The following is an overview of the events of 1962 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 11 February3 Hours of Daytona18 February1962 NHRA WinternationalsBurgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "Carol Cox: NHRA's first class winner", written 4 May 2018, at NHRA.com (retrieved 16 September 2018); Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018) 18 February4th Daytona 500 6 May46th Targa Florio 27 May World 600Ultimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018) 30 May46th Indianapolis 500 3 June20th Monaco Grand Prix 4–8 June44th Isle of Man TT17 June 1962 Belgian Grand PrixUltimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018) 23–24 June30th 24 Hours of Le Mans 4 July Pike's Peak HillclimbUltimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018) 3 September NHRA U.S. NationalsUltimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018) 22 October3rd Armstrong 500 18 November9th Macau Grand Prix
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef12JanuaryEmanuele PirroItalianRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner (-, -).2MarchGabriele TarquiniItalianRacing driverChampion of BTCC in 1994, the ETCC in 2003 and the WTCC in 2009.7Piero LiattiItalianRally driver1997 Monte Carlo Rally winner.18Volker WeidlerGermanRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().12AprilCarlos SainzSpanishRally driverWorld Rally champion (, ).19Al Unser Jr.AmericanRacing driverIndianapolis 500 winner (1992, 1994).28SeptemberFred MerkelAmericanMotorcycle racerSuperbike World champion (, ).23DecemberBertrand GachotBelgian-FrenchRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef5MarchLibero Liberati35ItalianMotorcycle racer500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion ().12AprilRon Flockhart38BritishRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner (, ).25Fred Frame67AmericanRacing driverIndianapolis 500 winner (1932).2JulyPeter Ryan22CanadianRacing driverThe first Canadian Formula One driver.10Tommy Milton68AmericanRacing driverIndianapolis 500 winner (1921, 1923).1NovemberRicardo Rodríguez20MexicanRacing driverThe first Mexican Formula One driver.21DecemberGary Hocking25RhodesianMotorcycle racer500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion ().
See also List of 1962 motorsport champions
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