1951 in motorsport

Overview of the events of 1951 in motorsport

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1951 in sports

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* Motorsport
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* Rugby league‎
* Rugby union
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* 1950–51
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* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
* Squash
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

The following is an overview of the events of 1951 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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28–29 April  | 18th Mille Miglia | [1]
30 May  | 35th Indianapolis 500 | [2]
6–8 June  | 33rd Isle of Man TT | [3]
23–24 June  | 19th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [4]
9 September  | 35th Targa Florio | [5]

## Births

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

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1  | January  | Hans-Joachim Stuck | German  | Racing driver  | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1986, 1987). World Endurance champion (1985).  | [6]
22  | Fulvio Bacchelli | Italian  | Rally driver  | 1977 Rally New Zealand winner.  | [7]
15  | February  | Markku Alén | Finnish  | Rally driver  | World Rally champion (1978).  | [8]
15  | June  | Alain Ambrosino | French  | Rally driver  | 1988 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire winner.  | [9]
7  | August  | Jorge Recalde | Argentine  | Rally driver  | 1988 Rally Argentina winner.  | [10]
8  | October  | Timo Salonen | Finnish  | Rally driver  | World Rally champion (1985).  | [11]
3  | December  | Rick Mears | American  | Racing driver  | Indianapolis 500 winner (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991).  | [12]
14  | Joaquim Moutinho | Portuguese  | Rally driver  | 1986 Rally de Portugal winner.  | [13]
31  | Kenny Roberts | American  | Motorcycle racer  | 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1978-1980).  | [14]

## See also

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* List of 1951 motorsport champions

## References

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1. ^ "Mille Miglia - 1951". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
2. ^ "1951 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
3. ^ "TT 1951". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
4. ^ "Le Mans Register - 1951". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
5. ^ "35^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
6. ^ "Hans-Joachim Stuck". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
7. ^ "Fulvio Bacchelli". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
8. ^ "Markku Alén". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
9. ^ "Alain Ambrosino". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
10. ^ "Jorge Recalde". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
11. ^ "Timo Salonen". juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
12. ^ "Rick Mears". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
13. ^ "Joaquim Moutinho". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
14. ^ "Kenny Roberts". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.

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