The following is an overview of the events of 1974 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. DateEventRef 17 February16th Daytona 500 26 May32nd Monaco Grand Prix 26 May58th Indianapolis 500 4–6 June56th Isle of Man TT 9 June58th Targa Florio 15–16 June42nd 24 Hours of Le Mans 27–28 July26th 24 Hours of Spa 6 October15th Hardie-Ferodo 1000 1 December21st Macau Grand Prix
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef15FebruaryAlexander WurzAustrianRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner (, ).26Sébastien LoebFrenchRally driverWorld Rally champion (-).27Colin EdwardsAmericanMotorcycle racerSuperbike World champion (, ).29MarchMarc GenéSpanishRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().5MaySeiji AraJapaneseRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().13JulyJarno TrulliItalianRacing driver2004 Monaco Grand Prix winner.8AugustAndy PriaulxBritishRacing driverWorld Touring Car champion (-).12SeptemberGuy SmithBritishRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().18NovemberPetter SolbergNorwegianRally driverWorld Rally champion (). FIA World Rallycross champion (-).31DecemberTony KanaanBrazilianRacing driverIndianapolis 500 winner (2013).
See also List of 1974 motorsport champions
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