The following is an overview of the events of 1970 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 31 January-1 February9th 24 Hours of Daytona 22 February12th Daytona 500 3 May54th Targa Florio 10 May28th Monaco Grand Prix 30 May54th Indianapolis 500 6–12 June52nd Isle of Man TT 13–14 June38th 24 Hours of Le Mans 27–28 June1st 24 Hours of Nurburgring 25–26 July22nd 24 Hours of Spa 4 October11th Hardie-Ferodo 500 29 November17th Macau Grand Prix
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef4MarchÀlex CrivilléSpanishMotorcycle racer500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion ().30Stéphane OrtelliMonegasqueRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().15SeptemberMatthias DoldererGermanAir racerRed Bull Air World Race champion (2016).6OctoberFredrik EkblomSwedishRacing driverSTCC champion in 1998, 2003, 2007.
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef15FebruaryFrank Clement83BritishRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().2JuneBruce McLaren32New ZealanderRacing driverFounder of the McLaren. Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans ()30Kelly Petillo66AmericanRacing driverIndianapolis 500 winner (1935).5SeptemberJochen Rindt31AustrianRacing driverThe only posthumous Formula One World Champion. Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans ()2NovemberPierre Veyron67FrenchRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().22Casimiro de Oliveira63PortugueseRacing driverThe first Portuguese Formula One driver.
See also List of 1970 motorsport champions
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