The following is an overview of the events of 1968 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 3–4 February7th 24 Hours of Daytona 25 February10th Daytona 500 5 May52nd Targa Florio 26 May26th Monaco Grand Prix 30 May52nd Indianapolis 500 8–14 June50th Isle of Man TT 20–21 July20th 24 Hours of Spa 28–29 September36th 24 Hours of Le Mans 6 October9th Hardie-Ferodo 500 17 November15th Macau Grand Prix
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef5FebruaryMarcus GrönholmFinnishRally driverWorld Rally champion (, ).8MarchMichael BartelsGermanRacing driverChampion of the FIA GT Championship in 2006, 2008-2009 and FIA GT1 World Championship in 2010.20John KocinskiAmericanMotorcycle racerSuperbike World champion ().5AugustColin McRaeBritishRally driverWorld Rally champion ().28SeptemberMika HäkkinenFinnishRacing driverFormula One World Champion (, ).
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef19JanuaryRay Harroun89AmericanRacing driverIndianapolis 500 winner (1911).7AprilJim Clark32BritishRacing driverFormula One World Champion (, ). Winner of the 1965 Indianapolis 500.8JuneLudovico Scarfiotti34ItalianRacing driver1966 Italian Grand Prix winner. Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans ().
See also List of 1968 motorsport champions
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