1939 in motorsport

Overview of the events of 1939 in motorsport

Years in motorsport

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1939 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
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* 1939–40
* 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
* 1938–39
* 1939–40
* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
* Squash
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

The following is an overview of the events of 1939 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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14 May  | 30th Targa Florio | [1]
30 May  | 27th Indianapolis 500 | [2]
12–16 June  | 28th Isle of Man TT | [3]
17–18 June  | 16th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [4]

## Births

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

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1  | January  | Phil Read | British  | Motorcycle racer  | 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1973-1974).  | [5]
29  | May  | Al Unser | American  | Racing driver  | Indianapolis 500 winner (1970-1971, 1978, 1987).  | [6]
11  | June  | Jackie Stewart | British  | Racing driver  | Formula One World Champion (1969, 1971, 1973).  | [7]
30  | Harry Källström | Swedish  | Rally driver  | 1976 Acropolis Rally winner.  | [8]
5  | August  | Roger Clark | British  | Rally driver  | 1976 Lombard RAC Rally winner.  | [9]
12  | December  | Emerson Fittipaldi | Brazilian  | Racing driver  | Formula One World Champion (1972, 1974). Indianapolis 500 winner (1989, 1993)  | [10]

## Deaths

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

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8  | February  | Bill Cummings | 32  | American  | Racing driver  | Indianapolis 500 winner (1934).  | [11]
30  | May  | Floyd Roberts | 39  | American  | Racing driver  | Indianapolis 500 winner (1938).  | [12]
11  | August  | Jean Bugatti | 30  | French  | Automotive designer and test engineer  |  |

## See also

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* List of 1939 motorsport champions

## References

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1. ^ "30^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
2. ^ "1939 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
3. ^ "TT 1939". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
4. ^ "Le Mans Register - 1939". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
5. ^ "Phil Read". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
6. ^ "Al Unser". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
7. ^ "Jackie Stewart". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
8. ^ "Harry Källström". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
9. ^ "Roger Clark". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
10. ^ "Emerson Fittipaldi". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
11. ^ "Bill Cummings". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
12. ^ "Floyd Roberts". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

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