1978 in motorsport

Overview of the events of 1978 in motorsport

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* 1977–78
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* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
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* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

The following is an overview of the events of 1978 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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4–5 February  | 16th 24 Hours of Daytona | [1]
12 February  | 1978 NHRA Winternationals | [2]
19 February  | 20th Daytona 500 | [3]
7 May  | 36th Monaco Grand Prix | [4]
28 May  | 62nd Indianapolis 500 | [5]
1–9 June  | 60th Isle of Man TT | [6]
10–11 June  | 46th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [7]
16 July  | 1978 NHRA Summernationals | [8]
22–23 July  | 30th 24 Hours of Spa | [9]
30 July  | 1st Suzuka 8 Hours | [10]
1 October  | 19th Hardie-Ferodo 1000 | [11]
7–8 October  | 7th 24 Hours of Nurburgring | [12]
19 November  | 25th Macau Grand Prix | [13]

## Births

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

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22  | June  | Dan Wheldon | British  | Racing driver  | Indianapolis 500 winner (2005, 2011).  | [14]
14  | July  | Mattias Ekström | Swedish  | Racing driver  | FIA World Rallycross champion (2016).  | [15]

## Deaths

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

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11  | September  | Ronnie Peterson | 34  | Swedish  | Racing driver  | 10-time Grand Prix Winner  |
20  | October  | Gunnar Nilsson | 29  | Swedish  | Racing driver  | 1977 Belgian Grand Prix winner.  | [16]

## See also

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* List of 1978 motorsport champions

## References

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1. ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1978 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
2. ^ Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018)
3. ^ "1978 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
4. ^ "1978 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
5. ^ "1978 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
6. ^ "TT 1978". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
7. ^ "Le Mans Register - 1978". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
8. ^ Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "Summernationals Time Machine", written 2 June 2017, at NHRA.com (retrieved 16 September 2018); Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018)
9. ^ "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
10. ^ "Suzuka 8 Hours 1978 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
11. ^ "1978 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
12. ^ "Nurburgring 24 hours". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
13. ^ "1978 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
14. ^ "Dan Wheldon". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
15. ^ "Mattias Ekström". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
16. ^ "Gunnar Nilsson". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

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