The following is an overview of the events of 1960 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 24 February2nd Daytona 500 8 May44th Targa Florio 29 May18th Monaco Grand Prix 30 May44th Indianapolis 500 13–17 June42nd Isle of Man TT 25–26 June28th 24 Hours of Le Mans 6 November7th Macau Grand Prix 20 November1st Armstrong 500Armstrong 500 20 November, 1960 - www.nmrm.com.au via web.archive.org Retrieved on 23 October 2013
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef21MarchAyrton SennaBrazilianRacing driverFormula One champion (, , )2SeptemberDoug PolenAmericanMotorcycle racerSuperbike World champion (-).17Damon HillBritishRacing driverFormula One World Champion ().23OctoberWayne RaineyAustralianMotorcycle racer500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (-).24Joachim WinkelhockGermanRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef27FebruaryEttore Chimeri38VenezuelanRacing driverThe first Venezuelan Formula One driver.13MayHarry Schell38AmericanRacing driverThe first American Formula One driver.19JuneJimmy Bryan34AmericanRacing driverWinner of the Indianapolis 500 (1958)28Juan Jover56SpanishRacing driverThe first Spanish Formula One driver.
See also List of 1960 motorsport champions
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