1950 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1950 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
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953

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
1–2 April 34th Targa Florio [1]
23–24 April 17th Mille Miglia [2]
21 May 11th Monaco Grand Prix [3]
30 May 34th Indianapolis 500 [4]
5–9 June 32nd Isle of Man TT [5]
24–25 June 18th 24 Hours of Le Mans [6]

Births
Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
29 January Jody Scheckter South African Racing driver Formula One World Champion (1979). [7]
9 March Danny Sullivan American Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1985). [8]
7 April Franz Wittmann Sr. Austiran Rally driver 1987 New Zealand winner. [9]
11 September Barry Sheene British Motorcycle racer 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1976-1977). [10]

Deaths
Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
29 July Joe Fry 34 British Racing driver One of the first British Formula One drivers. [11]
10 September Raymond Sommer 44 French Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1932, 1933). [12]
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See also

References
  1. "34^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. "Mille Miglia - 1950". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. "1950 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. "1950 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. "TT 1950". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. "Le Mans Register - 1950". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  7. "Jody Scheckter". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  8. "Danny Sullivan". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  9. "Franz Wittmann Sr". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  10. "Barry Sheene". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  11. "Joe Fry". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  12. "Raymond Sommer]". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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