1967 in motorsport

Overview of the events of 1967 in motorsport

Years in motorsport

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1967 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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* 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
* 1966–67
* 1967–68
* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
* Squash
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

The following is an overview of the events of 1967 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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4–5 February  | 6th 24 Hours of Daytona | [1]
26 February  | 9th Daytona 500 | [2]
7 May  | 25th Monaco Grand Prix | [3]
14 May  | 51st Targa Florio | [4]
30–31 May  | 51st Indianapolis 500 | [5]
10–11 June  | 35th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [6]
12–16 June  | 49th Isle of Man TT | [7]
22–23 July  | 19th 24 Hours of Spa | [8]
1 October  | 8th Gallaher 500 | [9]
19 November  | 14th Macau Grand Prix | [10]

## Established championships/events

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First race  | Championship  | Ref

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24 March  | European Formula Two Championship | [11]

## Births

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

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7  | July  | Tom Kristensen | Danish  | Racing driver  | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1997, 2000-2005, 2008, 2013). FIA World Endurance champion (2013).  | [12]
22  | September  | Hannes Arch | Austrian  | Air racer  | Red Bull Air World Race champion (2008).  | [13]
14  | October  | Jason Plato | British  | Racing driver  | BTCC Champion (2001, 2010)  | [14]
31  | Buddy Lazier | American  | Racing driver  | Indianapolis 500 winner (1996).  | [15]
11  | November  | Gil de Ferran | Brazilian  | Racing driver  | Indianapolis 500 winner (2003).  | [16]

## Deaths

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

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10  | May  | Lorenzo Bandini | 31  | Italian  | Racing driver  | 1964 Austrian Grand Prix winner.  | [17]

## See also

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* List of 1967 motorsport champions

## References

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1. ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1967 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
2. ^ "1967 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
3. ^ "1967 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
4. ^ "51^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
5. ^ "1967 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
6. ^ "Le Mans Register - 1967". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
7. ^ "TT 1967". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
8. ^ "Spa 24 Hours 1967 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
9. ^ "1967 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
10. ^ "1967 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
11. ^ "1967 SNETTERTON F2". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
12. ^ "Tom Kristensen". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
13. ^ "Hannes Arch: 1967-2016". fai.org. FAI. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
14. ^ "Jason Plato". Inside BTCC. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
15. ^ "Buddy Lazier". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
16. ^ "Gil de Ferran". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
17. ^ "Lorenzo Bandini". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

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