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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, 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]

See also

References

  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. 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.