1947 in motorsport

Overview of the events of 1947 in motorsport

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1947 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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* 1947–48
* 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
* 1946–47
* 1947–48
* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
* Squash
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

The following is an overview of the events of 1947 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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30 May  | 31st Indianapolis 500 | [1]
9–13 June  | 29th Isle of Man TT | [2]
21–22 June  | 14th Mille Miglia | [3]

## Births

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

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7  | March  | Walter Röhrl | German  | Rally driver  | World Rally champion (1980, 1982).  | [4]
29  | August  | James Hunt | British  | Racing driver  | Formula One World Champion (1976).  | [5]
24  | September  | Bernard Béguin | French  | Rally driver  | 1987 Tour de Corse winner.  | [6]
14  | October  | Rikky von Opel | Liechtensteiner  | Racing driver  | The first Liechtensteiner Formula One driver.  | [7]
10  | December  | Jürgen Barth | German  | Racing driver  | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1977).  | [8]

## See also

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* List of 1947 motorsport champions

## References

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1. ^ "1947 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
2. ^ "Isle of Man Races to Begin on June 9". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
3. ^ "Mille Miglia - 1947". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
4. ^ "Walter Röhrl". juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
5. ^ "James Hunt". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
6. ^ "Bernard Béguin". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
7. ^ "Rikky von Opel". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
8. ^ "Jürgen Barth". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

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