The following is an overview of the events of 1964 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. DateEventRef 16 FebruaryDaytona 2000 km 23 February6th Daytona 500 26 April48th Targa Florio 10 May22nd Monaco Grand Prix 30 May48th Indianapolis 500 8–12 June46th Isle of Man TT 20–21 June32nd 24 Hours of Le Mans 25–26 July16th 24 Hours of Spa 4 October5th Armstrong 500 15 November11th Macau Grand Prix
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef1JuneDavy JonesAmericanRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().11Jean Alesi FrenchRacing driver1995 Canadian Grand Prix winner.19Kevin SchwantzAmericanMotorcycle racer500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion ().25Johnny HerbertBritishRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner (). Le Mans Series champion (2004).26Tommi MäkinenFinnishRally driverWorld Rally champion (-).13JulyRinaldo CapelloItalianRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner (-, ).2AugustFrank BielaGermanRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner (-, -).22SeptemberPaul BonhommeBritishAir racerRed Bull Air World Race champion (2009-2010, 2015).28OctoberScott RussellAmericanMotorcycle racerSuperbike World champion ().
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef7JanuaryReg Parnell52BritishRacing driver1951 BRDC International Trophy winner.19Joe Weatherly41AmericanRacing driverNASCAR Grand National champion (1962, 1963)30MayEddie Sachs37AmericanRacing driver2 time Indianapolis 500 polesitter (1960, 1961)Motorsport MemorialIndyStar.com: Indy 500 Dave MacDonald27AmericanRacing driver52 Road Racing victories2JulyFireball Roberts35AmericanRacing driver1962 Daytona 500 winner26Earl Howe80BritishRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().
See also List of 1964 motorsport champions
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