The following is an overview of the events of 1912 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
editThe 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 25–26 May | 7th Targa Florio | [1] |
| 30 May | 2nd Indianapolis 500 | [2] |
| 28 June-1 July | 6th Isle of Man TT | [3] |
Births
edit| Date | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | March | Leslie Johnson | British | Racing driver | One of the first British Formula One drivers. | [4] |
| 7 | October | Peter Walker | British | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1951) | [5] |
| 26 | December | Luis Fontés | British | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1936). | [6] |
References
edit- ^ "7^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "1912 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "TT 1912". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "Leslie Johnson". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Peter Walker". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Luis Fontes". historicracing.com. historicracing.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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