1909 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1909 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
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912

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
2 May 4th Targa Florio [1]
23 September 3rd Isle of Man TT [2]

Births
Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
15 January Jean Bugatti French Automotive designer and test engineer [3]
24 February George Robson American Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1946). [4]
6 April Hermann Lang German Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1952). [5]
12 Jean Trémoulet French Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1938). [6]
28 December David Murray British Racing driver One of the first British Formula One drivers. [7]
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References
  1. "4^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. "TT 1909". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  3. "Jean Bugatti". findagrave.com. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  4. "George Robson". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  5. "Hermann Lang". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  6. "Jean Trémoulet". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  7. "David Murray". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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