1954 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1954 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
1–2 May	21st Mille Miglia	[1]
20 May	38th Targa Florio	[2]
31 May	38th Indianapolis 500	[3]
12–13 June	22nd 24 Hours of Le Mans	[4]
14–19 June	36th Isle of Man TT	[5]
31 October	1st Macau Grand Prix	[6]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
31	January	Mauro Baldi	Italian	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1994). World Endurance champion (1990).	[7]
26	June	Marco Lucchinelli	Italian	Motorcycle racer	500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1981).	[8]
27	August	Derek Warwick	British	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1992). World Endurance champion (1992).	[9]
14	November	Eliseo Salazar	Chilean	Racing driver	The first Chilean Formula One driver.	[10]
10	December	Price Cobb	American	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1990).	[11]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
31	July	Onofre Marimón	30	Argentine	Racing driver	F1 Podium Finisher (1953 Belgian Grand Prix, 1954 British Grand Prix)
30	October	Wilbur Shaw	51	American	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (1937, 1939, 1940).	[12]

See also

• List of 1954 motorsport champions

References

1. "Mille Miglia - 1954". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
2. "38^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
3. "1954 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
4. "Le Mans Register - 1954". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
5. "TT 1954". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
6. "1954 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
7. "Mauro Baldi". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
8. "Marco Lucchinelli". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
9. "Derek Warwick". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
10. "Eliseo Salazar". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
11. "Price Cobb". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
12. "Wilbur Shaw". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

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