1967 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1967 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
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970

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
4–5 February 6th 24 Hours of Daytona [1]
26 February 9th Daytona 500 [2]
7 May 25th Monaco Grand Prix [3]
14 May 51st Targa Florio [4]
30–31 May 51st Indianapolis 500 [5]
10–11 June 35th 24 Hours of Le Mans [6]
12–16 June 49th Isle of Man TT [7]
22–23 July 19th 24 Hours of Spa [8]
1 October 8th Gallaher 500 [9]
19 November 14th Macau Grand Prix [10]

Established championships/events
First race Championship Ref
24 March European Formula Two Championship [11]

Births
Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
7 July Tom Kristensen Danish Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1997, 2000-2005, 2008, 2013). FIA World Endurance champion (2013). [12]
22 September Hannes Arch Austrian Air racer Red Bull Air World Race champion (2008). [13]
14 October Jason Plato British Racing driver BTCC Champion (2001, 2010) [14]
31 Buddy Lazier American Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1996). [15]
11 November Gil de Ferran Brazilian Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (2003). [16]

Deaths
Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
10 May Lorenzo Bandini 31 Italian Racing driver 1964 Austrian Grand Prix winner. [17]

See also

References
  1. "Daytona 24 Hours 1967 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. "1967 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. "1967 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. "51^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  5. "1967 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. "Le Mans Register - 1967". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  7. "TT 1967". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  8. "Spa 24 Hours 1967 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  9. "1967 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  10. "1967 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  11. "1967 SNETTERTON F2". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  12. "Tom Kristensen". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  13. "Hannes Arch: 1967-2016". fai.org. FAI. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  14. "Jason Plato". Inside BTCC. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  15. "Buddy Lazier". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  16. "Gil de Ferran". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  17. "Lorenzo Bandini". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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