The following is an overview of the events of1994 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.
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 relatedseason articles.
Date | Event | Ref |
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28December-16 January | 16th Dakar Rally | [1] |
5–6 February | 32nd 24 Hours of Daytona | [2] |
20 February | 36th Daytona 500 | [3] |
19 March | 42nd 12 Hours of Sebring | [4] |
1 May | 25th Winston Select 500 | [5] |
15 May | 52nd Monaco Grand Prix | [6] |
29 May | 78th Indianapolis 500 | [7] |
35th Coca-Cola 600 | [8] | |
4–5 June | 22nd 24 Hours of Nurburgring | [9] |
30 May-10 June | 77th Isle of Man TT | [10] |
18–19 June | 62nd 24 Hours of Le Mans | [11] |
23–24 July | 46th 24 Hours of Spa | [12] |
31 July | 17th Suzuka 8 Hours | [13] |
7 August | 4th Masters of Formula 3 | [14] |
4 September | 45th Mountain Dew Southern 500 | [15] |
2 October | 35th Tooheys 1000 | [16] |
20 November | 41st Macau Grand Prix | [17] |
3–4 December | 7th Race of Champions | [18] |
Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
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11 | February | Neil Bonnett | 47 | American | Racing driver | NASCARCup Series winner of 3 crown jewel races (1981 Southern 500, 1982 and 1983 World 600) | |
14 | Rodney Orr | 31 | American | Racing Driver | NASCAR Goody's Dash Series champion (1993) | ||
30 | April | Roland Ratzenberger | 34 | Austria | Racing driver | Class winner of the24 Hours of Le Mans (1993) | [19] |
1 | May | Ayrton Senna | 34 | Brazilian | Racing driver | Formula One World Champion (1988,1990,1991) Winner of theMonaco Grand Prix (1987,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993) | [20] |
13 | Duncan Hamilton | 74 | British | Racing driver | Overall winner of the24 Hours of Le Mans (1953). | [21] | |
27 | June | Sam Hanks | 79 | American | Racing driver | Winner of theIndianapolis 500 (1957) IndyCar Series Champion (1953) | [22] |
17 | August | Luigi Chinetti | 93 | Italian-American | Racing driver | Overall winner of the24 Hours of Le Mans (1932,1934 and1949) | [23] |