1906 in motorsport

Overview of the events of 1906 in motorsport

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1906 in sports

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* Cycling
* Dance sports
* Darts
* Equestrianism
* Esports
* Field hockey
* Flying disc
* Golf
* Gymnastics
* Handball
* Ice hockey
* Ice sports
* Korfball
* Lumberjack sports
* Mind sports
* Modern pentathlon
* Motorsport
* Orienteering
* Paralympic sports
* Precision sports
* Shooting
* Racquetball
* Roller sports
* Sailing
* Skiing
* Speedway
* Rugby league‎
* Rugby union
* Snooker
* 1905–6
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* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
* Squash
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

The following is an overview of the events of 1906 in motorsport, including the major racing events, racing festivals, circuits 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

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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

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6 May  | 1st Targa Florio | [1]

## Opened motorsport venues

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* 29 January - opening of Aspendale Racecourse (Aspendale Speedway) near Melbourne (1906) was the world's first purpose-built motor racing circuit.

## Births

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Date  | Month  | Name  | Nationality  | Occupation  | Note  | Ref

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26  | May  | Mauri Rose | American  | Racing driver  | Indianapolis 500 winner (1941, 1947-1948).  | [2]
6  | July  | Cuth Harrison | British  | Racing driver  | One of the first British Formula One drivers.  | [3]
31  | August  | Raymond Sommer | French  | Racing driver  | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1932, 1933).  | [4]
4  | October  | Eitel Cantoni | Uruguayan  | Racing driver  | The first Uruguayan Formula One driver.  | [5]
12  | Piero Taruffi | Italian  | Racing driver  | 1952 Swiss Grand Prix winner  | [6]
30  | Giuseppe Farina | Italian  | Racing driver  | First Formula One World Champion.  | [7]
11  | November  | Bill Cummings | American  | Racing driver  | Indianapolis 500 winner (1934).  | [8]

## References

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1. ^ "1^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
2. ^ "Mauri Rose". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
3. ^ "Cuth Harrison". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
4. ^ "Raymond Sommer". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
5. ^ "Eitel Cantoni". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
6. ^ "Piero Taruffi". espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
7. ^ "Giuseppe Nino Farina — Biography". Grand Prix History. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
8. ^ "Bill Cummings". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

## External links

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Aspendale Speedway 1906 http://www.hyperracer.com/history

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