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Overview of the events of 1962 in motorsport

1962 in sports
Years in motorsport
←1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 →
Air sports American football Aquatic sports Association football Athletics Australian rules football Badminton Baseball Basketball Canadian football Chess Climbing Combat sports Sumo Cricket 1961–62 1962 1962–63 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 1961–62 1962–63 Strength sports Weightlifting Squash Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball

The following is an overview of the events of1962 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 relatedseason articles.

Date	Event	Ref
11 February	3 Hours of Daytona	^[1]
18 February	1962 NHRA Winternationals	^[2]
18 February	4th Daytona 500	^[3]
6 May	46th Targa Florio	^[4]
27 May	World 600	^[5]
30 May	46th Indianapolis 500	^[6]
3 June	20th Monaco Grand Prix	^[7]
4–8 June	44th Isle of Man TT	^[8]
17 June	1962 Belgian Grand Prix	^[9]
23–24 June	30th 24 Hours of Le Mans	^[10]
4 July	Pike's Peak Hillclimb	^[11]
3 September	NHRA U.S. Nationals	^[12]
22 October	3rd Armstrong 500	^[13]
18 November	9th Macau Grand Prix	^[14]

Births

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Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
12	January	Emanuele Pirro	Italian	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2000-2002,2006-2007).	^[15]
2	March	Gabriele Tarquini	Italian	Racing driver	Champion ofBTCC in1994, theETCC in2003 and theWTCC in2009.	^[16]
7		Piero Liatti	Italian	Rally driver	1997 Monte Carlo Rally winner.	^[17]
18		Volker Weidler	German	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1991).	^[18]
12	April	Carlos Sainz	Spanish	Rally driver	World Rally champion (1990,1992).	^[19]
19	April	Al Unser Jr.	American	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (1992,1994).	^[20]
28	September	Fred Merkel	American	Motorcycle racer	Superbike World champion (1988,1989).	^[21]
23	December	Bertrand Gachot	Belgian-French	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1991).	^[22]

Deaths

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Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
5	March	Libero Liberati	35	Italian	Motorcycle racer	500ccGrand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1957).	^[23]
12	April	Ron Flockhart	38	British	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1956,1957).	^[24]
25	April	Fred Frame	67	American	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (1932).	^[25]
2	July	Peter Ryan	22	Canadian	Racing driver	The first CanadianFormula One driver.	^[26]
10	July	Tommy Milton	68	American	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (1921,1923).	^[27]
1	November	Ricardo Rodríguez	20	Mexican	Racing driver	The first MexicanFormula One driver.	^[28]
21	December	Gary Hocking	25	Rhodesian	Motorcycle racer	500ccGrand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1961).	^[29]

References

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^"46^ TARGA FLORIO".targaflorio.info. Retrieved16 April 2017.
^Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018)
^"1962 Indianapolis 500".racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved15 April 2017.
^"1962 Grand Prix of Monaco".racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved15 April 2017.
^"TT 1962".iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved15 April 2017.
^Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018)
^"Le Mans Register - 1962".formula2.net. Retrieved16 April 2017.
^Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018)
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^"1962 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved22 April 2017.
^"1962 Macau Grand Prix".motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved22 April 2017.
^"Emanuele Pirro".en.espn.co.uk.ESPN. Retrieved16 April 2018.
^"Gabriele Tarquini".ESPN. Retrieved10 May 2017.
^"Piero Liatti".ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved27 April 2018.
^"Volker Weidler".en.espn.co.uk.ESPN. Retrieved16 April 2018.
^"Carlos Sainz".juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved17 April 2018.
^"Al Unser Jr".motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved18 April 2018.
^"Fred Merkel".motorcyclemuseum.org. AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame. Retrieved18 April 2018.
^"Bertrand Gachot".en.espn.co.uk.ESPN. Retrieved16 April 2018.
^"Libero Liberati".motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved16 April 2018.
^"Ron Flockhart".en.espn.co.uk.ESPN. Retrieved15 April 2018.
^"Fred Frame".motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved17 April 2018.
^"Peter Ryan".en.espn.co.uk.ESPN. Retrieved15 April 2018.
^"Tommy Milton".motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved16 April 2018.
^Jenkins, Richard."The World Championship drivers — Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved10 May 2017.
^"Gary Hocking".motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved16 April 2018.