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The following is an overview of the events of 1928 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

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 related season articles.

Date	Event	Ref
31 March-1 April	2nd Mille Miglia	^[1]
6 May	19th Targa Florio	^[2]
30 May	16th Indianapolis 500	^[3]
16–17 June	6th 24 Hours of Le Mans	^[4]
16–20 June	17th Isle of Man TT	^[5]
7–8 July	5th 24 Hours of Spa	^[6]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
23	February	Hans Herrmann	German	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1970).	^[7]
16	July	Jim Rathmann	American	Racing driver	Winner of the Indianapolis 500 (1960)	^[8]
9	October	Pat O'Connor	American	Racing driver		^[9]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
8	April	Frank Lockhart	25	American	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (1926).	^[10]

References

^ "Mille Miglia - 1928". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
^ "19^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
^ "1928 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
^ "Le Mans Register - 1928". formula2.net. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
^ "TT 1928". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
^ "Spa 24 Hours 1928 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
^ "Hans Herrmann". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
^ "Jim Rathmann". espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
^ "Pat O'Connor". ESPN. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
^ "Frank Lockhart". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

External links

[1] "Mille Miglia - 1928". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[2] "19^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[3] "1928 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.

[4] "Le Mans Register - 1928". formula2.net. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[5] "TT 1928". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.

[6] "Spa 24 Hours 1928 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[7] "Hans Herrmann". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[8] "Jim Rathmann". espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

[9] "Pat O'Connor". ESPN. Retrieved 10 May 2017.

[10] "Frank Lockhart". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

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	The following is an overview of the events of '''1928 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 following is an overview of the events of '''1928 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.