1956 in motorsport

Overview of the events of 1956 in motorsport

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* 1955–56
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* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
* Squash
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

The following is an overview of the events of 1956 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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29–30 April  | 23rd Mille Miglia | [1]
13 May  | 14th Monaco Grand Prix | [2]
30 May  | 40th Indianapolis 500 | [3]
4–14 June  | 38th Isle of Man TT | [4]
10 June  | 40th Targa Florio | [5]
28–29 July  | 24th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [6]
4 November  | 3rd Macau Grand Prix | [7]

## Births

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

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7  | February  | John Nielsen | Danish  | Racing driver  | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1990).  | [8]
2  | June  | Jan Lammers | Dutch  | Racing driver  | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1988). FIA Sportscar champion (2002-2003).  | [9]
8  | Péter Besenyei | Hungarian  | Air racer  | Red Bull Air World Race champion (2003).  | [10]
17  | August  | Nigel Lamb | British  | Air racer  | Red Bull Air World Race champion (2014).  | [11]
8  | September  | Stefan Johansson | Swedish  | Racing driver  | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1997).  | [12]
23  | December  | Michele Alboreto | Italian  | Racing driver  | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1997).  | [13]

## Deaths

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

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3  | February  | Johnny Claes | 39  | Belgian  | Racing driver  | The first Belgian Formula One driver.  | [14]
31  | March  | Ralph DePalma | 73  | Italian-American  | Racing driver  | Indianapolis 500 winner (1915).  | [15]
17  | June  | Bob Sweikert | 30  | American  | Racing driver  | Winner of the Indianapolis 500 (1955)  | [16]
29  | October  | Louis Rosier | 50  | French  | Racing driver  | Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1950)  | [17]

## See also

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* List of 1956 motorsport champions

## References

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1. ^ "Mille Miglia - 1956". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
2. ^ "1956 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
3. ^ "1956 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
4. ^ "TT 1956". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
5. ^ "40^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
6. ^ "Le Mans Register - 1956". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
7. ^ "1956 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
8. ^ "John Nielsen". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
9. ^ "Jan Lammers". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
10. ^ "Aviation Profile – Péter Besenyei: Hungary's Freestyling Hero". globalaviationresource.com. Global Aviation Resource. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
11. ^ "Nigel Lamb". airrace.redbull.com. Red Bull. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
12. ^ "Stefan Johansson". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
13. ^ "Michele Alboreto". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
14. ^ "Johnny Claes". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
15. ^ "Ralph DePalma". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
16. ^ "Bob Sweikert". espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
17. ^ "Mike Hawthorn". ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

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