1930 in motorsport

Overview of the events of 1930 in motorsport

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1930 in sports

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* American football
* Aquatic sports
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* Athletics
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* Badminton
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* Basketball
* Canadian football
* Chess
* Climbing
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* Sumo
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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
* 1929–30
* 1930–31
* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
* Squash
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

The following is an overview of the events of 1930 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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6 April  | 2nd Monaco Grand Prix | [1]
12–13 April  | 4th Mille Miglia | [2]
4 May  | 21st Targa Florio | [3]
30 May  | 18th Indianapolis 500 | [4]
16–20 June  | 19th Isle of Man TT | [5]
21–22 June  | 8th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [6]
5–6 July  | 7th 24 Hours of Spa | [7]

## Births

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

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31  | January  | Jo Bonnier | Swedish  | Racing driver  | The first Swedish Formula One driver. 1959 Dutch Grand Prix winner.  | [8]
19  | February  | "Wild Willie" Borsch | American  | Drag racer | Driver of the Winged Experess AA/FA | [9]
11  | March  | Troy Ruttman | American  | Racing driver  | Winner of the Indianapolis 500 (1952)  | [10]
12  | June  | Innes Ireland | British  | Racing driver  | 1961 United States Grand Prix winner.  | [11]
5  | August  | Richie Ginther | American  | Racing driver  | 1965 Mexican Grand Prix winner.  | [12]

## See also

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* List of 1930 motorsport champions

## References

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1. ^ "II Grand Prix de Monaco". kolumbus.fi. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
2. ^ "Mille Miglia - 1930". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
3. ^ "21^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
4. ^ "1930 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
5. ^ "TT 1930". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
6. ^ "Le Mans Register - 1930". formula2.net. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
7. ^ "Spa 24 Hours 1930 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
8. ^ "Jo Bonnier". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
9. ^ Motorsport.com (retrieved 14 September 2018)
10. ^ "Troy Ruttman". espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
11. ^ "Innes Ireland". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
12. ^ "Richie Ginther". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

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