The following is an overview of the events of 1949 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 20 March33rd Targa Florio 24–25 April16th Mille Miglia 30 May33rd Indianapolis 500 6–17 June31st Isle of Man TT 25–26 June17th 24 Hours of Le Mans 9–10 July14th 24 Hours of Spa
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef22FebruaryNiki LaudaAustrianRacing driverFormula One World Champion (, , ).23MayJerry SnevaAmericanRacing driver1977 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year8AugustRicardo LondoñoColombianRacing driverThe first Colombian Formula One driver.12Louis KragesGermanRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().11SeptemberBill WhittingtonAmericanRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().5OctoberKlaus LudwigGermanRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner (, , ).27NovemberMasanori SekiyaJapaneseRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef28JanuaryJean-Pierre Wimille40FrenchRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner (, ).7MarchLora L. Corum50AmericanRacing driverIndianapolis 500 winner (1924).
See also List of 1949 motorsport champions
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