1964 in motorsport
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The following is an overview of the events of 1964 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 16 February | Daytona 2000 km | [1] |
| 23 February | 6th Daytona 500 | [2] |
| 26 April | 48th Targa Florio | [3] |
| 10 May | 22nd Monaco Grand Prix | [4] |
| 30 May | 48th Indianapolis 500 | [5] |
| 8–12 June | 46th Isle of Man TT | [6] |
| 20–21 June | 32nd 24 Hours of Le Mans | [7] |
| 25–26 July | 16th 24 Hours of Spa | [8] |
| 4 October | 5th Armstrong 500 | [9] |
| 15 November | 11th Macau Grand Prix | [10] |
Births
| Date | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June | Davy Jones | American | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1996). | [11] |
| 11 | Jean Alesi | French | Racing driver | 1995 Canadian Grand Prix winner. | [12] | |
| 19 | Kevin Schwantz | American | Motorcycle racer | 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1993). | [13] | |
| 25 | Johnny Herbert | British | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1991). Le Mans Series champion (2004). | [14] | |
| 26 | Tommi Mäkinen | Finnish | Rally driver | World Rally champion (1996-1999). | [15] | |
| 13 | July | Rinaldo Capello | Italian | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2003-2004, 2008). | [16] |
| 2 | August | Frank Biela | German | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2000-2002, 2006-2007). | [17] |
| 22 | September | Paul Bonhomme | British | Air racer | Red Bull Air World Race champion (2009-2010, 2015). | [18] |
| 28 | October | Scott Russell | American | Motorcycle racer | Superbike World champion (1993). | [19] |
Deaths
| Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | January | Reg Parnell | 52 | British | Racing driver | 1951 BRDC International Trophy winner. | [20] |
| 19 | Joe Weatherly | 41 | American | Racing driver | NASCAR Grand National champion (1962, 1963) | [21] | |
| 30 | May | Eddie Sachs | 37 | American | Racing driver | 2 time Indianapolis 500 polesitter (1960, 1961) | [22][23][24] |
| Dave MacDonald | 27 | American | Racing driver | 52 Road Racing victories | [25][26][27] | ||
| 2 | July | Fireball Roberts | 35 | American | Racing driver | 1962 Daytona 500 winner | [28] |
| 26 | Earl Howe | 80 | British | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1930). | [29] |
