The following is an overview of the events of 1997 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 4–19 January19th Dakar Rally 1–2 February35th 24 Hours of Daytona 16 February39th Daytona 500 11 May55th Monaco Grand Prix 26–27 May81st Indianapolis 500 26 May-6 June80th Isle of Man TT 7–8 June25th 24 Hours of Nurburgring 14–15 June65th 24 Hours of Le Mans 26–27 July49th 24 Hours of Spa 27 July20th Suzuka 8 Hours 3 August7th Masters of Formula 3 5 October38th AMP Bathurst 1000 19 October39th Primus 1000 Classic 16 November44th Macau Grand Prix 6–7 December10th Race of Champions
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef19MayTroy Ruttman67AmericanRacing driverWinner of the Indianapolis 500 (1952)6JuneEitel Cantoni90UruguayanRacing driverThe first Uruguayan Formula One driver.
See also List of 1997 motorsport champions
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