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1970 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1970 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.

Date Event Ref
31 January-1 February 9th 24 Hours of Daytona [1]
22 February 12th Daytona 500 [2]
3 May 54th Targa Florio [3]
10 May 28th Monaco Grand Prix [4]
30 May 54th Indianapolis 500 [5]
6–12 June 52nd Isle of Man TT [6]
13–14 June 38th 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
27–28 June 1st 24 Hours of Nurburgring [8]
25–26 July 22nd 24 Hours of Spa [9]
4 October 11th Hardie-Ferodo 500 [10]
29 November 17th Macau Grand Prix [11]

Births

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Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
4 March Àlex Crivillé Spanish Motorcycle racer 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1999). [12]
30 Stéphane Ortelli Monegasque Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1998). [13]
15 September Matthias Dolderer German Air racer Red Bull Air World Race champion (2016). [14]
6 October Fredrik Ekblom Swedish Racing driver STCC champion in 1998, 2003, 2007. [15]

Deaths

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Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
15 February Frank Clement 83 British Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1924). [16]
2 June Bruce McLaren 32 New Zealander Racing driver Founder of the McLaren. Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1966) [17]
30 Kelly Petillo 66 American Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1935). [18]
5 September Jochen Rindt 31 Austrian Racing driver The only posthumous Formula One World Champion. Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1965) [19]
2 November Pierre Veyron 67 French Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1939). [20]
22 Casimiro de Oliveira 63 Portuguese Racing driver The first Portuguese Formula One driver. [21]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1970 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ^ "1970 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "54^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ^ "1970 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ^ "1970 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ^ "TT 1970". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Le Mans Register - 1970". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Nurburgring 24 hours". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  9. ^ "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. ^ "1970 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  11. ^ "1970 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  12. ^ "Àlex Crivillé". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  13. ^ "Stéphane Ortelli". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Matthias Dolderer". airrace.redbull.com. Red Bull. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Gabriele Tarquini". ESPN. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  16. ^ "Frank Clement". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Bruce McLaren". ESPN. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  18. ^ "Kelly Petillo". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  19. ^ "Jochen Rindt". ESPN. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  20. ^ "Pierre Veyron". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  21. ^ "Casimiro de Oliveira". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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