1922 in motorsport

Overview of the events of 1922 in motorsport

Years in motorsport

* ← 1919
* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925 →

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1922 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
* 1921–22
* 1922
* 1922–23
* 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
* 1921–22
* 1922–23
* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
* Squash
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

The following is an overview of the events of 1922 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.

Date  | Event  | Ref

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2 April  | 13th Targa Florio | [1]
30 May  | 10th Indianapolis 500 | [2]
30 May-1 June  | 11th Isle of Man TT | [3]

## Births

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

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12  | May  | Roy Salvadori | British  | Racing driver  | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1959).  | [4]
11  | July  | Fritz Riess | German  | Racing driver  | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1952).  | [5]
5  | October  | José Froilán González | Argentine  | Racing driver  | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1954).  | [6]

## See also

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* List of 1922 motorsport champions

## References

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1. ^ "13^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
2. ^ "1922 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
3. ^ "TT 1922". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
4. ^ "Roy Salvadori". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
5. ^ "Fritz Riess". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
6. ^ "José Froilán González". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

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