Italian Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1933). [13]
21 November Felice Bonetto 50 Italian Racing driver 1952 Targa Florio winner. [14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mille Miglia - 1953". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "37^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "1953 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "TT 1953". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Le Mans Register - 1953". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Spa 24 Hours 1953 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Bobby Rahal". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Alain Oreille". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Nigel Mansell — Biography". Grand Prix History. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Arie Luyendyk". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Sepp Haider". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "Leslie Graham". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  13. ↑ "Tazio Nuvolari". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "Felice Bonetto". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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