1983 in motorsport

Years in motorsport
1983 in sports

The following is an overview of the events of 1983 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 significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
1–20 January 5th Dakar Rally [1]
5–6 February 21st 24 Hours of Daytona [2]
20 February 25th Daytona 500 [3]
15 May 41st Monaco Grand Prix [4]
29 May 67th Indianapolis 500 [5]
4–10 June 66th Isle of Man TT [6]
18–19 June 51st 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
30–31 July 35th 24 Hours of Spa [8]
31 July 6th Suzuka 8 Hours [9]
2 October 24th James Hardie 1000 [10]
20 November 30th Macau Grand Prix [11]

Births

Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
7 February Christian Klien Austrian Racing driver 49 starts in Formula One [12]
26 April José María López Argentine Racing driver World Touring Car champion (2014-2016). [13]
2 May Dani Sordo Spanish Rally driver 2013 Rallye Deutschland winner. [14]
17 December Sébastien Ogier French Rally driver World Rally champion (2013-2017). [15]

Deaths

Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
28 December Eugène Chaboud 76 French Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1938). [16]

See also

References

  1. ^ "1983 Dakar Rally" (PDF). rssp.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1983 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "1983 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ^ "1983 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ^ "1983 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ^ "TT 1983". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Le Mans Register - 1983". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. ^ "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Suzuka 8 Hours 1983 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  10. ^ "1983 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  11. ^ "1983 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  12. ^ "José María López". 4mula1stats. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  13. ^ "José María López". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Dani Sordo". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Sébastien Ogier". juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  16. ^ "Eugène Chaboud". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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