The following is an overview of the events of 1965 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 14 February7th Daytona 500 28 FebruaryDaytona 2000 km 9 May49th Targa Florio 30 May23rd Monaco Grand Prix 31 May49th Indianapolis 500 14–18 June47th Isle of Man TT 19–20 June33rd 24 Hours of Le Mans 24–25 July17th 24 Hours of Spa 3 October6th Armstrong 500 28 November12th Macau Grand Prix
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef4JuneMick DoohanAustralianMotorcycle racer500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (-).1JulyCarl FogartyBritishMotorcycle racerSuperbike World champion (-, -).5SeptemberDavid BrabhamAustralianRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef6MarchJules Goux79FrenchRacing driverIndianapolis 500 winner (1913).
See also List of 1965 motorsport champions
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