1936 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1936 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.

List of years in motorsport
In sports
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939

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
5–6 April 10th Mille Miglia [1]
13 April 8th Monaco Grand Prix [2]
30 May 24th Indianapolis 500 [3]
16–19 June 25th Isle of Man TT [4]
11–12 July 11th 24 Hours of Spa [5]
20 December 27th Targa Florio [6]

Births
Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
4 March Jim Clark British Racing driver Formula One World Champion (1963, 1965). Winner of the 1965 Indianapolis 500. [7]
18 June Denny Hulme New Zealand Racing driver Formula One World Champion (1967). [8]
5 August Gordon Johncock American Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1973, 1982). [9]

Deaths
Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
27 June Bernard Rubin 39 Australian Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1928). [10]

See also

References
  1. "Mille Miglia - 1936". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. "VIII Grand Prix de Monaco". kolumbus.fi. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  3. "1936 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. "TT 1936". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. "Spa 24 Hours 1936 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  6. "27^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  7. "Jim Clark". ESPN. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  8. "Denny Hulme". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  9. "Gordon Johncock". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  10. "Bernard Rubin". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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