The following is an overview of the events of 1976 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 related season articles.
Date | Event | Ref |
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31 January-1 February | 14th 24 Hours of Daytona | [1] |
15 February | 18th Daytona 500 | [2] |
14 May | 60th Targa Florio | [3] |
30 May | 34th Monaco Grand Prix | [4] |
30 May | 60th Indianapolis 500 | [5] |
7–12 June | 58th Isle of Man TT | [6] |
12–13 June | 44th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [7] |
24–25 July | 28th 24 Hours of Spa | [8] |
25–26 September | 5th 24 Hours of Nurburgring | [9] |
3 October | 17th Hardie-Ferodo 1000 | [10] |
14 November | 23rd Macau Grand Prix | [11] |
Date | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
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31 | January | Buddy Rice | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner ( 2004). | [12] |
27 | May | Marcel Fässler | Swiss | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner ( 2011- 2012, 2014). FIA World Endurance champion ( 2012). | [13] |
20 | July | Alex Yoong | Malaysian | Racing driver | The first Malaysian Formula One driver. | [14] |
27 | August | Mark Webber | Australian | Racing driver | FIA World Endurance champion ( 2015). | [15] |
11 | September | Tomáš Enge | Czech | Racing driver | The first Czech Formula One driver. | [16] |
7 | December | Benoît Tréluyer | French | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner ( 2011- 2012, 2014). FIA World Endurance champion ( 2012). | [17] |
Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
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28 | July | George Souders | 75 | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner ( 1927). | [18] |
10 | November | Billy Arnold | 70 | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner ( 1930). | [19] |