1950 in motorsport

Overview of the events of 1950 in motorsport

Years in motorsport

* ← 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953 →

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1950 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
* 1949–50
* 1950
* 1950–51
* 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
* 1949–50
* 1950–51
* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
* Squash
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

The following is an overview of the events of 1950 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 significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

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21 May  | 11th Monaco Grand Prix | [1]
30 May  | 34th Indianapolis 500 | [2]
5–9 June  | 32nd Isle of Man TT | [3]
24–25 June  | 18th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [4]

## Births

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

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29  | January  | Jody Scheckter | South African  | Racing driver  | Formula One World Champion (1979).  | [5]
9  | March  | Danny Sullivan | American  | Racing driver  | Indianapolis 500 winner (1985).  | [6]
7  | April  | Franz Wittmann Sr. | Austrian  | Rally driver  | Rally New Zealand winner (1987)  | [7]
11  | September  | Barry Sheene | British  | Motorcycle racer  | 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1976-1977).  | [8]

## Deaths

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

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29  | July  | Joe Fry | 34  | British  | Racing driver  | One of the first British Formula One drivers.  | [9]
10  | September  | Raymond Sommer | 44  | French  | Racing driver  | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1932, 1933).  | [10]

## See also

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* List of 1950 motorsport champions

## References

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1. ^ "1950 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
2. ^ "1950 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
3. ^ "TT 1950". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
4. ^ "Le Mans Register - 1950". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
5. ^ "Jody Scheckter". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
6. ^ "Danny Sullivan". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
7. ^ "Franz Wittmann Sr". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
8. ^ "Barry Sheene". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
9. ^ "Joe Fry". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
10. ^ "Raymond Sommer]". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

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