1920 in motorsport

Overview of the events of 1920 in motorsport

Years in motorsport

* ← 1917
* 1918
* 1919
* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923 →

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1920 in sports

* Air sports
* American football
* Aquatic sports
* Association football
* Athletics
* Australian rules football
* Badminton
* Baseball
* Basketball
* Canadian football
* Chess
* Climbing
* Combat sports
* Sumo
* Cricket
* 1919–20
* 1920
* 1920–21
* 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
* 1919–20
* 1920–21
* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
* Squash
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

The following is an overview of the events of 1920 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.

## 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.

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31 May  | 8th Indianapolis 500 | [1]
15–16 June  | 9th Isle of Man TT | [2]
24 October  | 11th Targa Florio | [3]

## Births

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3  | February  | Tony Gaze | Australian  | Racing driver  | The first Australian Formula One driver.  | [4]
30  | April  | Duncan Hamilton | British  | Racing driver  | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1953).  | [5]

## Deaths

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

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25  | November  | Gaston Chevrolet | 28  | American  | Racing driver  | Indianapolis 500 winner (1920).  | [6]

## See also

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* List of 1920 motorsport champions

## References

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1. ^ "1920 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
2. ^ "TT 1920". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
3. ^ "11^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
4. ^ "Tony Gaze". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
5. ^ "Duncan Hamilton". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
6. ^ "Gaston Chevrolet". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

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