The following is an overview of the events of 1994 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 28 -16 January16th Dakar Rally 5–6 February32nd 24 Hours of Daytona 20 February36th Daytona 500 19 March42nd 12 Hours of Sebring 1 May25th Winston Select 500 15 May52nd Monaco Grand Prix29 May78th Indianapolis 50035th Coca-Cola 600 4–5 June22nd 24 Hours of Nurburgring 30 May-10 June77th Isle of Man TT 18–19 June62nd 24 Hours of Le Mans 23–24 July46th 24 Hours of Spa 31 July17th Suzuka 8 Hours 7 August4th Masters of Formula 3 4 September45th Mountain Dew Southern 500 2 October35th Tooheys 1000 20 November41st Macau Grand Prix 3–4 December7th Race of Champions
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef11FebruaryNeil Bonnett47AmericanRacing driverNASCAR Cup Series winner of 3 crown jewel races (1981 Southern 500, 1982 and 1983 World 600)14Rodney Orr31AmericanRacing DriverNASCAR Goody's Dash Series champion (1993)30AprilRoland Ratzenberger34AustriaRacing driverClass winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans ()1MayAyrton Senna34BrazilianRacing driverFormula One World Champion (, , )Winner of the Monaco Grand Prix (1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993)13Duncan Hamilton74BritishRacing driverOverall winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans ().27JuneSam Hanks79AmericanRacing driverWinner of the Indianapolis 500 (1957)IndyCar Series Champion (1953)17AugustLuigi Chinetti93Italian-AmericanRacing driverOverall winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (, and )
See also List of 1994 motorsport champions
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